Korbel California Champagne sponsored the American Century Celebrity Golf Tournament at Edgewood Golf Course in Lake Tahoe for its 18th year. This year Korbel brought a Long Drive Competition and Hole-In-One Contest to the tournament.
Alfonso Ribeiro, the actor, holds a $5,000 check for his first-place drive on the hole-in-one contest. The prize was donated to the South Lake Tahoe Family Resource Center. (Photo credit: Korbel).
Korbel Long Drive Competition: For the second year, Korbel hosted a Long Drive Competition at the American Century Golf Tournament Celebrity Pro-Am Thursday, July 7th. Taking place on Hole 16 with a lively atmosphere filled with music and Korbel bubbles, 46 players competed. Jon Lester, Former Professional Baseball Pitcher for the Boston Red Sox had the longest drive of 343 yards winning $5,000 to his charity of choice – All In For Miller.
Kansas City Chiefs Tight End, Travis Kelce, took home second place with a long drive of 340 yards and Golden State Warriors basketball player, Stephen Curry, placed third with 330 yards. Other players on the top ten leaderboard were Derek Carr (325 yards), AJ Hawk (318 yards), Adam Thielen (317 yards), Larry Fitzgerald (310 yards), Tony Romo (309 yards), Alfonso Ribeiro (303 yards) and Mark Mulder (299 yards).
Korbel Hole-In-One Contest: Twelve of the most popular names in sports and entertainment joined together on Friday, July 8th, during the American Century Celebrity Golf Championship to compete in Korbel’s annual Hole-In-One Contest. A signature event and fan favorite at the golf tournament, the Hole-In-One Contest took place on Hole 17 of the Edgewood Golf Course. Actor Alfonso Ribeiro slammed it home with a powerful swing, landing just 3 feet 3 inches from the hole, taking home first place. In honor of his win $5,000 was donated to the South Lake Tahoe Family Resource Center.
Finishing in second and third place respectively was Dallas Stars hockey player Joe Pavelski with a distance of 4 feet 9 inches, and Robbie Gould, San Francisco 49ers kicker, who landed 17 feet 7 inches from the pin.