SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. \u2014 The American Century Championship is set to get underway today, bringing a record 93 celebrities to the shores of Lake Tahoe.<\/p>\n
Today\u2019s opening round on the 6,709-yard Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course is sold out and will also include the annual Celebrity Hole-In-One Contest. This year\u2019s competition will bring together 10 players and one Korbel California Champagne distributor representative with two chances each to record a hole-in-one on the par-3 17th hole from 155 yards out. A hole-in-one will earn $250,000 to the player and a local charity. If an ace is not achieved, the player closest to the pin (within two feet) will receive $25,000 to split with the local charity. If not within two feet, $5,000 will awarded to charity.<\/p>\n
Former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo, a three-time winner, is the favorite to defend his title. Romo is at 5-to-2, according to Caesars Sportsbook, followed by former tennis player Mardy Fish (11-to-4) and former MLB pitcher Mark Mulder (5-to-1).<\/p>\n
\u201cObviously it\u2019s very enjoyable and rewarding to go out and win at anything you do,\u201d said Romo during Wednesday\u2019s press conference. \u201cBut I do think it gets tougher every time because the depth of the field is now \u2014 it\u2019s much deeper than it\u2019s ever been. For so long it used to be three, four people you felt like. We got easily 12, I feel like, could be 20. Every year someone\u2019s improved. It\u2019s a golf course that gives you opportunities. Someone gets hot, they\u2019ll be in the mix.\u201d<\/p>\n
Romo won the event last year with a high score of 62 using the Modified Stableford scoring format, in which points are scored based on the number of strokes taken at each hole…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cNo chance. I\u2019m just spiteful because they beat me, him and Phil (Mickelson) beat me in the Match a long time ago and I haven\u2019t been able to get my revenge, so I\u2019m a hater,\u201d said Curr<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":949,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"source_name":"READ MORE","source_url":"https:\/\/www.sierrasun.com\/news\/record-crowds-expected-at-american-century-championship\/","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"7","single_blog_custom":"","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"0","layout":"no-sidebar-narrow","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"float","share_float_style":"share-normal","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"0","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"1","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"1"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":"","hide":""},"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n