{"id":403036,"date":"2026-01-11T18:12:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T18:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/403036\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T18:12:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T18:12:10","slug":"check-out-the-list-of-celebrities-playing-in-2026-lpga-season-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/403036\/","title":{"rendered":"Check out the list of celebrities playing in 2026 LPGA season opener"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2026 LPGA season kicks off later this month with the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions, where the LPGA’s best are grouped with celebrities from across the sports and entertainment spectrum.<\/p>\n

This year’s celebrity lineup includes a number of familiar faces such as NBA All-Star Blake Griffin, NBC News meteorologist Dylan Dryer and 2025 celebrity champion and NHL All-Star Joe Pavelski. Other past champions returning include MLB stars John Smoltz, Derek Lowe, Jeff McNeil and tennis player Mardy Fish.<\/p>\n

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The TOC will take place Jan. 29-Feb. 1 at Lake Nona Golf and Country Club in Orlando, Florida. Nona resident Annika Sorenstam, a 10-time LPGA major champion, will once again compete in the celebrity division.<\/p>\n

LPGA players who have won an event over the past two seasons are eligible. While the field for LPGA players doesn’t close until Jan. 20, defending champion A Lim Kim from South Korea is currently not entered.<\/p>\n

\"ORLANDO,<\/p>\n

ORLANDO, Florida \u2013 Former NHL player Joe Pavelski and A Lim Kim of South Korea pose with the trophy after the final round of the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions 2025 at Lake Nona Golf & Country Club on February 02, 2025 in Orlando, Florida.<\/p>\n

2026 Hilton Grand Vacations TOC celebrity field<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Bachelor\u201d TV personality\u00a0Wells Adams<\/p>\n

Pro Football Hall of Famer\u00a0Marcus Allen<\/p>\n

Actor and producer\u00a0Robbie Amell<\/p>\n

Actor and comedian\u00a0Brian Baumgartner<\/p>\n

FIFA Women\u2019s World Cup champion and Olympic gold medalist\u00a0Brandi Chastain<\/p>\n

Award-winning actor\u00a0Don Cheadle<\/p>\n

World Series champion\u00a0Roger Clemens<\/p>\n

Super Bowl champion\u00a0Victor Cruz<\/p>\n

NBC News meteorologist\u00a0Dylan Dreyer<\/p>\n

Olympic tennis medalist\u00a0Mardy Fish\u00a0(past champion)<\/p>\n

Super Bowl champion\u00a0Dwight Freeney<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Bachelor\u201d TV personality\u00a0Joey Graziadei<\/p>\n

NBA All-Star\u00a0Blake Griffin<\/p>\n

Podcaster and content creator\u00a0Hally Leadbetter<\/p>\n

World Series champion\u00a0Jon Lester<\/p>\n

World Series champion\u00a0Derek Lowe\u00a0(past champion)<\/p>\n

MLB All-Star\u00a0Jeff McNeil\u00a0(past champion)<\/p>\n

Sportscaster and former NCAA national champion head coach\u00a0Urban Meyer<\/p>\n

World Series champion\u00a0Kevin Millar<\/p>\n

Former NBA player\u00a0Chandler Parsons<\/p>\n

NHL All-Star\u00a0Joe Pavelski<\/p>\n

Award-winning actor\u00a0Michael Pena<\/p>\n

World Series champion\u00a0Albert Pujols<\/p>\n

NHL All-Star\u00a0Tuukka Rask<\/p>\n

Actor and television host\u00a0Alfonso Ribeiro<\/p>\n

Pro Football Hall of Famer\u00a0Emmitt Smith<\/p>\n

World Series champion\u00a0John Smoltz\u00a0(past champion)<\/p>\n

World Golf Hall of Famer\u00a0Annika Sorenstam<\/p>\n

AMA Motocross champion\u00a0James “Bubba” Stewart<\/p>\n

Major League Soccer All-Star\u00a0Taylor Twellman<\/p>\n

Pro Football Hall of Famer\u00a0Brian Urlacher<\/p>\n

Actor and singer\u00a0Jack Wagner<\/p>\n

Actor and comedian\u00a0Larry the Cable Guy<\/p>\n

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This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Blake Griffin, Dylan Dryer among celebrities playing in LPGA opener<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2026 LPGA season kicks off later this month with the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions, where…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":403037,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[47917,10630,49,48,169883,169885,622,169886,12420,169882,94962,42098,82,169884],"class_list":["post-403036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-annika-sorenstam","tag-blake-griffin","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-derek-lowe","tag-dylan-dryer","tag-golf","tag-hilton-grand-vacations","tag-jeff-mcneil","tag-joe-pavelski","tag-john-smoltz","tag-lpga","tag-sports","tag-world-series-champion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=403036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403036\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/403037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=403036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=403036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=403036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}