He’s frequently seen courtside at NBA and NHL games. He was on the pitch during an MLS championship celebration. He starred in a “mockumentary” on HBO in 2015 after he played nine positions for 10 baseball teams in a single day during spring training in Arizona.
He’s taken his love of sports to the big screen, portraying a NASCAR driver, a figure skater and basketball player in the movies.
Up next, Will Ferrell is reportedly going to be a golfer in a new sitcom.
According to a report by Deadline, the “series revolves around a professional golfer who becomes the face of a controversial new league competing with the PGA.”
Hmmm, sounds a lot like PGA Tour vs. LIV Golf.
Ferrell, who broke on the scene on Saturday Night Live, has primarily made movies, with sports-themed hits such as Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, Blades of Glory and Semi-Pro.
Since his days on SNL, Ferrell’s only significant TV role was on the Apple TV+ streaming service in a show called The Shrink Next Door.
His new scripted golf comedy does not yet have a name or a release date.
In real life, Ferrell has been active in the Cancer For Colleges Classy Golf Classic, a charity which awards college scholarships to children fighting cancer. The San Diego Union-Tribune reports the charity was founded by Ferrell’s USC fraternity brother Craig Pollard. In 2022, a Florida man paid $57,000 to play with Ferrell in the charity event.
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Now where were we? “In the fantasy mind of the golfing father, the family will come running out to hear the exciting stories of his golfing adventures. In reality, no one is even aware that he has left or returned. From 8 1/2 hours of idiotic hacking through sand and weeds while driving drunk in a clown car through a fake park,” Seinfeld said. “Nonetheless, the father remains proud, dressing in bizarre outfits around the house on the weekend.”