“Carl Weathers had a massive part,” Sandler, 58, confirmed. Weathers, who died at age 76 on Feb. 1, 2024, played the one-handed Derick "Chubbs" Peterson — mentor to Sandler’s titular hockey player-turned-golfer — in the 1996 sports comedy.

Adam Sandler is still disappointed that one very important part of “Happy Gilmore” will sadly not be happening for the sequel coming to Netflix on July 25. A “massive part” was planned for Carl Weathers,

Adam Sandler had to make a "painful change" to Happy Gilmore 2 as Carl Weathers was due to have a "massive part" in the comedy sequel as Chubbs Peterson before he passed away last year.