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First round of American Century Championship starts Friday at Edgewood Tahoe

LAKE TAHOE, Nev. - The celebrities taking part in the 30th annual American Century Championship are putting aside the fun and games and getting down to business as the first round starts Friday, July 12.

The oddsmakers at Harrah's Tahoe/Harveys have Tony Romo and Mark Mulder as the favorites, with John Smoltz, Kyle Williams, Mardy Fish, Steph Curry, Joe Pavelski, Jeremy Roenick and Trent Dilfer rounding out the favorites at the book. Charles Barkley once again sits at the bottom of that list at odds of 7500-1.

Tony Romo wins the 29th annual American Century Championship in Lake Tahoe

STATELINE, Nev. - It was a come from behind victory for Tony Romo Sunday, something he was familiar with during his career with the Dallas Cowboys. He was four points back during the final round, jumping ahead of the defending champ, three-time winner Mark Mulder and the leader from the first two rounds, Joe Pavelski.

“It’s a special win,” said Romo, who had finished second three times in seven previous trips to the annual celebrity golf tournament at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course. “It feels like you’re playing a tournament back home here. The day felt good for a lot of reasons.”

Joe Pavelski holds onto lead at American Century Championship

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.

San Jose Sharks Captain Joe Pavelski leads American Century Championship

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

New NFL contingent to play at American Century Golf Championship in Lake Tahoe

Charles Woodson, Travis Kelce, Doug Pederson, Mike Zimmer and Adam Thielen will make up the NFL contingent of first time competitors at the annual American Century Championship celebrity golf tournament at Edgewood in Lake Tahoe July 14-16.

This is the 28th year the 54-hole tournament has been on the South Shore, offering a purse of $600,000 while also raising money for local and national charities.

Early start to Sunday's final round of celebrity golf

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

Josh Scobee has lead at American Century Golf Championship

Veteran NFL placekicker Josh Scobee has the lead in the American Century Golf Championship in South Lake Tahoe. Scobee, of the Jacksonville Jaguars, has 57 points with the tournament's Modified Stableford scoring.

Round 1 leader Mark Mulder, former Oakland Athletics pitcher, is five points behind with a 52.

Saturday's American Century Golf Championship pairings

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

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

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

Odds makers pick Billy Joe Tolliver to win American Century Championship

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.

Jeremy Roenick takes lead into final day of play at American Century Golf Championship

The crowds were out in force for round two of the 25th Annual American Century Golf Championship in South Lake Tahoe Saturday. The beach on 17 was packed as usual with boaters and sunbathers waiting for their chance to play games of toss and catch with the dozens of celebrities that always join in the fun.

Celebrities open up about Manziel, heros, autographs and American Century Celebrity Golf

Three former football players joined the local Rotary clubs for breakfast on Thursday morning, sharing their honest feelings on many subjects from family to Johnny Manziel. Tahoe Douglas Rotary and South Lake Tahoe Rotary Clubs invited Marshall Faulk, Trent Dilfer and Sterling Sharpe to their joint meeting at MontBleu.

On Johnny Manziel

LPGA Great Annika Sorenstam Will Play in South Lake Tahoe's Celebrity Golf Tournament

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.

Celebrities Preparing for Lake Tahoe's American Century Championship Golf Tournament

In just two months the world of celebrity golf will take over South Lake Tahoe when the 25th Anniversary of the American Century Championship is played at Edgewood Tahoe.

Last week, two participants, former NFL Quarterback Trent Dilfer and Iraq war veteran Chad Pfeifer spoke recently with the media about the July 15-20 event.

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