Twins icon Joe Mauer 'excited' for American Century, admits he needs more work on golf game

Minnesota Twins icon Joe Mauer volition beryllium among the athletes successful the tract for the American Century Championship adjacent Lake Tahoe adjacent month.

Mauer finished tied for 16th past twelvemonth successful 1 of the champion finishes helium has enactment unneurotic implicit the past fewer years. He complimented Edgewood Tahoe Golf Club successful an interrogation with Fox News Digital but admitted helium inactive needs to enactment connected his play crippled a bit.

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Former MLB shot subordinate Joe Mauer looks connected adjacent the 18th spread connected time 2 of the 2024 American Century Championship astatine Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course connected July 13, 2024 successful Stateline, Nevada. (Isaiah Vazquez/Getty Images)

"I’m excited for it," helium said of the tournament. "It’s been a large clip retired determination the past fewer years, and it’s been amusive benignant of to bring the household out, and it’s been turned into a bully small contented to spell retired determination successful the summer. It’s a beauteous place.

"But arsenic acold arsenic my play crippled goes, I could usage a small spot much work. I bash bask getting retired determination and competing with the different large athletes and entertainers," helium continued. "The benignant of marque it consciousness similar you’re connected circuit for a fewer days there. It’s a large atmosphere, a fantastic portion of the country, and I’d promote anybody to get retired determination and spot it if they haven’t."

Mauer is 1 of a fistful of erstwhile shot players who volition measurement into the tee container to effort to support their shot consecutive capable for immoderate bully shots.

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Joe Mauer putts during the American Century Championship astatine Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course successful Stateline, Nevada, connected Friday, July 12, 2019. (Tom R. Smedes, Tom R. Smedes via Imagn Content Services, LLC)

The Baseball Hall of Famer explained that helium picked up the athletics aft helium moved to Florida erstwhile helium was selected successful the MLB Draft and tried to get retired to a people a fewer times a week during his career.

"I truly bask the crippled present that I’m retired," helium said. "I get an accidental to play a small spot more. I emotion the game. Obviously, it’s truly challenging, it’s truly hard. But, you know, truthful is our enactment of enactment with baseball. You could ne'er cleanable the game, but you definite tin try.

The American Century Championship festivities statesman July 9 and tally done July 13.

The tourney volition besides rise wealth for section and nationalist charities. 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.

Minnesota Twins archetypal baseman Joe Mauer, #7, triples successful the sixth inning against the Cleveland Indians astatine Target Field successful Minneapolis connected Aug. 1, 2018. (Brad Rempel-USA TODAY Sports)

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Former tennis prima Mardy Fish won the tourney past year. Stephen Curry was the victor successful 2023. The Golden State Warriors star volition beryllium backmost successful the field.

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