![]() But in that moment, I really felt like I figured out life. That was a really good feeling because I felt like I figured out how to win. There was one match in high school where I shot 5 under for nine holes, which was a course record. We wrapped that project like three or four years ago, but I keep dreaming that we’re going to get back together. I got to play some great courses while I was there. Q: Shooting HBO’s “Big Little Lies” in Monterey and Carmel must have been pretty special as a golfer? I got to play in Scotland when I was shooting “Pokémon: Detective Pikachu.” It’s just a really cool way that I’ve seen the world, and when you’re a kid on a set with a bunch of adults, you don’t really have much in common with them, but most people play golf, so I could always talk about that with them. Probably about once a week and that’s not enough, but on a lot of projects I do, they’ll write in golf scenes, or we’ll film next to a course and everyone will go golfing with me. Q: How much do you get to play these days? ![]() I think golfers are pretty great people because you see the truth, you see the person for who they are. We’d make sure we stayed in the same hotel and would go swimming afterwards. I really fell in love with it when I started playing in tournaments at 8 because I made so many friends like Megan. My dad got me a little putter and 7-wood, and would take me to the range with him. I grew up playing on The Biltmore golf course in Coral Gables, Fla. I booked “All My Children.” When that ended, I had more time for junior golf, and then about a year later I got another call from New York for the “Gary Unmarried” audition. I was in New York and doing modeling for the summer, which led to auditions. Q: How did you get into acting at such a young age? I just have so much respect for the and the girls who play in it. To be a part of that personally is an honor. I just want people to realize what a really big deal the U.S. Q: What would you like people to take away from your video spots?ĭon’t drive a golf cart in high heels. I brought two of my high school teammates, and we were like, “Let’s start practicing and get really good and enter in a qualifier.” Everyone is the best who’s out there, so to see someone you’ve known since you were 8 achieve their dreams, it just inspires you. Women’s Open at Olympic in June to watch old friend Megan Khang? Women’s Open brand ambassador for the USGA’s new ad campaign, “The Journey to The Open.” Speaking of majors, Newton recently became the U.S. “I’m so honored to be joining the Marvel universe,” she said. Newton is currently filming her biggest role to date in “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,” due out in 2023. With starring roles over the years in feature films like “Bad Teacher” (2011), “Freaky” (2020), and “The Map of Tiny Perfect Things” (2021), and TV series like PBS’ “Little Women” (2017) and Netflix’s teen drama “The Society” (2019), she’s flushing it in Hollywood like she did her iron shot at Pebble. ![]() Some of the girls she befriended and competed against as a junior, such as Megan Khang, are now out on tour, but given how well her career is going, Newton clearly made the right choice. The family moved to Los Angeles, where Kathryn was such a standout on the Notre Dame High School golf team she was known as “Kathryn the Golfer.” The only year the team didn’t win the league title came when Newton was shooting the TV series “Supernatural” and missed too many matches. Luckily, the director, “Cheers” creator Jim Burrows, was a golfer, and not only did he understand, after Kathryn got the part, he wrote golf scenes into the show for her. Kids Golf World Championship at Pinehurst over auditioning for a CBS sitcom, “Gary Unmarried,” at age 11 in 2008. ![]() She’s been acting even longer, starting when she was 4 on the soap opera “All My Children,” but golf took precedence early on. Taught by her dad, David, a college golfer, Newton began playing at age 5 growing up in Miami. “I’m lucky that I started playing so young,” says Newton, 24. Then make sure you turn the video’s sound on, so you can not only see what is likely the best celebrity swing ever but hear the crack of a purely struck golf ball (not to mention Bill Murray gushing, “Oh, nice swing.”) Newton, the “Big Little Lies” actress, who was playing in this year’s AT&T charity exhibition match, stiffed it to 5 feet – with Tour sauce. Google “Kathryn Newton Pebble Beach 17.” Go ahead.
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