Why Happy Gilmore 2 Surprised Me: The Unexpected Workout for Your Funny Bone and Fitness Mojo

I gave in sometime after Happy Gilmore 2 killed Julie Bowen with a golf ball and dropped “Tuesday’s Gone” for the first (yes, first) time, but definitely before the Masters champion, respected mental health advocate, and generally sweet Irishman Rory McIlroy was on the receiving end of a titty twister.

Actually, no. It was when Bad Bunny lubed up Travis Kelce with honey and invited a CGI bear to eat him alive. That’s when I silently told Adam Sandler that he won, damnit—and that no matter how many times he’d drink booze from a cucumber across Netflix’s sequel to 1996’s Happy Gilmore—I would shut up and enjoy it. Because I live in a world where President Big Mac is about to throw hands with Eric Cartman, which means that I’m entirely allowed to enjoy one (1) uncomplicated screening of Happy Gilmore 2.

Readers, golf enthusiasts, Sandman fanatics: the 58-year-old comedy legend’s first legacyquel is here: Happy Gilmore 2, which is now streaming on Netflix. Sandler has delivered sequels to his work before (this is how we ended up with two Grown-Ups films and three Hotel Transylvania entries), but this is the first time he’s made a continuation of one of his beloved comedies from the ’90s and ’00s. And if you want to know if Happy Gilmore 2 is good, up front, then you’re asking the wrong question, my friend. But we’ll get to that on the back nine. Just know that I loved every single minute.

Happy Gilmore 2 sees Adam Sandler lean even further into his late-stage dad charm.

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