The Emmy winner spoke with PEOPLE exclusively about reprising her role as Virginia Venit in the 'Happy Gilmore' sequel, nearly 30 years after the original

Nearly three decades after audiences first met Happy Gilmore and his outlandish golf antics in the 1996 film, iconic trio Adam Sandler, Julie Bowen and Christopher McDonald are reuniting for Happy Gilmore 2.

When Adam Sandler was a kid growing up in New Hampshire, his father was an avid golfer. He’d often take his son along to hit balls at the driving range. But Sandler was uninterested in the sport, and usually got antsy.