After several golf lessons for work purposes, Owen Wilson felt ready to take his game public with his island mate Don Nelson, the basketball Hall of Famer. Weekend golfers can imagine how this story goes. “You get a bit self-conscious with people watching on the first hole, and I tee off and shank it,” Wilson says. “Nellie’s like, ‘This is gonna be a long show, isn’t it?’ ”
Over a 30-year Hollywood career, Wilson hadn’t put many athletic feats on film. He threw a pass in a backyard football game in the memorable Wedding Crashers and played a pitcher in the not-so-memorable How Do You Know.
