{"id":8077,"date":"2025-07-14T02:52:06","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T02:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/8077\/"},"modified":"2025-07-14T02:52:06","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T02:52:06","slug":"jimmy-rollins-sinks-hole-in-one-at-american-century-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/8077\/","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Rollins sinks hole-in-one at American Century Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Jimmy Rollins, a former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/mlb\/philadelphia-phillies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Philadelphia Phillies<\/a> shortstop and World Series champion, had reason to celebrate as he participated in the American Century Championship celebrity golf tournament on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Rollins was at the par-3 12th hole at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Club in Nevada. He took his swing from the tee box, saw his ball hit the green and then roll into the cup. It was the third straight year a hole-in-one has been made at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/golf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">American Century Championship<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/jimmy-rollins2.jpg\" alt=\"Jimmy Rollins in 2019\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Jimmy Rollins watches his chip shot during the American Century Championship at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course in Stateline, Nevada, Friday, July 12, 2019. (Tom R. Smedes, Tom R. Smedes via Imagn Content Services, LLC)<\/p>\n<p>He also received MasterCraft X24 boat for his accomplishment.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Was the third hole, so I started on the (back nine). And I just got my first hole-in-one and won a boat,&#8221; he said, via NBC Sports. &#8220;American Century Championship, oh man, this is beautiful.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He said it was the first hole-in-one he\u2019s ever made.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/bryson-dechambeau-ai-revolutionize-golf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">HOW BRYSON DECHAMBEAU PLANS TO USE AI TO REVOLUTIONIZE GOLF<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/jimmy-rollins.jpg\" alt=\"Jimmy Rollins in 2019\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Philadelphia Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins and second baseman Chase Utley celebrate following their 8-6 victory over Los Angeles the NLCS at Dodger Stadium on Oct. 15, 2009. (Christopher Hanewinckel-USA Today Sports)<\/p>\n<p>Rollins was still toward the bottom of the leaderboard as the tournament started back up again on Sunday. Former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/sports\/nhl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">NHL<\/a> star Joe Pavelski and ex-U.S. men\u2019s soccer star Taylor Twellman were vying for the lead along with country music artist Jake Owen and Carolina Panthers wide receiver Adam Thielmen.<\/p>\n<p>The tournament has been played annually at the course for more than 30 years. The event is a 54-hole Stableford format in which golfers earn points for each hole based on the score to par. The golfer who achieves the most points wins. The tournament also raises money for local charities.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/jimmy-rollins3.jpg\" alt=\"Jimmy Rollins in July 2025\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Jimmy Rollins talks to the media on Saturday, July 12, 2025, during the American Century tournament. (Jim Krajewski\/RGJ\/USA Today Network via Imagn Images)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Former tennis star Mardy Fish won the tournament last year.<\/p>\n<p>Follow Fox News Digital\u2019s<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FoxNewsSports_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">\u00a0sports coverage on X<\/a> and subscribe to<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan Gaydos is a senior editor for Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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