The movie stars showed up for a junior golf clinic with 1,000 kids.
Australia’s Hannah Green certainly stole the show (again) on Sunday at the JM Eagle LA Championship, but a couple of Hollywood stars also took in the action at Wilshire Country Club. One famous A-lister, in fact, managed to mostly go unnoticed.
Kathryn Newton has been playing golf almost as long as she’s been acting, and when she told the hundreds of kids gathered for the Junior Golf Show on Saturday that she was Cassie Lang in “Ant-Man and Wasp” and Lucy Stevens in “Pokeman,” well, the kids lit up.
Newton co-hosted the clinic alongside Jill Painter Lopez (KCBS), LPGA players Emma Talley and Maria Fassi and golf influencer Karol Priscilla.
On Friday, Wilshire member Will Ferrell came out to catch the action wearing dark sunglasses and a hat. A tournament official said Ferrell managed to walk the grounds mostly unnoticed, though a staff photographer did snap some photos.
Kathryn Newton once skipped a U.S. Women’s Open qualifier after landing the leading role in “Paranormal Activity.”
She grew up on a golf course in Florida and became a standout player on her high school team.
In 2012, she was all set for a U.S. Women’s Open qualifier, according to a 2015 Golf Digest story.
But Kathryn Newton was also a budding actress and when she scored the leading role in the fourth installment of the “Paranormal Activity” movie franchise, she put away the clubs to chase her acting career.
Her next major role is playing Cassie Lang, the daughter of Antman, played by Paul Rudd, in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The movie “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” is set for a February release.
Three weeks ago, however, Newton was back on the golf course, at the Old Course at St. Andrews, specifically, to participate in the pro-am ahead of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.
Kathryn Newton at premiere of “Halloween Ends” at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California, on Oct. 11, 2022. (Photo: Michael Tran/AFP via Getty Images)
Newton was paired with English golfer Matt Wallace, and the pair finished 118th out of 167 teams.
“Acting’s way easier than golf,” Newton told CNN’s The Jazzy Golfer, at the event. “I (don’t) say that lightly because I have respect for my acting and my fellow actors. When I see the pros out here today, I feel like they’re magicians or something.”
Regularly scoring in the 70s when she played a lot, she once shot 69, but said: “I’m pretty blown away by the pros and I think I’m going to stick to acting.”
That’s not to say she doesn’t have thoughts of ‘What if’.
“Oh yes, and then I think, ‘Thank goodness I’m not,'” she told CNN, but was then asked would she rather win an Oscar or a major.
The ‘AT&T Every Shot Counts Charity Challenge’ at Pebble Beach will feature six celebrities in a five-hole challenge for charity, stream it.
As we gear up for the Pebble Beach Pro-Am, which starts on Thursday, we have the ‘AT&T Every Shot Counts Charity Challenge’ at Pebble Beach on Wednesday evening. This is a fundraising event that is being held in coordination with the Monterey Peninsula Foundation and features six celebrities.
This will be a five-hole match and will feature the following celebrities, Alfonso Ribeiro, Bill Murray, Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald, former Miss America Kira K. Dixon, rapper Macklemore, and actress Kathryn Newton.
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Bill Murray will be hamming it up at Pebble Beach after all. The AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am has announced the “AT&T Every Shot Counts Charity Challenge” to take place on Wednesday afternoon, with a $1.6 million fundraising goal for Monterey Peninsula …
Bill Murray will be hamming it up at Pebble Beach after all.
The AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am has announced the “AT&T Every Shot Counts Charity Challenge” to take place on Wednesday afternoon, with a $1.6 million fundraising goal for Monterey Peninsula Foundation charities.
Bill Murray, Larry Fitzgerald, Macklemore, Kira K. Dixon, Kathryn Newton and Alfonso Ribeiro will compete in a five-hole match-play event at Pebble Beach Golf Links. It will be televised live on Golf Channel and PGA Tour Live from 4-6 p.m. ET.
The celebrities will be divided into three two-person teams and will play a scramble on holes 1, 2, 3, 17 and 18. Hole Nos. 1 and 2 are worth $100,000, hole Nos. 3 and 17 are worth $150,000 and No. 18 is worth $500,000.
There will be no fans on site. All golfers will carry their own golf bags.
Steve Young, former San Francisco 49ers quarterback and a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, will be the official scorekeeper. Jim Nantz will serve as the event’s host.
Bill Murray will be hamming it up at Pebble Beach after all. The AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am has announced the “AT&T Every Shot Counts Charity Challenge” to take place on Wednesday afternoon, with a $1.6 million fundraising goal for Monterey Peninsula …
Bill Murray will be hamming it up at Pebble Beach after all.
The AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am has announced the “AT&T Every Shot Counts Charity Challenge” to take place on Wednesday afternoon, with a $1.6 million fundraising goal for Monterey Peninsula Foundation charities.
Bill Murray, Larry Fitzgerald, Macklemore, Kira K. Dixon, Kathryn Newton and Alfonso Ribeiro will compete in a five-hole match-play event at Pebble Beach Golf Links. It will be televised live on Golf Channel and PGA Tour Live from 4-6 p.m. ET.
The celebrities will be divided into three two-person teams and will play a scramble on holes 1, 2, 3, 17 and 18. Hole Nos. 1 and 2 are worth $100,000, hole Nos. 3 and 17 are worth $150,000 and No. 18 is worth $500,000.
There will be no fans on site. All golfers will carry their own golf bags.
Steve Young, former San Francisco 49ers quarterback and a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, will be the official scorekeeper. Jim Nantz will serve as the event’s host.
