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LAKE TAHOE, Nev. - Coming off his fifth straight NBA Finals appearance, basketball superstar Steph Curry is returning to Lake Tahoe for the 30th annual American Century Championship.

The popular celebrity golf tournament will be held July 9-14 at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course.

Curry, the Golden State Warriors two-time NBA Most Valuable Player is a contender in the tournament. He is considered among the favorites. Harrah’s and Harveys Race and Sportsbook have installed him at 15-1 odds along with San Jose Sharks captain Joe Pavelski and former Sharks star Jeremy Roenick.

STATELINE, Nev. - San Jose Shark star Joe Pavelski kept his lead during round two of the American Century Championship in Lake Tahoe Saturday, finishing his round one point ahead of three-time champion and former MLB pitcher Mark Mulder.

Mulder shot a 5-under-par 67 Saturday to close the gap with Pavelski who shot par.

Former Dallas Cowboy quarterback Tony Romo, who was at 4:1 odds to win, is sitting at third as they prepare for the final round at Edgewood Tahoe on Saturday.

For 12 years the antics of a group of Sacramento friends on the 7th hole at Edgewood Tahoe have drawn the attention of not only those attending the American Century Championship Pro-Am round in South Lake Tahoe, but also the attention of Justin Timberlake, NBC Sports, Corona, AJ Hawk, Mark Rypien, Steph Curry and many others.

The practice rounds of the 2018 American Century Championship got underway Tuesday with the annual Tahoe South Celebrity-Am Tournament at Edgewood Tahoe.

Joe Theismann's group came in first with a 51.6, followed by Greg Maddux's team with a 51.7. Third place was a tie, with Mark Mulder's and Shannon Sharpe's teams at 52, followed by Ivan Rodriguez at 52.1.

A contingent of active NFL players and coaches, including newcomers Larry Fitzgerald, Case Keenum, Mitch Trubisky, Sean Payton and Bill O’Brien, highlight the field of competitors at the 29th annual American Century Championship golf tournament in Lake Tahoe, July 10-15 airing on NBC and NBCSN. www.americancenturychampionship.com

The American Century celebrity-amateur tournament begins at Edgewood Tahoe on Thursday, July 13 at 8:00 a.m. with a shotgun start. On the first hole will be Steph Curry of the Golden State Warriors, who was in Los Angeles Wednesday evening to accept an ESPY award with his teammates for "Best Team."

8:00 a.m. group:

Hole 1A
STEPHEN CURRY
NBA MVP: Golden State Warriors
Jonathan Thomas Kunio Watanabe
Andy Saperstein David Lockton

Hole 1B
ALEX SMITH
NFL Quarterback: Kansas City Chiefs
Peter Cieszko Patrick Maggitti

Hole 2
CARSON PALMER
Quarterback: Arizona Cardinals

The 28th annual American Century Golf Championship gets underway at Edgewood Tahoe on Tuesday, July 11. There is an 8:00 a.m. shotgun start for the celebrities and their amateur partners.

Here is the pairings sheet (start tee and players, celebrities are in caps):

1A - ROGER CLEMENS, Jay Ledford, Mark Feder, Mike Durkin, Bob Lovell
1B - BRET SABERHAGEN, Tom Jenkin, Wil Gustafson, Jeff McDaniel, Robert Masuda
2 - STERLING SHARPE, John Koster, James Chan, Peter Kazanas, Richard Conner
3A - MARK RYPIEN, Wayne Walters, Jeffrey Erickson, Matt Anfinson, David Larson

The celebrities golfing over at Edgewood for the 27th American Century Championship has the opportunity to stop over the at Korbel booth and participate in the 10th annual “Korbel Celebrity Spray-Off” on Thursday, July 21. This year, the bassist for Rascal Flatts, Jay DeMarcus, won top honors with his cork flying 80 feet.

As the prepared to tee off on the 18th hole, Korbel challenged celebrity and sports superstars to demonstrate their best champagne-popping talents at the Celebrity Spray-Off.

Seventeen celebrities enjoyed Tuesday's Tahoe South Celebrity-Am which paired celebrity golfers with amateurs.

Marshall Faulk's team led the pack of 17 with a 47.1 In his group were Nick Roberts, David Yi, Luke Roberts and William Davies.

Results:

1. Marshall Faulk – 47.2
2. Roger Clemens – 50.2
3. Sterling Sharpe – 52.8
4. Eric Gagne – 53.0
5. Mark Rypien – 53.2
6. Kevin Millar – 53.7
7. Bode Miller – 53.8
8. Bret Saberhagen – 54.1
9. Sebastian Janikowski – 54.3
10. Heather LeMaster – 54.5
11. Marvin Lewis – 55.1

Two time MVP of the NBA, Steph Curry of the Golden State Warriors is headed to the South Shore to play in the 27th annual American Century Golf Championship July 22-24.

Last year, Curry had to pass because of the birth of his second child Ryan. This year, he was due to play for the USA in the Olympic Games, but with an injured right knee he has decided to stay home, and opened the doors to play in Tahoe.

Sports and entertainment stars, including many of the current and future Hall of Famers, MVPs and stars who golf in South Lake Tahoe's annual celebrity tournament, will be teeing it up in the inaugural Diamond Resorts Invitational celebrity golf tournament at the Golden Bear Golf Club in Orlando, Fla., Jan. 14-16, 2016.

The final round of the 26th Annual American Century Golf Championship gets underway at Edgewood Tahoe with the first tee-off at 6:50 a.m. The last group teeing off will be at 9:05 a.m.

From the 1st Tee (Tee time, pairings number, players name, current score):

6:50 1 Dan Jansen 14
Tyler Eifert 14
Brandon Weeden 16

6:59 3 Sebastian Janikowski 16
Tim Brown 16
Roger Clemens 17

7:08 5 Trevor Hoffman 17
Tom Glavine 17
Joe Don Rooney 18

7:17 7 TJ Oshie 19
Greg Maddux 21
James Blake 21

7:26 9 Vince Coleman 21
Jerome Bettis 22

The second round of the American Century Golf Championship will be played on Saturday, starting at 7:40 a.m. Mark Mulder and Jack Wagner share the lead with a 26 in the Stableford styled scoring system.

Here are the tee times:

From the 1st Tee:
(listed is start time, group number, player's name and score from Friday)

7:40 1 James Blake 8
Ivan Rodriguez 8
Martin Brodeur 8

7:49 3 Trevor Hoffman 8
Kenny Lofton 8
Trent Dilfer 9

7:58 5 Brian Urlacher 9
Mark Rypien 10
Alex Smith 10

8:07 7 Tom Glavine 5
Greg Maddux 10

The American Century Golf Championship officially gets underway on Friday with round one of the 26th annual tournament in South Lake Tahoe.

The tee times for the 91 celebrities at Edgewood Tahoe are as follows:

Teeing from the 1st Tee:

7:50 1 Jared Allen
AJ Hawk
Patrick Peterson

8:00 3 Martin Brodeur
Ozzie Smith
Andruw Jones

8:10 5 Roger Clemens
Ivan Rodriguez
Fred McGriff

8:20 7 Steve Young
Herm Edwards
TJ Oshie

8:30 9 Cris Collinsworth
Hines Ward
Rodney Harrison

8:40 11 David Cone
David Wells
Trevor Hoffman

8:50 13 Rick Rhoden

Some of the celebrity golfers participating in the 26th annual American Century Golf Championship will be playing in a celebrity-am tournament on Wednesday. Tee-off times are scheduled between 8:35 a.m. and 2:20 p.m. Other celebrities will be playing practice rounds throughout the day.

The Lake Tahoe Celebrity-Am Tournament pairings sheet:

1st tee
8:40 Jack Wagner, Mardy Fish, Brian Kelly
8:50 Aaron Rodgers, Brian Baumgartner, Colt Ford
9:00 Justin Timberlake, Alfonso Ribeiro
9:10 Cris Collinsworth
12:20 Willie Robertson
12:30 Joe Sakic, Andruw Jones

Four-time American Century Golf champion Billy Joe Tolliver, former quarterback for five NFL teams, is now the top choice of Harrah’s and Harveys Race & Sports Book to win the 26th annual celebrity golf tournament this week in South Lake Tahoe.

He is listed at 7-2 to win the event over defending champion Mark Rypien and perennial contenders John Smoltz and John Elway.

Rypien, the original favorite, is 5-1 with Smoltz at 6-1 and eight-time champion Rick Rhoden at 7-1 for the 54-hole, modified-Stableford competition at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course.

Once again, the most popular celebrity golf tournament in the county will be held on the southern shores of Lake Tahoe. The 26th Annual American Century Championship will be held in South Lake Tahoe from July 14-19, 2015 at Edgewood Tahoe.

The list of the 95 participants released resemble the 'A List' of who's who in sports and entertainment, as well as the military. They will all be going after a prize purse of $625,000.

Take a list of top celebrity athletes plus a retired LPGA champion and add the fact that the tournament is celebrating it's 25th anniversary, one would except large and excited galleries at the American Century Golf Championship.

Crowds didn't disappoint on Saturday when a record 13,000 attended the tournament at Edgewood Tahoe.

Lightening has caused a delay at Edgewood Tahoe for the 25th American Century Golf Championship. Television coverage on NBC will be switched over to NBCSN if play resumes.

The leaders at the time the storm horns sounded were Jeremy Roenick and Mark Rypien tied at 64, with Hall-of-Famer Annika Sorenstam currently in third place with 62 points. If the tournament is able to conclude, play will resume with the leaders playing the 16th hole.

The final round of golf at Edgewood Tahoe is Sunday.

Greg Maddux, Bode Miller and David Wells start the day off on the 1st Tee at 7:50 a.m. and the leaders, Jeremy Roenick, Chad Pfeifer and Mark Rypien wrap up the start times at 10:10 a.m.

The attached photo has all start times listed.

Tickets are $25 for the day and available at the gate. Parking is free at casinos in the area and along the street if spaces can be found. The old Horizon parking lot is available for parking at $15 per vehicle.

Champagne was flowing on the 18th tee Friday as 29 of the celebrity golfers participating in the 25th Annual American Century Championship proved their skill in something other than golf.

As celebrity superstars prepared to tee off on the 18th hole, Korbel challenged them to show off their best champagne celebration skills as part of the Celebrity Spray-Off. Former NFL MVP Joe Theismann took home top honors after he popped the cork on a bottle of Korbel and his cork traveled the furthest distance - 87ft.

The competitive landscape of the American Century Championship in Lake Tahoe will dramatically alter in 2014 with the addition of LPGA great Annika Sorenstam.

The legendary golf superstar, winner of 89 international tournaments and over $22 million, is among the most successful players in history. A part-time resident of Lake Tahoe and mother of two, Sorenstam will play on even terms with pro athletes in the nationally televised, 54-hole, $600,000 competition at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course.

A powerhouse lineup of sports legends including Charles Barkley, Olympic Gold Medalist Swimmer Michael Phelps, John Elway, Shane Battier of the 2013 NBA Championship Winners Miami Heat, boxer Oscar de la Hoya and Olympic skier Bodie Miller will join celebrities like Ray Romano Larry the Cable Guy, Bill Engvall and Kevin Nealon for the 24th annual American Century Championship at Tahoe South July 16-21, 2013.

After a Saturday round that saw at least half a dozen players get a taste of the American Century Championship lead, a late surge put former NFL quarterback Mark Rypien atop the celebrity golf tournament's leaderboard.
Rypien rocketed to the top of field late Saturday, with a par, two birdies and an eagle in the last four holes.