{"id":1519614,"date":"2022-07-11T18:00:41","date_gmt":"2022-07-11T22:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1519614"},"modified":"2022-07-11T18:00:42","modified_gmt":"2022-07-11T22:00:42","slug":"tony-romo-beats-star-studded-celebrity-field-playoff-american-century-celebrity-golf-championship-win-125k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/tony-romo-beats-star-studded-celebrity-field-playoff-american-century-celebrity-golf-championship-win-125k\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Romo Beats Star-Studded Celebrity Field in Playoff of American Century Celebrity Golf Championship to Win $125K"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Playoff. Game on the line.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/tag\/tony-romo\/\">Tony Romo<\/a>\u00a0steps up to the ball.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This may not have been a recipe for success when Romo was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/tony-romo-statistically-better-troy-aikman-wasnt-hall-of-fame-finalist-awe-all-know-why\/\">quarterbacking the Dallas Cowboys<\/a>\u00a0a few years ago. But at the American Century Celebrity\u00a0Golf\u00a0Championship, the former QB got it done in the clutch and took home the title against a star-studded field of amateur celebrity <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/tag\/golfers\/\">golfers<\/a> in South Lake Tahoe, Nevada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-tony-romo-won-the-acc-golf-championship-in-a-playoff\"><strong>Tony Romo won the ACC Golf Championship in a playoff <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1250\" height=\"833\" src=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Tony-Romo.jpg?w=925&#038;strip=all&#038;quality=89\" alt=\"Former NFL quarterback Tony Romo kisses the trophy after winning the American Century Championship.\" class=\"wp-image-1519618\" \/><figcaption>Tony Romo | Isaiah Vazquez\/Clarkson Creative\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The<strong> <\/strong>American Century Celebrity Golf Championship is an annual celebrity golf tournament held at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course in South Lake Tahoe, Nevada, for the last 33 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tournament \u201cis a made-for-TV event owned and broadcast by NBC Sports,\u201d per the tournament <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/americancenturychampionship.com\/tournament-information\/fact-sheet\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The AAC Golf Championship raises money for charity and pays out a $600,000 purse to the participants, with the first-place winner receiving $125,000. It is a 54-hole (three-round) tournament that uses a modified Stableford scoring system, as opposed to traditional stroke scoring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the 2022 version of the event, former Dallas Cowboys QB and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/tony-romo-sadly-hurt-phil-simms-pride-when-he-joined-cbs-following-his-successful-cowboys-career\/\">current CBS NFL analyst<\/a>\u00a0Tony Romo, former Oakland A\u2019s and St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Mark Mulder, and current Dallas Stars NHL player Joe Pavelski all finished with a score of 62. They then went to a two-hole, sudden-death playoff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After finishing even after one pass at the 18th hole, Romo prevailed over Mulder and Pavelski to win the cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tony Romo coming in clutch in the playoffs. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Xcx5AQ9x0Y\">pic.twitter.com\/Xcx5AQ9x0Y<\/a><\/p>&mdash; RJ Ochoa (@rjochoa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rjochoa\/status\/1546264241426022400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 10, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The victory was Romo\u2019s third, pulling him even with Mulder, who\u2019s also won the event three times. However, both ex-pro athletes have a long way to go to catch former NFL QB Billy Joe Tolliver, former NHL forward Dan Quinn, and former MLB pitcher Rick Rhoden, who\u2019ve won the tournament four, five, and eight times, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What celebrities play in the American Century Celebrity Golf Championship?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Aaron Rodgers finished his <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ACChampionship?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ACChampionship<\/a> appearance by draining a birdie putt from Green Bay!<br><br>\ud83d\udcfa: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/peacocktv?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@peacockTV<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lJvZEHNDHe\">pic.twitter.com\/lJvZEHNDHe<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Golf Channel (@GolfChannel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GolfChannel\/status\/1546259115499986950?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 10, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The American Century Celebrity Golf Championship bills itself as \u201cthe premier celebrity golf tournament\u201d and has the field to back it up. The 2022 tournament included 87 celebs from the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, LPGA, and WWE, as well as singers, actors, comedians, and entertainers of all types.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the athletes side, some of the most well-known active names were:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Aaron Rodgers, Green Bay Packers<\/li><li>Josh Allen, Buffalo Bills<\/li><li>Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City Chiefs<\/li><li>Travis Kelce, Kansas City Chiefs<\/li><li>Andre Iguodala, Golden State Warriors<\/li><li>Kyle Lowry, Miami Heat<\/li><li>The Miz, WWE superstar<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Dallas Stars\u2019 Joe Pavelski would have become the first active player to win the event since\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/mario-lemieux-690-goals-1033-assists-made-him-wealthy-1-save-landed-pittsburgh-penguins-legend-360-million\/\">the Pittsburgh Penguin\u2019s Mario Lemieux<\/a>\u00a0took home the 1998 title. The group of retired athletes \u2014 where the winner usually comes from \u2014 were represented by greats like:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Jerry Rice, NFL<\/li><li>Emmitt Smith, NFL<\/li><li>Brian Urlacher, NFL<\/li><li>Charles Barkley, NBA<\/li><li>Vinny Del Negro, NBA<\/li><li>Tom Glavine, MLB<\/li><li>Tim Wakefield, MLB<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Former LPGA champion and South Lake Tahoe resident Annika Sorenstam finished T4. And\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/how-good-was-dell-curry-the-father-of-golden-state-warriors-star-stephen-curry\/\">former NBA player Del Curry<\/a>\u00a0finished two points behind his son, Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry, but 54 points ahead of the Brooklyn Nets\u2019 Seth Curry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It wasn\u2019t just athletes out on the course, though. Plenty of entertainers joined the festivities, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Justin Timberlake, singer<\/li><li>Nick Jonas, singer<\/li><li>Alfonso Ribiero, actor<\/li><li>Miles Teller, actor<\/li><li>Larry the Cable Guy, comedian<\/li><li>Colin Jost, comedian<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Country singer Jake Owen (12th) and soap opera actor Jack Wagner (14th) finished highest among the entertainers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Several prominent sports media personalities like Pat McAfee, Joe Buck, and Jay Bilas also participated, with Buck (31st) prevailing in that group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Like <\/em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sports7\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Sports7<\/em><\/a><em> on Facebook.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>RELATED:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/nbc-peter-king-calls-tony-romo-troy-aikman-broadcasting-salaries\/\"><strong>NBC\u2019s Peter King Calls Out Tony Romo and Troy Aikman\u2019s Broadcasting Salaries<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tony Romo may have choked in the NFL playoffs as a Dallas Cowboy, but on the golf course, he was calm and cool against his fellow celebs. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":197,"featured_media":1519618,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[95787],"tags":[10366,87013,4927],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.3 (Yoast SEO v22.9) - 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