{"id":758389,"date":"2026-07-12T10:57:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T10:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/758389\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T10:57:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T10:57:16","slug":"celebrity-golf-has-a-19th-hole-this-year-and-it-floats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/758389\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrity golf has a 19th hole this year\u2014and it floats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>STATELINE, Nev. \u2013 Arc Boats has created a 19th hole at the American Century Championship, featuring a floating golf challenge that combines electric boating technology, golf, and conservation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Taking place between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. each event day on Lake Tahoe and visible from Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course\u2019s lakeside hole 17, the challenge is available to both celebrities and the public. Those who accept the challenge tee off from an all-electric Arc Sport boat towards a 10-foot by 15-foot floating green island.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe experience is designed to celebrate Lake Tahoe, create unforgettable moments on the water during one of the lake\u2019s most visible weeks of the year,\u201d Ashley Clark, head of marketing for Arc, said.<\/p>\n<p>So far,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/austinkeen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Austin Keen<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/loganlisle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Logan Lisle<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mattlisle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Matt Lisle<\/a>\u00a0have taken a swing, and the weekend is just getting started, Clark said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For every hole-in-one, Arc Boats is donating $1,000 to the Tahoe Fund.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMultiple people have landed on the green,\u201d said Clark, \u201cbut no hole-in-ones so far. It\u2019s just the beginning, and we\u2019re excited for the weekend and more people to get out there.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The floating green is about 50 feet from the Arc boat\u2019s swim platform, where participants tee off. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-image-url=\"https:\/\/swiftmedia.s3.amazonaws.com\/pacific.swiftcom.com\/images\/sites\/5\/2026\/07\/11082651\/JOR5809-scaled.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/JOR5809-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-205694\"  \/>Participants tee off from a floating platform.Provided \/ Arc<\/p>\n<p>Should players miss the green entirely, caddies on paddleboards retrieve the floating balls after each hit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cArc is about creating unforgettable moments on the water. Boating should be fun, memorable, something people want to do again and again,\u201d Clark said, \u201cand the technology we build exists to make that possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some of that technology is on display at this 19th hole. For example, the Arc Sport, Arc\u2019s flagship wake sport boat, is equipped with station-keeping technology that allows the boat to maintain a fixed position on the water without an anchor, drift, or manual correction.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The helm also features video recording capabilities to capture all the action the boat provides.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-image-url=\"https:\/\/swiftmedia.s3.amazonaws.com\/pacific.swiftcom.com\/images\/sites\/5\/2026\/07\/11082629\/IMG_5402-scaled.jpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_5402-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-205693\"  \/>The Arc Sport\u2019s Helm video. Provided \/ Arc<\/p>\n<p>Anyone interested in taking a swing on the 19th hole can register on-site at the Arc Experience located just offshore of Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course.<\/p>\n<p>Pick-up for the challenge is at the Timber Cove Marina outside the tournament grounds.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For more information visit:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/info.arcboats.com\/arc-sport-2026-events\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">info.arcboats.com\/arc-sport-2026-events<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STATELINE, Nev. \u2013 Arc Boats has created a 19th hole at the American Century Championship, featuring a floating&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":758390,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[427,99],"class_list":["post-758389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=758389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758389\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/758390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=758389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=758389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=758389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}