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SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Nevada – The former quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys Tony Romo rebounded by four points to win his first American Century Championship Sunday at Lake Tahoe.
Romo, who retired after the 2016 NFL season An NFL badyst had 27 points to beat the three-time defending champion Mark Mulder and San Jose Sharks captain Joe Pavelski, the leader after the two first rounds of play.
"It's a special win," said Romo. second three times in seven previous trips to the annual Celebrity Golf Tournament at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course. "It feels like playing a tournament here, the day went well for a lot of reasons."
Romo scored a goal, a point, on the 18th hole to finish with 71 points, three ahead. of Mulder, the former major league pitcher. He then took a flight to Berlin, Wisconsin, where he was scheduled to participate in a 36-hole amateur qualifying tournament on Monday.
The American Century Championship uses a modified Stableford scoring system that rewards points for eagles (six), birdies (three) and pars (one) and deducts points (two) for double-bogeys or worse. The Bogeys are worth zero points.
Pavelski had a 7 foot eagle putt on the 18th hole by 5 that could have tied Romo, but he slipped. He finished with 66 points, tied for third with Ray Allen, who will be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame on September 7th.
"It looks like nothing has happened to me today," Pavelski said. "But I could not ask for more than having that putt to equalize on the last hole."
Romo plays as an amateur, so his check of $ 125,000 from the $ 600,000 scholarship goes to local charities and the Stowers Institute for Medical Research, the principal charity of defending sponsor American Century Investments
Trent Dilfer, Super Bowl quarterback with the Baltimore Ravens in 2001, and former tennis player Mardy Fish round out the top five. Each had 62 points.
The Golden State Warriors guard, who fell out of contention with a mediocre round on Saturday, jumped into Lake Tahoe in the middle of a lot of fanfare after losing a bet to his father, Dell. Elder Curry jumped into the lake last year, so he negotiated a 20-point handicap and won by two points.
John Smoltz, the pitcher of the MLB Hall of Fame competed in the US Senior Open and finished 10th with 53 points; Steph Curry, who tied for 11th with retired Marine and wounded war hero Andrew Bachelder (50); actor Jack Wagner (16th, 47 points); Aaron Rodgers, quarterback Green Bay Packers (18th, 44 points); actor Ray Romano (tied for 71st place, down 26 points); comedian Larry the Cable Guy (tied for 77th place, minus 33 points); and former great NBA player Charles Barkley, who finished alone with the last point with less than 93 points.
The tournament attracted 57,097 fans for the week, setting an attendance record for the fourth year in a row.
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