joe theismann
Korbel's two fun events at the ACC: The Spray-Off and Closest-to-the-Pine constests
Submitted by paula on Thu, 07/11/2019 - 12:14am
LAKE TAHOE, Nev. - The Tahoe Prosperity Center (TPC) has been chosen as the charity that could win $125,000 during this year's Korbel Closest-to-the-Pin challenge during the American Century Championship on Friday. A total of $250,000 is on the line during this annual contest that brings together 15 of the tournament’s most popular personalities to compete. If a contestant makes a hole-in-one, the $250,000 grand prize will be split with $125,000 going home with the celebrity, and $125,000 to TPC.
Harrah's Celebrity-Am tournament at Edgewood Wednesday
Submitted by paula on Tue, 07/09/2019 - 8:58pm
LAKE TAHOE, Nev. - The Harrahs Celebrity-Am Tournament will take place Wednesday, the second day of Celebrity Golf week over at Edgewood Tahoe. There will be two shotgun starts, one at 8:00 a.m. and the other at 1:00 p.m. The American Century Golf Championship begins Friday.
On Tuesday, the Tahoe South Celebrity-Am tournament was held with the teams led by the following celebrities taking the top three spots:
1. - Bode Miller - 50.3
2. - Sterling Sharpe - 51.3
3. - Kyle Fuller - 52.3
Tee times announced for Tahoe South-Celebrity Am in Lake Tahoe Tuesday
Submitted by paula on Mon, 07/08/2019 - 5:36pm
The week of American Century celebrity golf gets underway Tuesday, July 9 with the Tahoe South Celebrity-Am Tournament over at Edgewood Tahoe. It will be an 8:00 a.m. shotgun start.
(Celebrities in each foursome are listed in CAPS)
1A STERLING SHARPE, Wayne Walters, James Chan, Song Tae, Jeremy McDonald
1B BRET SABERHAGEN, Joe Bracken, Mark Feder, Mark Green, Bob Holmes
2 DeMARCUS WARE, Bob Lovell, Richard Conner, Brent Beck, Connor Beck
3A DOUG PEDERSON, Rob Weeks, Josh Jennings, Zenon Kos, John Zink
3B ERIC WEDDLE, Guy Naylor, Scott Bundrant, Jon Simkins, Michael Rogers
San Jose Sharks Captain Joe Pavelski leads American Century Championship
Submitted by paula on Fri, 07/13/2018 - 6:28pm
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE - The leader after the first round of play in the American Century Championship is San Jose Sharks captain Joe Pavelski. He scored a 25 in the modified stableford scoring system used in the 29th annual tournament.
Former quarterback (and former Incline Village resident) Trent Dilfer is one point off the lead. He is coming off left knee surgery an feeling pretty good. "I didn't realize how much pain I'd been in the last five, six, seven years playing golf," he said.
Wednesday pairings for American Century Golf in Lake Tahoe
Submitted by paula on Tue, 07/10/2018 - 9:55pm
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.
Steph Curry returns to Lake Tahoe for American Century Championship
Submitted by paula on Wed, 06/13/2018 - 9:13pm
Steph Curry, fresh off the Golden State Warrior's third championship in four years, is heading to Lake Tahoe to vie for a different title, one at the American Century Championship July 10-15. He had a final round 68 last year that included 28 of his total 60 Stableford points to finish fourth.
Large contingent of NFL players heading to Lake Tahoe for annual golf tournament
Submitted by paula on Thu, 05/17/2018 - 2:21pm
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
Friday's tee times for the 28th annual American Century Championship
Submitted by paula on Thu, 07/13/2017 - 10:53pm
After three days of practice rounds and celebrity-amateur tournaments, it is now time for the main event of American Century Championship on the South Shore of Lake Tahoe.
The following are the tee times from both the first tee and the tenth tee.
Teeing off from the first Tee:
7:50 a.m.
Golden Tate
Adam Thielen
Hines Ward
8:00 a.m.
Joe Carter
Ozzie Smith
Ivan Rodriguez
8:10 a.m.
Rodney Harrison
Patrick Peterson
AJ Hawk
8:20 a.m.
TJ Oshie
Carey Price
Jeremy Roenick
8:30 a.m.
Mike Modano
Carson Palmer
Oliver Hudson
8:40 a.m.
Tim Wakefield
Tee times for Thursday's American Century Celebrity-Am Tournament
Submitted by paula on Wed, 07/12/2017 - 11:31pm
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
Pairing sheet for Wednesday's Harrah's Celebrity-Am Tournament
Submitted by paula on Tue, 07/11/2017 - 7:53pm
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Wednesday is the second day of the American Century Championship at Edgewood Tahoe, and play continues with the second day of amateur-celebrity tournaments.
Here are the scheduled golfers and their tee times. Other golfers may be playing or using the practice range.
From the first tee:
7:00 Larry the Cable Guy
7:10
7:20
7:30
7:40
7:50
8:00 Robbie Gould
8:10 Herm Edwards
8:20 Blair O’Neal
8:30 Paige Spiranac, Carey Price,
Marvin Lewis, Adam Thielen
8:40
8:50 Justin Timberlake, Tony Romo
9:00 Alex Smith
9:10
American Century Celebrity-Am Tournament pairings for July 11
Submitted by paula on Mon, 07/10/2017 - 11:24pm
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
Jay DeMarcus of Rascal Flatts wins Korbel Celebrity Spray-Off at Edgewood
Submitted by paula on Sat, 07/23/2016 - 6:12pm
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.
Coundown to American Century Championship: Korbel offers $250,000 for hole-in-one
Submitted by paula on Wed, 06/29/2016 - 6:05am
When the American Century Champsionship comes to South Lake Tahoe July 19-24, Korbel California Champagne® will be joining them for the fifth year by hosting a $250,000 Closest to the Pin competition in addition to the favorite annual “Celebrity Spray-Off,” which encourages players to show off their champagne-spraying skills.
Along with having their tent offering cocktails between holes 17 and 18, Korbel will offer fans and celebrities numerous opportunities to participate in the fun such as:
90 players committed to playing in Celebrity Golf Championship
Submitted by paula on Thu, 04/28/2016 - 7:10pm
Charles Barkley, Justin Timberlake, and Steve Kerr and Andre Iguodala of the Golden State Warriors lead a group of 90 sports and entertainment stars coming to South Lake Tahoe for the 27th annual American Century Championship, July 19 – 24, 2016. Many were hoping to see Steph Curry on the list, but with the Olympic Games in Rio just after the tournament, speculation is that he had to skip the stop in Tahoe.
Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care wins at the Korbel Hole-In-One Contest
Submitted by paula on Sat, 07/18/2015 - 10:54pm
The 17th hole at Edgewood Tahoe was the scene of the Korbel Hole-in-One contest on Friday, bringing together some of the biggest names in sports and entertainment to help raise money for Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care (LTWC).
Early start to Sunday's final round of celebrity golf
Submitted by paula on Sat, 07/18/2015 - 6:34pm
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
Saturday's American Century Golf Championship pairings
Submitted by paula on Fri, 07/17/2015 - 11:13pm
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
Tee times for Friday's first round of American Century Golf Championship
Submitted by paula on Thu, 07/16/2015 - 6:20pm
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
Tahoe Celebrity-Am Tournament pairings for Thursday
Submitted by paula on Wed, 07/15/2015 - 9:32pm
It will be a long day of golf on Thursday for the celebrities in South Lake Tahoe for the American Century Golf Championship. Not all celebrities golfing in the championship will be taking part in the Celebrity-Am, but 55 of them are.
Tee times start at 6:50 a.m. at Edgewood Tahoe.
Teeing off on the First Hole
6:50 am - Josh Beckett 7:00 am - Marcus Allen 7:10 am - Emmitt Smith
7:20 am - Joe Theismann 7:30 am - Joe Carter 7:40 am - Jerry Rice
7:50 am - Roger Clemens 8:00 am - John Elway 8:10 am - Alex Smith
Tahoe Celebrity Golf pairings for Wednesday
Submitted by paula on Tue, 07/14/2015 - 7:19pm
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
Joe Theismann wins Korbel's 8th Annual Celebrity Spray Off at Edgewood Tahoe
Submitted by paula on Fri, 07/18/2014 - 10:31pm
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.
Sports stars tee it up at Lake Tahoe with American Century Championship golf tournament
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 04/30/2013 - 11:53pm
Event Date:
July 21, 2013 (All day)
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.
As NBA player Jason Collins comes out, former NFL coach, Raider kicker lend support
Submitted by Editor on Tue, 04/30/2013 - 2:24pm
A day after NBA basketball player Jason Collins came out as gay to Sports Illustrated, a former NFL coach and an Oakland Raider record-setting placekicker believe the NFL is ready to accept a gay football player.
"I don't think the NFL is going to have a problem," said Herm Edwards, former Kansas City Chiefs head coach, now an NFL analyst for ESPN. "Is there going to be a vote of confidence in the locker room? For some of the younger and immature players, but the veteran players — they get it."
Dan Quinn Wins American Century Championship for 5th time at Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Editor on Sun, 07/22/2012 - 7:27pm
STATELINE, LAKE TAHOE SOUTH — Dan Quinn birdied three of his first seven holes Sunday to pull ahead and then stretched his lead on the back nine to earn a six-point victory over former NFL quarterback Mark Rypien in the American Century Championship at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course.
Quinn finished with 66 points. Rypien was second with 60 points and Hall of Fame quarterback John Elway finished third with 59 points. It was the fourth win at the event for Quinn, a former NHL star who will caddie for Ernie Els at next week’s Canadian Open. Els won the British Open earlier in the day.
