American Century Championship 2024: Celebrity Field, Format, Scoring, and Prize Money

The 35th American Century Championship will be held July 12-14 at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course in Lake Tahoe, Nevada.

A field of more than 90 athletes and celebrities will compete in the event. Here’s what you need to know:

What is the size?
Players compete over 54 holes using a modified Stableford format, with points awarded based on a player’s performance on a hole, rather than their score against par.

What is the score?

• Albatross (3 under on a hole): 10 points

• Hole-in-one: 8 points

• Eagle (2 under): 6 points

• Birdie (1 below): 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 wallet?
The total payout is $750,000. First place earns $150,000, second $70,000 and third $40,000.

Who is the reigning champion?
NBA star Stephen Curry (75 points) won last year’s edition with a dramatic eagle on the last holeHowever, he will not be back to defend his title as he prepares for the Olympic Games.

Who are the other recent winners?
Former NFL quarterback Tony Romo (2018, ’19, ’22) has won the event three of the last five years. Others include: former NBA guard Vinny Del Negro (2021), former tennis player Mardy Fish (2020) and former MLB pitcher Mark Mulder (2015-17).

Who will do their best this year?
Those who have watched previous celebrity events will see several familiar faces. But this year’s American Century Championship has a few standouts.

Making his tournament debut is recently retired NFL center Jason Kelce, along with brother Travis, who has played the last five games. Other notable players on the field include a trio of current NFL quarterbacks in Josh Allen, Trevor Lawrence and Aaron Rodgers. Then there’s wrestler The Miz, recent Stanley Cup champion Matthew Tkachuk, NBA Hall of Famer Charles Barkley and actors Rob McElhenney and Miles Teller.

How can I watch?
Friday (all times ET)
4:00-6:00 p.m.: Peacock, Round 1 (8:30-10:30 p.m. delayed on Golf Channel)

Saturday:
2:30-6:00 PM: NBC/Peacock, Round 2

Sunday:
2:30-6:00 PM: NBC/Peacock, Final Round

What is the full 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)

• John Carlson (ice hockey)

• Derek Carr (football)

• Vince Carter (basketball)

• Don Cheadle (actor)

• Roger Clemens (baseball)

• Dell Curry (basketball)

• Seth Curry (basketball)

• Carson Daly (TV host)

• Vinny Del Negro (basketball)

• Jay DeMarcus (singer)

• Dylan Dreyer (TV meteorologist)

• John Elway (football)

• Mardy Vis (tennis)

• Larry Fitzgerald (football)

• Ryan Fitzpatrick (football)

• Joe Flacco (soccer)

• Bobby Flay (chef)

• Dwight Freeney (soccer)

• Mike Golic (football)

• Robbie Gould (football)

• Blake Griffin (basketball)

• Chris Harrison (TV presenter)

• AJ Hawk (football)

• Colin Jost (comedian)

• Kyle Juszczyk (football)

• Jason Kelce (football)

• Travis Kelce (football)

• Trevor Lawrence (football)

• Hally Leadbetter (content creator)

• Derek Lowe (baseball)

• Kyle Lowry (basketball)

• Joe Mauer (baseball)

• Baker Mayfield (football)

• Rob McElhenney (actor)

• Jim McMahon (football)

• Kevin Millar (baseball)

• The Miz (wrestling)

• Mark Mulder (baseball)

• John O’Hurley (actor)

• TJ Oshie (hockey)

• Jake Owen (singer)

• Chandler Parsons (basketball)

• Joe Pavelski (hockey)

• Doug Pederson (football)

• Michael Pena (actor)

• Patrick Peterson (football)

• Albert Puljos (baseball)

• Austin Reaves (basketball)

• Alfonso Ribeiro (actor)

• Jerry Rice (football)

• Rob Riggle (actor)

• Aaron Rodgers (football)

• Alex Rodriguez (baseball)

• Ray Romano (actor)

• Tony Romo (soccer)

• Kyle Rudolph (soccer)

• Matt Ryan (football)

• Jason Scheff (singer)

• Gary Sheffield (baseball)

• Harrison 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)

• Andrew Whitworth (football)

• Charles Woodson (football)

• Steve Young (football)