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♪ atmospheric music

You see that guy there?

That's me-- Tom--

on the sidelines of an American football game

in Dublin,

surrounded by 80,000 screaming fans...

- Fourth down. - ...about to give an interview

on international television.

You haven't been on Irish TV today.

- Hey. A water? - Hi, how you doing?

- You all right? - I'm Bill,

- this is Tom Coyne. - Hey. Tom Coyne...

If you're wondering what I'm doing there,

yeah, so was I.

♪ exciting music

Once upon a time, I met Bill Murray.

Bill got excited.

We bonded

over two things: our love of golf...

Oh, yeah. Really good.

...and our Irish heritage.

What a country, huh? It's crazy.

Years ago, I came to Ireland to write a book

about the country my ancestors came from.

Bill read it and lent some kind words for the cover.

Okay, there it is. Yep.

And it turned into a bestseller.

Yeah. Oh, let me...

Then I just kept finding reasons to come back.

- Oh, beautiful hit. - Yeah.

Most people get a Bill Murray story.

I got three weeks.

Hey, easy on that grip, will you, you big weaver?

Enough time

for the stories to wear off

and the person to show up.

Where's Bill?

I think he's in the woods somewhere.

Turns out, I still had a lot to learn

- about my friend. - Isn't that lovely?

It's been a special trip, just the two of us.

Well,

then NFL superstar Jason Kelce showed up.

How do I look?

And I suppose Bill's brothers, Joel and Johnny.

Then, obviously, your camera guy,

caddie,

a photographer

and a director, a producer,

a sound recordist with a long pole.

Don't worry, Tom.

All right, Bill's gonna drive.

We were down to the last few days of our trip,

and I'll let you in on a secret about Bill.

There's a reason that, up to this point,

I'd been doing all the driving.

You know what you're doing up here?

I hope so.

Oh, boy, bejesus.

Oh. Whoa, whoa, whoa.

- What? - No. Well, that,

you know, the pole was... getting close to me.

Oh, you're getting close to the pole?

Yeah, I felt, it felt a little...

Oh.

Felt a little intimate.

So, that's about as close to the p-poles

- as you're gonna... - That's as close to the poles

as I think I want to get, so if we can make that

like the...

Well, you know, I felt like I was close to the poles

- when you were started, too... - I know.

- ...and I didn't... - Yeah.

Except for one. Uh, I...

They... Guess they have one of my yelps on screen.

- Whoa! - What did I hit?

- You know me, I... - Oh, fuck me!

- You're getting swarmed. - Oh, fuck.

I'm sorry. I went back instead of forward.

My bad.

- That truck. - Ah. Fuck.

So, there you go. See, you executed that well.

- I did? Good. - I think.

- Think so? - Yeah.

Well, he-he felt okay with it.

Love the right. Use the road.

The road's your friend.

The rocks are not.

You mean, uh, off-road is not

- my friend? - No.

We pointed the car east toward County Down,

crossing the border into Northern Ireland,

and headed for one of my favorite golf courses anywhere.

♪ rock music

You pull into the parking lot at Ardglass,

and suddenly, you're staring at a 15th-century building

that's the world's oldest clubhouse still in use.

Cliff tops, Irish Sea.

Good luck concentrating on your golf here.

Lovely day for it.

I mean, this is what we came here for.

You want the full experience, right?

- Exactly. - If you're an American,

you know Jason's won a Super Bowl

with my beloved Philadelphia Eagles,

and, alongside his brother Travis,

hosts one of the biggest podcasts in the world.

- Please welcome Bill Murray! - Hey-o!

If you're not an American,

well, this is where the producers

want me to mention that his sister-in-law is Taylor Swift.

Me, Bill, and Jason have played a fair amount of golf back home,

and the three of us even own a little golf course together

in New York.

What's up? Give it... bring it in, bring it in.

- Oh, God. - We made it.

- We made it. - Across the pond.

We've made it-- no excuses today.

- How are you, man? - There'll be no excuses.

I heard you're a mudder.

I heard this is what you're built for.

- I like it like this, yeah. - Yes?

Do I have time to grab a Guinness?

Yeah, you do. Always have time for a Guinness.

Okay, I will go grab a Guinness.

It's mandatory. It's mandatory.

Mandatory. Mandatory.

Pre-round Guinness.

Excuse me, ma'am? Pardon me.

This man has a drinking problem.

I do, yes.

- Beat us to it. - Goddamn it.

She's clever.

He wants a Guinness.

What has been the, uh, highlight so far?

All the courses have been great.

- Yeah. - We played Old Head.

Oh, shit.

Cork.

- ♪ upbeat music - Oh!

Oh, shit.

Enniscrone.

Castlegregory.

Oh, Cruit. We went to Cruit Island, too.

Oh, no!

That feels good, yeah.

- We have caddies? - Yes, sir.

Maybe.

- How's your shoulders? - I'm good.

- Are you sure? - I can cope with this. I'm good.

Yeah, I've had a go... Oh!

Y-You mean that good?

You mean your shoulder's that good?

- Yeah. - You're a mess.

I am a mess, you're right.

- What's up? - How are you? Good to see you.

- Good to see you. - H-How's the trip been?

- Great. - Yeah?

- Until you got here. - I know. I-I ruin everything.

Thanks for bringing the weather.

Eventually,

our little golf trip had to become a TV show again,

which meant today was picture day.

Our photographer Chris had worked with Bill years earlier.

Oh, is this gorgeous.

Like just about everyone who'd met Bill,

Chris had a story to tell.

If I hadn't've met Bill, I wouldn't have met my wife.

How strange is that, that I'm here now?

It was 20 years ago. Uh, I was in a bar.

We were having after-work pints

with Bill and the rest of the crew.

Bill was doing a dance-off with the first A.D.,

who I think, actually, was the water boy

in Lawrence of Arabia, if I remember right.

Dance-off was going well.

Br... he was wearing plus fours.

Oh, it's a little breezy over here.

Just...

We were all getting bladdered, I went downstairs

and fell in love, I suppose?

She wanted nothing to do with me.

I told her I was... worked with Bill.

That no doubt helped.

Uh, 20 years later, two kids later,

here we are, back with dear old Bill.

♪ upbeat music

- By now, I'd watched Bill

happily pose for photos with half of Ireland.

So, you'd figure this shoot would be a breeze.

But recent history suggested otherwise.

I've been hired

to shoot Bill Murray.

I'm super, super nervous

because it's very difficult shooting somebody like this.

You don't want the photographs to look contrived.

Uh, you want to show who he really is.

Now you got to go get your picture taken?

We're trying to get out the door,

and then it's like, "No, you got to do a photo shoot."

That's not the way pros do it.

Hey, guys, kill it. We'll do it tomorrow.

- Squeeze in there? - So, this was

- our last shot. - I'll give you...

Roger, you're the, you're edger.

Five, three, two...

- Five, three, two. - I don't understand a word

you're saying, so just shoot.

We don't have any idea what you're saying or why.

Oh, damn, how did he figure out how to do this?

Wonderful. That's it, guys.

- That's it? - No, no--

- All that for that? - Just those three.

No, no, just three's nice. Three's--

♪ quirky music

I realized the funny thing about my friend.

He loved giving people a moment,

he just couldn't stand manufacturing one.

Good. See, I thought you needed a second one.

Took a bit of time to warm up to me,

but we got there in the end, and he was good.

Looks as good as ever.

Doesn't seem to have aged that much.

Um, still a bit crazy, I think.

He's a bit sideways. Uh, do you know what I mean?

He's rock and roll, isn't he?

I suppose everybody wants to kind of

be part of the Bill Murray story, don't they?

That kind of craziness that goes.

So, yeah, today's been a really nice day.

For the rest of us, the day was just beginning.

I got sunblock in here if you need it.

We decided to play foursomes,

and the rules are super simple.

All right, so, we're playing foursomes

because you're playing alternate shots.

So, at home, we call "alternate shot,"

here you might call it "foursomes,"

because you're alternating who's hitting the ball,

but it's not really alternate shot because you pick

who's gonna be teeing off on the odd holes

and the even holes before you go out.

So, we're playing three groups of two people

that are making up a foursome,

which is actually a sixsome

playing foursomes.

♪ gentle music

Anyway...

...so far on our journey, we've been lucky with the weather.

But now, right at the end, it seemed our luck had run out.

Boy, just look at that.

That looks insane. That looks crazy.

Yeah, it does.

Oh, this is gonna be fun.

- How... who we got? - Okay, you're Scotch foursomes

with Johnny, I'll play with Joel,

you play with Jason.

- Okay. - Sound good?

Powerful. Get up.

Oh, yeah, baby, we're on!

Couldn't ask for a better day, gents.

Okay, knock it in the hole. I'll go watch.

All right.

Oh, no.

Well, Bill, you got to come back down.

Yeah. I don't mind coming back down.

Coming back up wasn't fun.

We're kind of playing golf

and also kind of

in the middle of a monsoon right now.

Bill's down there hitting our third stroke as a team.

That's all I got. Sorry.

To be honest, this is what I came over for.

This is what I want to be playing.

I played in the sun on Thursday and it felt wrong.

What makes it so enjoyable in the rain?

Oh, I like it.

You know, I have, I have strong memories

of playing in the rain and having a great time and...

- Are we ready? - Yeah, let's do it.

- Let's roll. - Oh, my God, look at the pages.

Here we go.

- Little high. - I think it's over.

Okay, try and lift

the book up so I can see your face

- a bit more, Tom. - Okay.

That's it. And action.

Oh, I can't even hardly read.

"There seemed plenty of superlatives

to offer about Ardglass,

but our opinion was best summarized..."

I don't know that I've ever stand in a puddle

and putt before.

- Uhp, a little bit. - Johnny!

Yeah! Water hazard.

I can feel the water coming out of my ears.

I've played some good courses.

Nothing like this.

What would you rather be doing, Johnny?

Anything.

Anything, really.

I'll admit it, I was happy

to see the rain coming in sideways,

because just after the seventh hole at Ardglass

is a stone shelter

that feels like it was built for days like this.

Help! Help!

"Mind your head."

All right.

- How are you? - Ah.

Oh, oh.

Dreams do come true.

Nice.

Now, this is pretty frickin' cool.

Oh.

Holy cow.

- What's your name? - Liam.

- Nice to meet you. - Liam.

Good to meet you, Liam.

What-what was this initially?

- Do you know? - People lived here years ago.

- It's a house? - A full house.

A-A family of five lived here.

- Yeah. - It's Ireland.

Homemade sausage rolls.

Homemade sausage rolls.

I'm a mustard man.

I'm a mustard man.

"We journeyed on, and as we made the turn

to replay Mulraney's nine holes,

the weather softened.

Spirit-crushing shitstorm

downgraded to miserable dribble.

And the course showed itself to be enjoyable enough

to stand up to the conditions.

And as I sipped a Guinness in Nevin's Pub,

I dried my feet by the peat fire

and once again felt the potential of this adventure,

keenly aware that there was something

far greater than gold

at the end of the rainbow,

and that was the Guinness at the end of the rain."

- Well done, Tom. - Cheers, all.

- To your health. - Cheers.

- Sláinte. - Sláinte.

May you still

be healthy tomorrow after being wet all day.

Cheers.

By the time we'd made it out of the pub,

the rain had finally stopped.

And we still had some golf in us yet.

Get up there. Go!

- Softly. Oh... - Go!

♪ atmospheric music

I get a lot from golf.

I've been given a lot by golf.

If I think about my friendships,

the places I love to be in the world,

I owe all of that to golf.

- Ah, Joel. - Come on, come on in.

Fifteen years ago, I came here

and decided I loved it,

and now everyone's here and you're like,

"I hope you like it," you know?

And Bill, it was cool that we've been able

to go to some places that he hasn't been before.

I sometimes think about that kid

who walked these roads with golf clubs

strapped to his backpack.

He couldn't have imagined

where that walk would eventually lead,

least of all that it would give him a friend like Bill.

Oh, that looks great out there.

God.

Why do you think Bill is here?

Well, the way I approached asking him was,

"It's golf, it's Ireland

and also, it would mean a lot to me."

And...

I think Bill

does believe in taking care

of his friends and doing right.

That's, uh... What can you say?

What can you say about a guy like that?

Nice putt.

I was looking, "Hey, hey."

I was looking at that sky and I went,

"How can you look at that sky

and even think about the putt?"

How can you even think about the putt?

What a great day. What a great day.

That's cool.

Had a great day at Ardglass with Jason.

Very cool of him to come up and play some golf with us,

and very kind of him--

NFL legend, future Hall of Famer that he is--

to invite us to the, uh, the NFL game in Dublin tomorrow.

So, that's awesome.

I was hoping that we would get a chance to check that out.

You know, I think it's a pretty cool...

You know, we've been soaking up all this Irish culture.

I think it's a fun way to bring some of our culture here.

♪ upbeat music

So, we made one last detour, crossing back into the Republic

for the first ever regular season NFL game in Ireland...

...where the Pittsburgh Steelers were taking on

the Minnesota Vikings at Dublin's Croke Park.

For weeks, I'd been bringing Bill

into my world.

Today, he returned the favor

and brought me into his.

Hey, Bill, can I get a picture?

Bill, can I get a picture?

- I got your, I got your-- - She's a Bear fan.

- She's a Bear fan. - Bear fan. I'm the one.

Come here, here.

And this is Dick Butkus and Walter Payton.

- Come on, I know who that is. - What's up? How are you?

You want to tell me what's happening here, Tom?

Well, we're going to a football game, eventually.

But we wanted to go for a little walk

to take in some of the atmosphere.

So, you can see, Bill has become the atmosphere.

Hey, man.

- Hi. - Hi.

Schwing die Hufe, baby.

Hey, how you doing? Good beard, brother.

- Nice to meet you. - How you doing, man?

Looking good. How you guys doing?

♪ jazzy music

I had a pretty good idea of how the day was going to go.

I'd lose Bill every 30 seconds,

then find him taking another photo.

You been to a football game before?

- Yeah, of course. - Well, here it is again.

We're down here on the sidelines. It's crazy.

I've never been on the sidelines for a game, so...

this is so, so cool.

Bill evidently knows everybody here.

Or rather, they know him.

What I didn't expect was that Bill decided

this was my day, too.

Yeah, sure.

I got to give these away. There's no artificial flavors.

Three, two...

You know, they say never take candy from a stranger,

but I just met Bill Murray in Ireland,

and he's offering me candy, so here we are.

Bill Murray and Jason Kelce...

I-I just don't know who to ask first.

Why are you guys here? Who would like to answer it?

- Well, I'll defer to Bill. - Bill, why are you here?

Well, we're over here clowning around with a friend of ours,

uh, Tom Coyne, who wrote a book about golf in Ireland.

♪ gentle music

Bill wanted me to do the interview with him.

Oh, he wants me.

- Just today? - They didn't want that.

I heard you were in Kerry the other day as well.

- But Bill did. - We've been in a car for...

But they didn't.

Because the purple team plays the Bears.

- Wait. Take... Come here. - But Bill did.

Come here. Here, just a second. Come on in here.

I know you've got a lot...

- This is my friend Tom Coyne. - Who's your friend?

He wrote a book called, uh, A Course Called Ireland.

Got pulled into some interviews.

Bill pulled me in like they might know who the hell I was,

which was very, very generous of him.

Yeah, everyone here is wondering,

"Who the hell is that redheaded guy

walking around with Bill Murray?"

Good enough.

That's Bill, though.

If he thinks you belong in the interview,

you're doing the interview.

I didn't get the sense he was trying

to put me in the spotlight.

It just never occurred to him that I shouldn't be there.

Ladies and gentlemen, to sing the anthem

of Ireland, please welcome Irish singer-songwriter Lyra.

♪ Sinne Fianna Fáil ♪

♪ Atá faoi gheall ♪

♪ Ag Éirinn ♪

♪ Buíon dár slua ♪

♪ Thar toinn do ráinig ♪

♪ Chugainn ♪

♪ Faoi mhóid bheith saor ♪

♪ Seantír ár sinsear ♪

♪ Feasta ♪

♪ Ní fhágfar ♪

♪ Faoin tíorán ná faoin tráill ♪

♪ Anocht a théam ♪

♪ Sa bhearna bhaoil ♪

♪ Le gean ar Ghaeil ♪

♪ Chun báis nó saoil ♪

♪ Le gunna-scréach ♪

♪ Faoi lámhach na bpiléar ♪

♪ Seo libh canaig' ♪

- ♪ Amhrán ♪ - Whoa. Go get 'em.

♪ Na bhFiann ♪

Oh, yeah.

Hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!

Woo-hoo!

That was awesome. That was awesome.

♪ "Molly Malone" by Andrew Green playing ♪

Before long, the crowds were behind us

and we were back in the car,

heading north to our last stop.

Giant's Causeway right over here.

Look at that coast. Isn't that great?

I feel like, you know, like, turning

this GoPro, like, that way rather than looking at me.

So much better view that way.

Bill and I had both been to the Giant's Causeway before,

where, 60 million years ago, volcanic eruptions

turned into, well, this.

This is nice.

The causeway is hardly a secret,

but a place doesn't become less meaningful

just because you can't keep it for yourself.

One and up one

- and up two. - Look on the top there.

Who put these things here? And why?

Well, the giants.

Let's get a selfie.

So the giants were bored one day.

Right? Pretty much.

There we go. Ooh.

Why?

I don't know.

I just don't know.

It's crazy. Freaky.

Hey, Bill, you want to get a selfie right here?

Get one of you, the brothers right here.

It's quite amazing, though, isn't it?

♪ gentle music

You don't want to be too flowery about this place.

I mean, look at it.

It speaks for itself.

I remember the first time I saw it, I thought,

"Wow, wow."

- Yeah. - Why d-- why doesn't everyone

in the world know about this?

This is from, like, my homeland. This is...

You know, it's not just the beauty of the place.

This is a-a special spot bubbling out of the ocean.

- Yeah. - You know?

I say to people, "You know,

you'll never think of green the same way

once you've been to Ireland.

You'll never think of that color the same way."

And...

the way that people live,

the kind of culture, the-the fun, the craic--

it speaks for itself.

You know, the trip we're having here,

you know, we're doing things, we're playing some golf.

Golf, of course, is fun, but...

it... ...it gets really special

when you start speaking with someone.

That's when the real magic can happen.

My parents brought me here

when I was young, and it was kind of something,

like, they wanted to share,

like, this sense of, like,

"You're Irish and here's-- Let's go see Ireland

and see what that's about."

And I'm really grateful that that happened.

I want to pass that on to my kids as well.

But I've gotten to look at it with a different--

a slightly different set of eyes this time,

and I really appreciate that.

Well, it's hit me a number of times while we've been here

that I wish we could just stop moving

and just stay right here.

There have been so many places where I've said,

"Well, that's okay.

That's good enough right there.

You can just leave me right there.

I'll be okay. Right there."

Really...

taking it all in.

♪ gentle music

We'd reached the end of our journey,

or at least the part you measure on a map.

Wow.

When I first planned this trip, I obsessed

over the courses we'd play, the routes we'd take.

All right, lads. Let's have some fun.

I wanted to give Bill the perfect Irish itinerary.

Looking back, I don't think Bill knew

we had an itinerary.

Oh, boy, I'm sorry.

Everywhere we went,

he'd wander toward

- whatever was happening. - "Mr. Cosby."

Thanks for that.

A conversation.

- You're a bad hurler? - Yes.

A stranger.

There he is. What do you think?

He's joyous.

A shop that looked interesting.

- People. - At first, I thought

he was getting distracted.

Got everybody?

Now I'm pretty sure

he was paying closer attention

than I was.

We-we met a guy on the side

of the road. He said, "Do you want

to go swimming in the morning?"

And next thing you know, I'm on the beach in my skivvies.

We sang.

We threw cannonballs down a road.

All those things are sort of joyous things.

I mean,

the golf is great, but it's the people.

But I'll see you in the movies anyways.

- Okay. - I'll be watching out for you.

You know, all this is some sort of idea,

like, that it's happened.

All this nature, all those people--

they're all part of some amazing, amazing,

amazing creation, you know?

It's right here.

It is right here.

And right here is a par four.

There it is.

Good hit.

Good trip.

Good trip.

Spending these weeks with Bill didn't make him

any easier to explain.

I'm not going in.

You're not going in.

You're never quite sure where the sarcasm ends

- and the truth begins. - I thought we should've stopped

a couple of minutes ago.

He notices everything.

Look at that. Is that who I think it is?

Well, look at how white

his face is. My God.

Mike! He looks like he's dead.

He'll test your patience.

Bill wants to have a two-hour massage.

Two hours?

He'll reward it.

Here, just a second. Come on in here.

Do you need a hat?

Socks? A scarf?

He'll derail your plans.

We stopped to use the bathroom,

and now we're-we're meeting half of Ireland.

He'll remind you why you made them in the first place.

Fire!

Oh...!

Treat him like just the funny guy from the movies

and you're missing out.

Well, there's something you don't see every day.

Isn't that lovely?

Oh, God, this touches my heart.

I've known Bill

- a long time. - Hey!

And I thought I knew Ireland pretty well, too.

Tom,

thank you for inviting me.

Well, thank you for coming.

Funny how putting the two together

made me see something new

in them both.

♪ inspiring music

You see that man there on the rock?

That's me,

Bill Murray.

♪ "Monsieur Rouge" by Michael Blainey playing ♪