Jack Wagner takes lead at American Century Golf in Lake Tahoe

During the first round of the 27th annual American Century Championship in South Lake Tahoe, actor Jack Wagner is ahead by three points over NHL Hall of Famer Mike Modano. Last year's winner, and former baseball pitcher Mark Mulder is four points off the lead.

"This weekend is dedicated to Jim Powers," said Wagner. "He was my best friend for 46 years, personal assistant for 34 years, and he passed June 4. He's been up here all 26 years, just handling my stuff."

Wagner is wearing "4-Jim" on his hat. "I tried to put this on my back because he always had my back," said wagner of the 4-Jim. "It didn't stay on so it's going to be on the hat this week. I have inspiration this week so this week's a tribute and dedication to Jim."

He said the greens at Edgewood are different, more like Pebblie Beach. "If you
make a good stroke, the ball's going to roll properly. In the past, you could make a good stroke and it might wobble off. They're a lot like Pebble Beach's greens. There's a lot of poa annua in them."

Many of the other golfers mentioned how nice the greens are.

"They're the best I've seen them," said Modano.

The celebrity tournament uses Modified Stableford scoring, giving points to the number of strokes a golfer takes. The higher a golfer's points, the better they are on the day.

In their normal position near the bottom are Charles Barkley and Larry the Cable Guy.

The second round gets underway at 7:45 a.m. Saturday at Edgewood Tahoe.

Friday's scores:

Wagner, Jack 27
Modano, Mike 24
Mulder, Mark 23
Fish, Mardy 22
Sharpe, Sterling 21
Roenick, Jeremy 20
Urlacher, Brian 19
Lowe, Derek 19
Coleman, Vince 17
Black, Lucas 17
Hudson, Oliver 17
Pavelski, Joe 17
Ribeiro, Alfonso 17
Williams, Deron 16
Gagne, Eric 15
Rypien, Mark 15
Bachelder, Andrew 15
Faulk, Marshall 13
Gould, Robbie 13
Brown, Tim 12
Rice, Jerry 12
McMahon, Jim 12
Millar, Kevin 12
Peterson, Patrick 12
Maddux, Greg 11
Wakefield, Tim 11
Rodgers, Aaron 10
Janikowski, Sebastian 10
Palmer, Carson 9
O'Neal, Blair 8
Blake, James 8
Curry, Dell 7
Curry, Stephen 7
Carter, Joe 7
Smith, Alex 7
Quayle, Dan 7
Del Negro, Vinny 7
Fitzpatrick, Ryan 6
Timberlake, Justin 6
Saberhagen, Bret 5
Cornwell, Lisa 5
LeMaster, Heather 5
Miller, Bode 5
Robertson, Willie 4
Beckett, Josh 4
Wells, David 2
Hawk, AJ 2
Oshie, TJ 2
Theismann, Joe 2
O'Hurley, John 1
Clemens, Roger 0
Allen, Marcus 0
Lofton, Kenny -1
Bettis, Jerome -1
Allen, Jared -1
Hoffman, Trevor -1
Rooney, Joe Don -1
Baumgartner, Brian -2
Tate, Golden -2
Iguodala, Andre -4
Green, Trent -4
Riggle, Rob -5
Eruzione, Mike -5
Jones, Chipper -5
Davis, Terrell -6
Waltrip, Michael -6
Harbaugh, Jim -8
Edwards, Herm -8
Flutie, Doug -8
Spurrier, Steve -9
Smith, Emmitt -10
Bortles, Blake -10
Rodriguez, Ivan -10
Welker, Wes -11
Lewis, Marvin -12
Vickers, Brian -12
Wambach, Abby -14
Young, Steve -14
Demarcus, Jay -14
Tappen, Kathryn -16
Romano, Ray -17
Nealon, Kevin -18
Larry the Cable Guy -20
Barkley, Charles -36

Attached are Saturday's pairings.