‘The Hawk’ Trailer: Will Ferrell Plays a Washed-Up Golf Pro Chasing One Last Comeback
Will Ferrell as "Lonnie 'The Hawk' Hawkins" attends the TRAVELERS CHAMPIONSHIP PRO-AM on June 24, 2026 in Cromwell, Connecticut. (Photo by Roy Rochlin/Getty Images for Netflix)
Netflix’s new PGA-backed comedy series stars Ferrell as Lonnie Hawkins, a former No. 1 golfer trying to reclaim his glory while facing off against his rising-star son.
Will Ferrell is heading back to the sports-comedy lane, this time with a golf club in his hand and a comeback fantasy he refuses to give up.
Netflix and the PGA have released the trailer for ‘The Hawk,’ a new comedy series starring Ferrell as Lonnie Hawkins, a former world-class golfer whose best days appear to be long behind him. Once the No. 1 golfer in 2004, Lonnie is now fighting his body, his reputation and pretty much everyone around him as he tries to convince the world, and maybe himself, that he still has one major win left in him.
The official logline sets up a classic Ferrell underdog disaster story. Lonnie Hawkins is on the back nine of his career, struggling to recapture the magic that once made him the best golfer in the world. His body says retire. His ex-wife says he is done. His son Lance, now golf’s new golden boy, knows the sport has passed him by. But Lonnie remains convinced he is one stroke away from completing golf’s Grand Slam and pulling off the greatest comeback in the history of the game.
The trailer leans directly into that delusion. Set to an ’80s glam-rock-style theme, the footage shows Ferrell’s Lonnie stepping onto the course opposite his son, played by Jimmy Tatro, with all the confidence of a man who has learned absolutely nothing from decline. Before teeing off, Lonnie turns to the crowd and challenges golf’s usual silence-first etiquette.
“Now, I know it’s etiquette to be quiet out of respect, but what do you say today we make some fucking noise?” he says, sending the crowd into a frenzy before they begin chanting “balls deep” as he launches a shot down the fairway.
(L to R) Will Ferrell as Lonnie, Luke Wilson as Golden Fisk in Episode 105 of The Hawk. Cr. Colleen E Hayes/Netflix © 2026
It is exactly the kind of loud, ridiculous sports-world setup that Ferrell has built an entire lane around, from ‘Talladega Nights’ to ‘Blades of Glory’ to ‘Semi-Pro.’ ‘The Hawk’ appears to be playing with a similar comic engine: a fallen competitor with an inflated sense of self, a sport built on rules and decorum, and a comeback attempt that probably should not be happening but absolutely will.
The supporting cast also gives the series a strong comedy bench. Molly Shannon, Fortune Feimster, Luke Wilson, Chris Parnell, Katelyn Tarver and David Hornsby star alongside Ferrell and Tatro, suggesting Netflix is aiming for a broad ensemble comedy rather than a one-man vehicle. The father-son rivalry between Lonnie and Lance looks like the emotional hook, but the show’s world seems built to let the rest of the cast orbit Ferrell’s chaos.
The PGA Tour serves as producer on the series, giving ‘The Hawk’ an official connection to the sport it is parodying. Ferrell executive produces alongside Jessica Elbaum and Alix Taylor for Gloria Sanchez Productions. Rian Johnson, Ram Bergman and Nena Rodrigue executive produce for T-Street, with Chris Henchy, Harper Steele, David Gordon Green and Andrew Guest also serving as executive producers.
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That creative team gives the show an interesting mix of comedy, sports satire and prestige-TV infrastructure. Ferrell and Gloria Sanchez bring the absurdist sports-comedy credibility, while the PGA involvement gives the series access to the culture and mechanics of professional golf. The premise also arrives at a moment when golf has become increasingly visible across entertainment, from docuseries to celebrity tournaments to the sport’s growing crossover with streaming audiences.
The key will be whether ‘The Hawk’ can do more than let Ferrell yell inappropriate things on a golf course. The washed-up-athlete comeback story is familiar, but Ferrell is often at his best when ego and insecurity are fighting inside the same ridiculous character. Lonnie Hawkins sounds like a man whose confidence is both his superpower and his curse, which is usually where Ferrell’s best comic characters live.
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With a title like ‘The Hawk,’ a glam-rock trailer and a comeback story built around a former champion who refuses to accept that he is finished, Netflix appears to be betting on a broad, rowdy summer comedy with enough sports-world specificity to make the absurdity land.
‘The Hawk’ premieres July 16 on Netflix.
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