Because Pryce “Stick” Cahill (Owen Wilson) cannot just be a golf pro who blew up his career and is now trying to make good, ‘Stick’ has to make a game of why he is the way he is.

Apple TV+’s new sports show Stick feels good. It feels good so, so hard, with effort and with focus. Stick’s good feeling is not just superficial, either. It lives on a structural, aesthetic ...