Bill Murray has been making golf look ridiculous since 1980, when he played Carl Spackler, the deranged groundskeeper in Caddyshack who treated a gopher infestation like a matter of national security.
Forty-six years later, Murray returns to the golf course. The gopher is gone, the scenery has improved considerably, and the former groundskeeper has apparently developed a new enemy — the television production schedule.
His new series, A Course Called Ireland , premieres Sunday, October 25, on Paramount+. The show follows Murray and travel writer Tom Coyne across Ireland as they visit legendary golf courses, explore local communities, and occasionally remember they’re supposed to be making a television program.
Murray’s brothers and a rotating cast of familiar faces join the trip, including former Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce, comedian Chris O’Dowd, and Irish comedian Joanne McNally.
But if you’re expecting six episodes of celebrities discussing their handicaps while admiring expensive fairways,…