Apple TV+ announced the highly anticipated new comedy series starring Owen Wilson as a washed-up golf pro will debut on June 4. Go ahead and say it. “Wow.”

In addition to the release date, the streaming platform also revealed the name of the new show (“Stick”), the cast, and some fun PGA Tour cameos. Wilson plays Pryce Cahill, an ex-pro golfer whose career was cut short prematurely 20 years prior, who takes a 17-year-old golf prodigy named Santi (played by Peter Dager) under his wing.

Marc Maron, Mariana Trevino, Lilli Kay, Judy Greer and Timothy Olyphant also star in the series created by “Ford v. Ferrari” writer Jason Keller. And PGA Tour stars Collin Morikawa, Max Homa, Wyndham Clark and Keegan Bradley are just some of the golf-related people playing roles in the show. Have a look!

CBS announcers Jim Nantz and Trevor Immelman are also involved. Fun!

Here are a couple more first-look photos of the show provided by Apple:

According to Apple, “Stick” is a heartfelt, feel-good comedy about a found family and their relationships set within the world of golf as it has never been shown before. And as Apple TV+ has shown with “Ted Lasso,” they know a thing or two about heartfelt, feel-good comedies.

Anyway, the first three episodes will drop June 4 with one new episode airing per week every Wednesday through July 23. OK, now back to winter for us northeasterners at The Loop. This brutal, brutal winter. Sigh.

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The first is a crime thriller called “​​Lips Like Sugar” in which Wilson will star opposite Woody Harrelson as a detective searching for a missing girl during the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. The second, and more importantly for us, is a new Apple TV+ comedy in which Wilson will play a washed-up golfer.

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The show, which remains nameless as of now, comes from Jason Keller, the writer of “Ford v Ferrari,” and will allow Wilson to dive into the golf world, which we know he loves.

The reported premise is as follows: “Wilson will play Pryce Cahill, whose golf career ended prematurely 20 years ago. After he gets fired from his job at a sporting goods store in Indiana and his wife leaves him, Pryce sees a troubled 17-year-old golf phenom as his way back.”

That feels just right for Wilson, who can play the down-on-his-luck sap as well as the best of them. Hopefully, his doppelganger, Will Zalatoris, will get a chance to show his acting chops. Could be the younger version of Cahill or even his son? Let’s get Willy Z on the small screen.

Luckily, Owen Wilson is already a golf fan and has been known to pop up at various tournaments from time to time. Just a few months ago, he showed up at The Sentry in Hawaii and chopped it up with Max Homa and Rickie Fowler.

“You’re like a hero to, I think, everybody my age,” Homa admitted to Wilson.

It’s nice to see Wilson get a role that makes perfect sense. Apple TV+ already created a sports comedy hit in “Ted Lasso.” Hopefully, Wilson and Keller make a golf classic building off that goodwill. We’re ready for a complete “Full Swing”-esque deep dive if it works out.

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