Fore! Barkley is longest shot in celeb golf tourney

Charles Barkey is coming disconnected his champion personage play show ever but remains the biggest agelong changeable successful the tract to triumph this week's American Century Championship astatine South Lake Tahoe, Nevada.

Barkley's odds? 7,500-1 astatine Caesars Sportsbook. Those likelihood person enticed a prime fewer bettors to put connected the NBA Hall of Famer with the antithetic swing. He finished successful a career-best 58th spot astatine past year's tournament.

The sportsbook acceptable the over/under connected Barkley's finishing presumption astatine 65.5 this week.

"We person seen a fistful of tickets connected Barkley to triumph it all, but we whitethorn spot those tickets connected eBay soon," Anthony Salleroli, pb play oddsmaker for Caesars Sportsbook, joked successful an email to ESPN.

Tennis' Mardy Fish won the tourney past year, but retired hockey subordinate Joe Pavelski is the betting favourite this week's tournament, conscionable up of the past 3 champions astatine the yearly event. Pavelski is +220 to triumph the tourney astatine Caesars Sportsbook, followed by Fish (+240) CBS NFL expert and erstwhile Dallas Cowboys backmost Tony Romo (+350) and Golden State Warriors prima Stephen Curry (+425).

Salleroli said the betting enactment connected the event's victor was comparatively evenly divided betwixt Pavelski, Fish, Curry and Romo. Curry won the tourney successful 2023, and Romo won successful 2022.

Other notable players successful 90-golfer tract see Pittsburgh Steelers backmost Aaron Rodgers (45-1), histrion Alfonso Ribeiro (175-1), Kansas City Chiefs choky extremity Travis Kelce (275-1), ESPN expert Jason Kelce (350-1) and comedian Larry the Cable Guy (2,000-1).