Netflix has released the official trailer for The Hawk, Will Ferrell’s new golf comedy series, and it is very much playing in the classic Ferrell zone: ego, delusion, sports glory and one deeply questionable comeback plan.
Ferrell stars as Lonnie “The Hawk” Hawkins, the number one golfer of 2004, now stuck on the back nine of his career and struggling to recapture the magic that once made him great. His body says retire. His ex-wife says retire. His son Lance, now golf’s new golden boy, also seems fairly convinced that the Hawk is finished. Lonnie, naturally, disagrees with everyone.
That is the comedy engine of The Hawk: one man’s absolute refusal to accept reality. Lonnie still believes he is one stroke away from the greatest comeback in golf history, and with one more major needed to complete the Grand Slam, he is not ready to leave the course quietly.
The trailer leans into that mix of sports parody and comeback-story sincerity. Golf is usually presented as calm, controlled and elegant, but The Hawk appears ready to turn it into a battlefield of humiliation, family tension, old rivalries and violently misplaced confidence. Basically, very peaceful sport, complete emotional disaster.
Molly Shannon co-stars, reuniting with Ferrell after years of comedy history together, including Saturday Night Live, A Night at the Roxbury and Talladega Nights. The cast also includes Jimmy Tatro, Fortune Feimster, Luke Wilson, Chris Parnell, Katelyn Tarver and David Hornsby, giving the series a strong ensemble around Ferrell’s aging sports legend meltdown.
For fans of character-driven comedy series, The Hawk looks like a sharp Netflix release built around a very familiar but reliable question: what happens when a man who used to be great cannot emotionally survive becoming ordinary? In Lonnie’s case, apparently, the answer involves visors, bad decisions and one last attempt to bully destiny with a golf club.
The Hawk premieres on Netflix on July 16, 2026.
Video source: Netflix
