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NBC Sports
17 hours ago
- Sport
- NBC Sports
American Century Championship 2025: Odds, favorites and a Charles Barkley prop bet
The stars will be out in Tahoe this weekend for the American Century Championship, always one of the most entertaining events on the golf calendar. Mardy Fish is looking to repeat and claim his third title. Steph Curry is seeking his second in as many starts. The standard is, well, lower for Charles Barkley. Now, how do you bet this thing if you don't know how it works? Here's everything you need to know, including the scoring format, field and how to watch. Golf Channel Staff, And here are the odds and one prop bet for the weekend, presented by Caesars Sportsbook. 2025 American Century Championship odds (as of Wednesday, courtesy Caesars Sportsbook): Steph Curry: +240 Mardy Fish: +240 Joe Pavelski: +300 Tony Romo: +450 John Smoltz: +550 Annika Sorenstam: +650 Mark Mulder: +650 Derek Lowe: +1600 Austin Reaves: +1800 Taylor Twellman: +1800 Adam Thielen: +2200 Alex Caruso: +2200 Vinny Del Negro: +2200 Jake Owen: +2800 Matt Ryan: +3000 Jack Wagner: +3300 Aaron Rodgers: +4000 With the worst odds among the 90-player field, Charles Barkley is listed at +750000 Prop bet: Will Charles Barkley finish in the top 65? Yes: +140 No: -175
NBC Sports
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- NBC Sports
American Century Championship 2025: Celebrity field (Stephen Curry's back!), format, scoring, prize money
Former tennis player & 2020 American Century Champion Mardy Fish joins Golf Today to discuss his thoughts on the upcoming tournament and his future in golf. The 36th American Century Championship will be held July 11-13 at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course in Lake Tahoe, Nevada, and feature the likes of Stephen Curry, Travis and Jason Kelce, Aaron Rodgers, Grant Hill, Charles Barkley and Josh Allen. A field of 90 athletes and celebrities will compete in the event. Here's your need to know information (all times EDT): How to watch the American Century Championship Friday, July 11 4-6PM: Peacock Saturday, July 12 2:30-6PM: NBC/Peacock Sunday, July 13 What is the American Century Championship format? The players will compete over 54 holes using a modified Stableford format in which points are awarded for how a player fares on a hole rather than a score in relation to par. What is the American Century Championship scoring? Albatross (3 under on a hole): 10 points Hole-in-one: 8 points Eagle (2 under): 6 points Birdie (1 under): 3 points Par (even): 1 point Bogey (1 over): 0 points Double or worse (2 over+): -2 points Players cannot score worse than a double bogey. The player with the most points after three rounds wins. What is the American Century Championship purse? The total payout is $750,000. First place will earn $150,000, second $70,00 and third $40,000. Who is the defending champion at American Century Championship? You could say it's 'defending champions,' plural. Former tennis player Mardy Fish won for the second time a year ago, totaling 83 points, one shy of the tournament record (Billy Joe Tolliver, 2010). Stephen Curry, who did not compete last year while preparing for the Olympic Games, won the tournament in 2023, with a week that included a walk-off eagle and a hole-in-one. Who is in the American Century Championship field? Davante Adams (football) Marcus Allen (football) Ray Allen (basketball) Josh Allen (football) Bret Bair (TV host) Nate Bargatze (comedian) Charles Barkley (basketball) Brian Baumgartner (actor) Jerome Bettis (football) Jay Bilas (basketball) Tim Brown (football) Joe Buck (TV announcer) Derek Carr (football) Vince Carter (basketball) Alex Caruso (basketball) Roger Clemens (baseball) Dell Curry (basketball) Seth Curry (basketball) Stephen Curry (basketball) Carson Daly (TV host) Sam Darnold (football) Vinny Del Negro (basketball) Jay DeMarcus (singer) Dylan Dreyer (TV meteorologist) Rich Eisen (TV host) Cathy Engelbert (WNBA commissioner) Mardy Fish (tennis) Larry Fitzgerald (football) Ryan Fitzpatrick (football) Dwight Freeney (football) Justin Gaethje (UFC) Chris Harrison (TV host) A.J. Hawk (football) Grant Hill (basketball) Colin Jost (comedian) Kyle Juszczyk (football) Jason Kelce (football) Travis Kelce (football) George Kittle (football) Zach Lavine (basketball) Trevor Lawrence (football) Hally Leadbetter (content creator) Derek Lowe (baseball) Kyle Lowry (basketball) Rob Mac (actor) Joe Mauer (baseball) Baker Mayfield (football) Jim McMahon (football) Kevin Millar (baseball) The Miz (wrestling) Mark Mulder (baseball) T.J. Oshie (hockey) Jake Owen (singer) Joe Pavelski (hockey) Michael Pena (actor) Patrick Peterson (football) Albert Puljos (baseball) Austin Reaves (basketball) Alfonso Ribeiro (actor) Jerry Rice (football) Rob Riggle (actor) Aaron Rodgers (football) Jimmy Rollins (baseball) Ray Romano (actor) Tony Romo (football) Matt Ryan (football) Jason Scheff (singer) Gary Sheffield (baseball) Tim Simmons (actor) Emmitt Smith (football) John Smoltz (baseball) Annika Sorenstam (golf) Kathryn Tappen (TV reporter) Miles Teller (actor) Larry the Cable Guy (comedian) Joe Theismann (football) Adam Thielen (football) Matthew Tkachuk (hockey) Taylor Twellman (soccer) Brian Urlacher (football) Chase Utley (baseball) Shane Victorino (baseball) Mike Vrabel (football) Jack Wagner (actor) Demarcus Ware (football) David Wells (baseball) Jayson Werth (baseball) Andrew Whitworth (football) Charles Woodson (football) Is there a party hole at the American Century Championship? There sure is: the par-3 17th at Edgewood. It runs along the beach and is filled with music and fans and boats and booze and footballs and basketballs and so much that you don't see at a regular golf tournament.
The Independent
6 days ago
- Sport
- The Independent
Ben Shelton left furious after ‘unbelievable' decision to suspend play at Wimbledon due to bad light
Ben Shelton and Rinky Hijikata were left furious after play was suspended late on day four at Wimbledon moments before the American was due to serve for the match. The second-round contest was approaching a conclusion, despite both players questioning whether the match should continue into the third set with light quickly fading. The No 10 seed led 6-2, 7-5, 5-4 before the umpire announced on No 2 Court "play is suspended' at 9:29pm BST. Shelton then raced towards the umpire's chair, waving his finger to protest at the decision. The 22-year-old was held back by an official before hastily packing his bag and applauding the crowd. Shelton was in fine form and had failed to drop a service game all match. Both players had made arguments after 9pm to stop play and return on Friday to conclude the match. Shelton and Hijikata will resume their match, which has currently lasted two hours and 11 minutes, on No 2 Court at around 1:30pm, with the match due on second after Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova v Naomi Osaka in the women's singles third round. The decision was met with frustration and anger from both broadcasters and fans. The ESPN commentary team called the decision 'unbelievable'. Compatriot and former player Mardy Fish reacted to the decision: 'Ain't a doubt in my mind Ben will come out and bust four aces. Little hit and giggle tomorrow stud.'
Forbes
01-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Can John Smoltz Finally Win Celebrity Golf's Top Prize?
Atlanta Braves great and Hall of Fame pitcher John Smoltz will look to win the American Century ... More Championship for the first time in 2025. (Photo by) John Smoltz wants to accomplish on the golf course what he once accomplished on the baseball diamond — win a championship. The Atlanta Braves great and Hall of Fame pitcher has participated in the American Century Championship in 13 of the past 14 years and first participated in the celebrity golf tournament back in 2000. However, he's never actually won the tournament, with his best finish being second place back in 2021. The 58-year-old will once again participate in the tournament in July in Lake Tahoe with more than 90 celebrities and athletes involved. The tournament will see some of the familiar faces including former champions such as Mardy Fish, Steph Curry, Tony Romo and Mark Mulder. "I feel like I'm in the top five here every year," says Smoltz in a one-on-one interview. "I should be in the top five. I have high expectations. I'm usually in the top 10, but I'm trending in the right direction. I get too geeked up for this tournament. I got to learn how to just slow it down right before Tahoe, I will know if I made the US Open or not. "I've got a qualifier one more round to get through, and I could play in my second Senior Open, which has really helped me navigate tournament golf," Smoltz continues to say. "Tournament golf is so different than what I play, because what I play is fast, chaotic. Race to the ball, play as fast as you can. That is not tournament golf. As it leads up into Tahoe, I will take more time to play golf and get ready for that pace." Smoltz finished in the top four in three of the past four years. He says Mulder is the best former baseball player on the course, with the former two-time All-Star pitcher having won the tournament three consecutive years from 2015 until 2017. "There's some baseball players that can flat out play, and I can hang a little bit more now that I'm getting a little bit longer," says Smoltz. "I'm working out These guys used to bomb it way by me, but now I'm going to be able to stay in their area code, but Mark Mulder has a similar game to Marty fish, just right handed versus left handed. Baseball players have been known to — for the sport collectively — have the most players that play in the sport, depth wise. We've got a good roster of baseball players when put together in the same tournament, it's going to be a fun watch." The 1996 NL Cy Young Award winner details why pitchers transition well to the golf course and how batters have a similar type of advantage due to their hand-eye coordination. He also says that hockey players do well on the golf course — like former Dallas Stars veteran Joe Pavelski -- due to how they shoot the puck in hockey. Smoltz also says field goal kickers in football tend to do well on the golf course. It all comes down to hand-eye coordination and time. "A lot of us pitchers have time to play, so we put a lot of time in between starts to play and hand eye coordination for a lot of hitters who bomb it like Aaron Hicks, Derek Lowe, there's so many golfers that flat out move the golf ball, and they're just sneaky strong because of the way they handle the bat," says Smoltz. While Smoltz mentions Mulder and Romo among the best players in the tournament, he singles out Fish — the former tennis standout -- as the very best in this field. Fish has won twice, including last year. "Mardy Fish," says Smoltz when asked who's the best golfer in the tournament. "Mark Mulder's had success here, he's won multiple times. Tony Romo has dominated this event a couple times. Mardy Fish really has the elite celebrity kind of game. The only way that you can beat Mardy Fish is that it's super windy and he doesn't have that majestic ball that he plays." Smoltz goes into further detail why Fish is such a standout on the golf course, giving him credit and saying that he could make noise at the "next level." "He's got a pretty swing," says Smoltz. "Once you've been there done that, you become comfortable with the environment. He is comfortable playing golf. I don't think he wants to go anywhere else. But if there was a player that could maybe tempt with making some tournaments and making some noise at the next level, I think Mardy Fish is one of those guys." The American Century Championship's total purse is $750K with first place getting a $150K payout in the most prestigious celebrity tournament in golf. The first round will start on July 11 and the event will conclude on July 13, with the tournament being broadcast on NBC. "This is the greatest tournament that the celebrities get to play in, it's a perfect venue," says Smoltz. 'Perfect place to kind of showcase something we do on the side. All walks of life come together, some really great golfers in the field, and it's just the perfect week for me. Obviously, I have to do the MLB All-Star game afterwards (as a broadcaster), but to play golf and Tahoe and to compete -- I am going to be the oldest winner at some point. Just don't know when that is, it could be this year. But it's one of the greatest events we get to play in.'
Daily Mail
09-05-2025
- Sport
- Daily Mail
Tiger Woods' son Charlie fails to qualify for US Open in fresh setback
Tiger Woods ' teenage son Charlie fell at the first hurdle in his bid to qualify for next month's US Open. The 16-year-old was one of 10,202 golfers who entered the 125th US Open and Woods Jr. this week began the long road to Oakmont in Pennsylvania. He took part in one of the regional qualifying events, teeing it up at Wellington Golf Club in Florida. But Woods' score of three-over-par was not good enough to progress. Only a handful of players from each event make it through to final qualifying and Woods finished seven shots off the four-under-par cutoff. It nevertheless marked a huge improvement on last year, when Woods finished nine-over-par in his bid to reach the 2024 tournament. Charlie did qualify for his first US Junior Amateur Championship last year but failed to reach the match play knockout stages. Back in March, meanwhile, he joined Donald Trump's granddaughter Kai in the field at the Sage Valley Junior Invitational. Woods finished 20 shots off the eventual winner. Charlie is the eldest son of Tiger Woods, a three-time US Open champion who is recovering from surgery on a ruptured Achilles. Tiger and Charlie have teamed up for several events in recent years but neither will be in the field at Oakmont next month. Charlie was not the only big name who entered one of the 100-plus qualifying events around the country. Former NFL quarterback Tony Romo, ex-tennis star Mardy Fish and New York Rangers player J.T. Miller are also among those hoping to reach Oakmont.
