WWE star The Miz vows to beat NBA great Charles Barkley at this year's American Century

WWE star The Miz volition beryllium among golfers successful the tract for the 36th installment of the prestigious American Century Championship personage play tournament.

Golfers volition statesman signifier at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course in South Lake Tahoe connected the borderline of California and Nevada July 9-13.

The Miz, whose existent sanction is Mike Mizanin, told Fox News Digital successful a caller interrogation he’s looking to bounce backmost astatine this year’s lawsuit aft finishing toward the bottommost of the tract past year.

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WWE wrestler The Miz reacts portion walking to the 18th spread astatine the 2024 American Century Championship astatine Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course July 12, 2024, successful Stateline, Nev. (Isaiah Vazquez/Getty Images)

"I’m truthful dedicated to doing good successful the ACC that I started my ain play YouTube transmission called ‘Miz Golf’ and, literally, I americium grooming with the champion of the champion — George Gankas, James Leadbetter. Like, you sanction it, I americium grooming for it. I consciousness precise good. I consciousness similar my plaything is amended than it’s ever been," helium said. 

"My knowing of the crippled has gotten mode better. … I cognize what to do. It’s conscionable much applying those rules and getting reps and reps and reps. 

"So, I consciousness precise confident, precise good. I’m gonna spell retired there, I’m going to bushed Charles Barkley this year, and I americium not going to beryllium successful the process extremity similar I usually americium connected Sunday. I consciousness similar I’m going to beryllium astatine slightest successful the mediate of the pack."

The ACC tract is packed with celebrated athletes and actors, from Stephen Curry and Tony Romo to Colin Jost and Ray Romano. Any mean Joe could easy beryllium starstruck playing with and against those they spot connected the hoops court.

For The Miz, astir of the unit helium feels comes from the assemblage and TV cameras.

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WWE wrestler The Miz hits his tee changeable connected the 10th spread earlier the 2024 American Century Championship astatine Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course July 11, 2024, successful Stateline, Nev. (Isaiah Vazquez/Getty Images)

"I consciousness the unit from the audience," helium said, explaining that erstwhile helium goes to play connected the weekends astatine a regular people there’s usually cipher watching him. "Here (at Edgewood), there’s thousands of people. So, you get an adrenaline unreserved erstwhile they denote your sanction similar your Tiger Woods.

"And you get up there, and you can’t adjacent consciousness your nine successful your hands due to the fact that your adrenaline is going, your nerves are going truthful much. And you conscionable commune to God that virtually your plaything hits the ball, and it goes straight."

Charles Barkley is usually 1 of the erstwhile athletes who participates successful the field. He finished 58th past twelvemonth betwixt Gary Sheffield and personage cook Bobby Flay.

The Miz recalled the archetypal clip helium played astatine the ACC and was paired with Barkley.

"Everyone told me, ‘Hey, astatine slightest you’ll bushed Charles, right? At slightest you’ll bushed Charles, right?’" The Miz recalled to Fox News Digital. "Charles doesn’t play similar you spot connected YouTube. That was a agelong clip ago. He has gotten training. His plaything is incredible. I watched Charles Barkley deed the shot and I went, ‘Oh, no. He’s gonna bushed me, and everyone’s gonna marque amusive of maine due to the fact that everyone knows Charles for that hitch helium has. But helium doesn’t person that hitch anymore. He really plays very, precise well.

"So, I mean, conscionable walking up and down the course, getting intimidated by Charles Barkley, who everyone said I was going to beat, is simply a infinitesimal successful my mind."

Overall, The Miz said Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course ranks successful his apical 5 of play courses he’s played, and helium looks guardant to the tournament.

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.

Stephen Curry celebrates with the trophy aft sinking the winning putt during the last circular of the American Century Celebrity Championship play tourney astatine Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course successful Stateline, Nev., July 16, 2023. (Tom R. Smedes/Special to RGJ/USA Today Network)

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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 prima volition beryllium backmost successful the tract successful July.

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