Fans Spot Adam Sandler In Action As Filming Starts On Happy Gilmore 2

Adam Sandler has been spotted in multiple locations in New Jersey after filming for Happy Gilmore 2 officially started

Happy Gilmore 2 filming is under way
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Excitement continues to build about Happy Gilmore 2 with repeated sightings of Adam Sandler having started filming the highly-anticipated sequel to the smash hit golfing film.

28 years after his incredible 1996 Tour Championship victory, the iconic big-hitting unlikely golfing hero is set to return on Netflix after an announcement in May by the streaming giant.

Netflix posted on social media that "Happy Gilmore 2 is officially in production" on 9 September, and already Sandler has been spotted reprising his role as the frustrated hockey player turned golfer.

No release date has been confirmed as yet and the plot is also being kept secret, but we do know Happy's old nemesis Shooter McGavin returns and is again played by Christopher McDonald.

Modern Family star Julie Bowen also returns playing love interest Virginia Venit in the movie, which has started filming at different venues around New Jersey.

Sandler has been spotted filming on the beach with a single golf club, and also caught by fans who walked out of their houses to see him in action on their street.

Happy Gilmore filming has also been spotted at Farmview Golf Center's mini golf facility, while Golf.com has reported that the majority of the on-course filming will take place at Fiddler's Elbow Country Club in Bedminster. 

Cameos are expected from some big-name professional golfers, while Sandler has comfirmed that NFL star Travis Kelce will also have a part in the sequel.

And Kelce, along with his brother Jason, have had the only sniff of the storyline from when Sandler joined their New Heights podcast.

“[Happy Gilmore 2] picks up from an older guy who’s played golf a long time,” Sandler said of the new Happy Gilmore 2 plot.

“Some stuff goes on in his life, he’s different. He’s a bit of a mess when you meet Happy. And then we try to get his life cooking again.”

With filming now up and running, fans will be desperately seeking any other nuggets ahead of the film likely being released in 2025.

Paul Higham
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Paul Higham is a sports journalist with over 20 years of experience in covering most major sporting events for both Sky Sports and BBC Sport. He is currently freelance and covers the golf majors on the BBC Sport website.  Highlights over the years include covering that epic Monday finish in the Ryder Cup at Celtic Manor and watching Rory McIlroy produce one of the most dominant Major wins at the 2011 US Open at Congressional. He also writes betting previews and still feels strangely proud of backing Danny Willett when he won the Masters in 2016 - Willett also praised his putting stroke during a media event before the Open at Hoylake. Favourite interviews he's conducted have been with McIlroy, Paul McGinley, Thomas Bjorn, Rickie Fowler and the enigma that is Victor Dubuisson. A big fan of watching any golf from any tour, sadly he spends more time writing about golf than playing these days with two young children, and as a big fair weather golfer claims playing in shorts is worth at least five shots. Being from Liverpool he loves the likes of Hoylake, Birkdale and the stretch of tracks along England's Golf Coast, but would say his favourite courses played are Kingsbarns and Portrush. 

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