{"id":715501,"date":"2026-06-04T21:07:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T21:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/715501\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T21:07:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T21:07:10","slug":"kevin-costner-in-australia-actor-swings-by-brisbane-x-golf-as-staff-reveal-huge-hint-they-got-days-before","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/715501\/","title":{"rendered":"Kevin Costner in Australia: Actor swings by Brisbane X-Golf as staff reveal huge hint they got days before"},"content":{"rendered":"

Exclusive: Staff at X-Golf South Bank in Brisbane<\/a>\u00a0were completely starstruck after Oscar<\/a> winner Kevin Costner<\/a> visited their store not once but seven times.<\/p>\n

However, one staff member Simon told nine.com.au he had \u201can inkling\u201d the Hollywood legend<\/a> would be dropping by, because of a huge clue two days before Costner arrived.<\/p>\n

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Simon worked up the ‘courage’ to take a photo with Kevin Costner during his final visit this week.\u00a0Instagram\/@xgolfau<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had an inkling that he might come in because a couple of days beforehand his security had come out and sort of scoped the place out,\u201d Simon revealed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey were two very big lads who weren\u2019t very forthcoming in regard to who they were, so I sort of put two and two together thinking, oh could that be [for Costner?] Maybe it is?\u201d <\/p>\n

Simon knew the Yellowstone <\/a>star was filming in Brisbane, Queensland<\/a>, and staying in a nearby hotel. <\/p>\n

Two days later Costner<\/a> walked through the doors. Yet, Simon revealed why it took this week, Costner\u2019s seventh visit, to work up the \u201ccourage\u201d and snap a photo with the A-lister.<\/p>\n

The first time Costner visited the venue, known for its indoor golf simulators and themed bar, the actor had his security in tow.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe tried out best to leave him alone so he felt like a normal person rather than, you know, getting hounded,\u201d said Simon.<\/p>\n

Costner came in and spent a couple of hours on the golf simulator with Simon, who proudly felt like a personal caddy to the star.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was very cool to have a chat with him, it was very surreal,\u201d he shared. <\/p>\n

Simon noted the A-lister \u201cdidn\u2019t have a single beer the whole time he came in\u201d. Instead, he would grab a bottle of water and spend a couple of hours hitting the balls. <\/p>\n

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Simon remembers Costner from 1996 golf film Tin Cup. The actor is pictured playing golf that year.\u00a0 J. D. Cuban\/Allsport<\/p>\n

By the third or fourth visit Costner, a lifelong golf lover, was coming in on his own. <\/p>\n

\u201cBy then we were all pretty familiar with him, so it was somewhere he could come and escape and just do his thing,\u201d Simon revealed. <\/p>\n

He worked out Costner\u2019s last visit was coming up, \u201cso I plucked up the courage and just said look, Kev, it\u2019s been an absolute pleasure. Can I get a photo?\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cAnd he was like, \u2018Yeah of course, Simon, no problems at all. The least I could do is pose for a photo with you\u2019.\u201d <\/p>\n

\"Kevin<\/p>\n

Costner is currently in Queensland filming Honeymoon With Harry, an upcoming dramedy also starring Jake Gyllenhaal.\u00a0Getty\/Kevin Mazur<\/p>\n

Simon felt very lucky to be the only staff member to score a photo with the Hollywood legend.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m a massive fan, I\u2019m a big golfer and so Tin Cup for me as a kid was an iconic movie,\u201d Simon explained. <\/p>\n

Costner starred in the 1996 golf comedy Tin Cup alongside Thor star Rene Russo, and was happy to chat about his iconic role over a few swings. <\/p>\n

He certainly made an impression on the local too. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe is amazing, he\u2019s lovely, lovely guy. Like, I\u2019d be more than happy to call him dad,\u201d Simon laughed. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe were very privileged to have someone like him come in. It\u2019s something we won\u2019t be forgetting anytime soon.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Exclusive: Staff at X-Golf South Bank in Brisbane\u00a0were completely starstruck after Oscar winner Kevin Costner visited their store…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":715502,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[64,63,755,85],"class_list":["post-715501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=715501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/715501\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/715502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=715501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=715501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=715501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}