How to Watch Stick Online in 4K — Owen Wilson on Apple TV+

If you want to watch Stick, the Apple TV+ sports comedy that reunited audiences with Owen Wilson in a full leading role, this guide covers everything you need: what the series is, who created it, what the full cast looks like, and how to stream it in the best possible quality.

What is Stick?

Stick is a comedy series created by Jason Keller for Apple TV+. Stick is an American sports comedy television series that premiered on Apple TV+ on 4 June 2025. It was created by Jason Keller and renewed for a second season by Apple TV+ on 23 July 2025 — less than two months after its premiere, signalling strong early reception.

The series follows a former professional golfer (played by Owen Wilson) who takes a young golfing prodigy under his wing, ostensibly to help turn the prodigy's career around but inevitably also to work through his own complicated relationship with the sport and with failure.

The premise is recognisable from a certain tradition of sports film and television — the fallen champion who finds redemption by investing in the next generation — but the series uses the specific culture of professional golf as its setting, which gives it a distinctive texture. Golf is a sport with unusual class dynamics, a particular code of etiquette and restraint, and a culture of individual rather than team competition that separates it from most sports drama.

Cast

Owen Wilson stars as the lead — a former professional golfer whose career has ended and who must now find a reason to stay connected to the sport he built his identity around. Wilson has spent much of his career in ensemble comedies and supporting roles, and Stick gives him the kind of sustained central character that showcases his particular gifts: a low-key charisma, a gift for underplaying, and a genuine warmth that coexists with comic self-awareness.

Timothy Olyphant joins the cast. Olyphant — known for Justified, Deadwood, and Santa Clarita Diet — brings the same ironic authority he deploys in most roles, and his presence suggests the series is aiming for a more sophisticated comic register than a simple redemption arc.

Marc Maron is part of the ensemble. Maron, known for Maron (the IFC series he created about a fictionalized version of himself) and GLOW, brings his distinctively sardonic sensibility to whatever role he plays.

Mariana Treviño — known internationally for Club de Cuervos (Netflix Mexico) and for her BAFTA-nominated performance in The Swimmers — joins the cast alongside Lilli Kay and Judy Greer.

The sports comedy format — what works in Stick

Sports comedy is a specific television genre with its own conventions and pitfalls. The genre works when it finds genuine comedy in the specific culture of a sport — its rituals, its language, its unspoken codes — rather than simply using sport as a backdrop for generic character drama.

Stick appears to understand this. Golf, as a sport, is rich in comic potential: the enforced silence, the elaborate etiquette, the psychological warfare disguised as politeness, the equipment culture, the clothing. Wilson's character navigating a world he once dominated, now from a position of lesser status, gives the show plenty of material that is specific to golf rather than generically applicable to any sport.

The quick renewal after premiere suggests that Apple TV+ and audiences found what the series was doing compelling enough to commit to a second season before the first had fully played out.

How to watch Stick in 4K — step by step

1. Subscribe to Apple TV+. Stick is available exclusively on Apple TV+, Apple's streaming service. Season 1 is available in full, with Season 2 to follow.
2. Check your connection. 4K streaming requires at least 25 Mbps. A wired Ethernet connection is recommended for sustained quality.
3. Use an Apple TV+ compatible device. Apple TV 4K, iPhone, iPad, Mac, Samsung Smart TV, LG Smart TV, Amazon Fire TV Stick, or Chromecast with Google TV — all support Apple TV+.
4. Enable HDR. Apple TV+ streams selected originals in 4K HDR with Dolby Vision. Outdoor golf course sequences reward high dynamic range.
5. Access through InfinityTV. InfinityTV brings Apple TV+ content together with InfinityTV's own library of 150,000+ Movies & Series and 22,000+ live channels in a single app, so you can access Stick alongside thousands of other titles without platform-switching.
6. Start with Season 1. The character relationships and the central mentor-prodigy dynamic are established in the first season. Watch sequentially for the fullest experience.
7. Look for Timothy Olyphant. His character's dynamic with Wilson's is one of the show's strongest assets. The scenes between them reward attention.

Why sports comedy fans should watch Stick

The best argument for Stick is its cast. Owen Wilson in a sustained leading role is not something that happens often. His particular screen presence — the combination of easy charm, low-stakes vulnerability, and the sense that something complicated is happening behind the easy smile — is most effective when a series has time to develop it, and Apple TV+ gives him that room.

The pairing with Timothy Olyphant and Marc Maron suggests a series that is interested in the comedy of middle-aged men who have failed to become what they expected to be, which is a richer subject than sports comedy usually attempts.

For fans of sports content on InfinityTV, you can also catch live golf coverage through our 22,000+ live channels — see our guide to watching live sports on InfinityTV for how to access live sports coverage alongside VOD.

What to watch after Stick

If Stick appeals to you, these series occupy adjacent territory:

• Ted Lasso (Apple TV+) — the obvious companion: a sports comedy about an outsider coaching a sport he does not understand. Three seasons, widely celebrated.
• Shrinking (Apple TV+) — Jason Segel and Harrison Ford in a comedy about a grief-stricken therapist. Shares Stick's interest in middle-aged men finding new purpose.
• Justified (FX/Hulu) — Timothy Olyphant at his most commanding, as Deputy U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens. Six seasons of the best character drama FX produced in the 2010s.
• GLOW (Netflix) — Marc Maron in a central supporting role in a series about women's wrestling in 1980s Los Angeles. Sports, comedy, and genuine character depth.

For more recommendations, see our guides to the top series to watch in 2025 and the best IPTV for movies and series.

InfinityTV: Stick, live golf, and everything else in 4K

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Is Stick Worth Watching for Non-Golf Fans?

The short answer is yes — and that is one of the more interesting things about Stick as a sports comedy. The series does not require viewers to care about golf. It uses golf as a setting and a cultural context rather than as the subject of the show itself.

The humour in the series derives from character dynamics: the specific humiliation of a man who was once very good at something now having to be useful in a subordinate role, the gap between the way professional sports present themselves and the reality of ageing athletes navigating that world on reduced terms. These are universal subjects dressed in golf-specific clothing.

Owen Wilson's performance is the key factor for non-golf fans. His ability to convey warmth and mild self-deprecating failure simultaneously makes the central character someone worth spending time with regardless of subject matter. The mentor-prodigy structure gives the series a clear emotional through-line that is recognisable from dozens of films and series in adjacent genres.

The quick second-season renewal — announced before Season 1 had finished airing — suggests Apple TV+ believed it had found an audience beyond existing golf fans. Apple TV+ originals typically perform with a demographic that skews toward prestige drama and character-driven comedy rather than sports coverage, which supports the reading that Stick is landing primarily as character comedy rather than sports content.

For viewers who came to Apple TV+ through Ted Lasso, Shrinking, or Slow Horses, Stick occupies adjacent territory and represents a logical next series on the platform.

Frequently asked questions

Where can I watch Stick? Stick is available on Apple TV+, Apple's streaming service. Season 1 premiered on 4 June 2025. A second season has been commissioned. InfinityTV also provides access through its 150,000+ Movies & Series library.

Who stars in Stick? Owen Wilson leads the cast as a former professional golfer. Supporting cast includes Timothy Olyphant, Marc Maron, Mariana Treviño, Lilli Kay, and Judy Greer. The series was created by Jason Keller.

Has Stick been renewed for a second season? Yes. Apple TV+ renewed Stick for a second season on 23 July 2025, less than two months after the first season premiered.

Do I need to know about golf to enjoy Stick? No. The series uses the golf world as a setting, not as a subject that requires prior knowledge. The humour and drama are primarily character-driven and accessible to viewers with no interest in golf as a sport.

Is Stick available in 4K? Yes. Apple TV+ streams selected originals in 4K with Dolby Vision on compatible devices. InfinityTV also provides 4K access to this title through its streaming library.

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