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Former NFL prima Joe Theismann volition participate the 2025 American Century Championship arsenic 1 of the veterans successful the personage play tournament.
Though the erstwhile Washington Redskins backmost has lone won the Korbel Hole-In-One Contest astatine Edgewood Tahe Golf Club, helium told Fox News Digital helium is arsenic excited arsenic ever to beryllium a portion of the tourney erstwhile again this year.
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Joe Theismann, right, signs autographs astatine Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course connected July 10, 2019 successful Stateline, Nevada. (Jonathan Devich/Getty Images)
"I’ve played successful 35 of 36 (tournaments)," helium said. "I surely ellipse those days. The American Century Championship has been unbelievable arsenic acold arsenic contention goes, the radical you get a accidental to beryllium around."
Theismann highlighted the charitable constituent of the American Century Championship arsenic well. Millions of dollars are raised during the festivities to payment the Stowers Institute for Medical Research and the Eat. Learn. Play. Foundation.
"American Century puts connected a large week for their customers and for each of us. They person karaoke nights, and they person large dinners wherever you get a accidental to interact and spot radical you haven’t truly seen," Theismann said. "My woman and I truly look guardant to it. You larn truthful much."
Former Notre Dame backmost Joe Theismann waves to the assemblage during an NCAA assemblage shot crippled betwixt Notre Dame and Stanford astatine Notre Dame Stadium connected Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024 successful South Bend, Indiana. (MICHAEL CLUBB/SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)
He said helium got to speech to Buffalo Bills prima Josh Allen astir his 2023 play past twelvemonth and delighted successful speaking with histrion Miles Teller.
"’Top Gun: Maverick’ is 1 of my favourite movies successful the world. So, I had a accidental to spot him past year. I was similar a small kid," helium said with a laugh. "He was connected the scope hitting balls. I didn’t privation to fuss him, but I wanted to accidental hello."
Miles Teller is seen connected May 29, 2025 successful New York City. (MediaPunch/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)
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Theismann was not embarrassed to admit helium was a spot of a "fanboy" erstwhile it came to Teller.
"I’m not embarrassed," helium told Fox News Digital. "There are definite radical that I’ve met. I’ve been blessed to conscionable people, whether they’re heads of state, heads of countries, galore presidents, CEOs, immoderate of the astir unthinkable radical successful the satellite I’ve had a accidental to conscionable and conscionable to beryllium capable to proceed to ticker radical and spot them and truly get to cognize what they’re like, what makes them tick. That’s what I bask – getting to cognize the person."
Theismann was tied with Joe Flacco and Jason Scheff past twelvemonth and tied for 46th with A.J. Hawk and Seth Curry successful 2023.
This year, helium is hoping for immoderate improvement, though helium admitted his crippled is getting shorter and shorter arsenic the years spell on.
Washington Redskins erstwhile backmost Joe Theismann during the NFL International Series Fan Rally astatine the Victoria House successful London connected Oct. 29, 2016. (Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports)
Theismann said fans tin besides get successful connected the enactment with a phantasy crippled that was developed for the tournament. He said fans tin statesman to registry adjacent week with the victor getting 2 tickets to adjacent year’s tourney and a $10,000 cheque to the foundation of their choice.
The lawsuit is simply a 54-hole Stableford format successful which golfers gain points for each spread based connected the people to par. The golfer who achieves the astir points wins.
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The tourney kicks disconnected July 9 and runs done July 13.
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Ryan Gaydos is simply a elder exertion for Fox News Digital.
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