Tickets for Tahoe celebrity golf tournament are sold out on Friday and Saturday

USA Today

10-07-2025

The celebrity golf tournament started as a way for NBC to fill time during the baseball players strike in 1990, and has since grown exponentially to become one of the hottest tickets around Northern Nevada.
This year's American Century Championship celebrity golf tournament started with practice rounds on Wednesday and there's more warm-up golf on Thursday at Edgewood Tahoe. The three-day tournament is Friday through Sunday.
The ACC drew a record crowd of 77,049 fans in 2024.
Here's a quick primer for first-timers or veterans heading to the lake for the ACC celebrity golf tournament.
Tahoe celebrity golf tickets
If you don't have tickets already, it's too late for Friday and Saturday. Officials say they are sold out for daily passes for those two days.
A tournament spokesman told the RGJ tickets are limited to help enhance fan comfort, experience and safety, especially along the lake holes.
Weeklong passes are still available for $162.02. Tickets are available online at americancenturychampionship.com. Single-day tickets are $44.30 for Wednesday and Thursday, and $56.62 for Sunday. There are no ticket sales at the gate.
What are the popular spots for fans at Tahoe celebrity golf?
The crowd gathers along both sides of hole No. 17, the boaters on the beach side and the gallery on the course side. The usual golf decorum is absent here; music blasts from speakers on the boats and fans sing and scream and clamor for autographs.
There are hundreds of boats in the water and thousands of spectators on the sand.
Fans like to throw footballs and basketballs to the golfers, usually with pens taped to them so they can sign and throw them back.
Tips for attending the Tahoe celebrity golf tournament
To follow your favorite celebrities, there are tee time sheets available each day around the entrance gate and near the first and 10th holes, as well outside the clubhouse at Edgewood.
The sheets include the groupings, which tees they are starting on and at what time they tee off. There are also volunteers all around the course who can guide you to where you want to go.
The celebrities at the American Century Classic
Most of the celebrities are friendly and are there to enjoy themselves. Only about 10-15 golfers in the 90-player field have a real chance to win, and they might be a little more focused on their game.
The first groups tee off at 7:45 a.m. local time Friday through Sunday. The winner is usually finishing around 3 p.m. local time Sunday.
Former tennis player Mardy Fish is the defending champion.
More: Who's in, who's out for Tahoe celebrity golf 2025? Here's the full 90-player lineup
Boat access to Edgewood Tahoe
Boats congregate along the shore at holes No. 17 and No. 18. Passengers can get on the beach at both; No. 17 in particular is known for its raucous atmosphere.
But you can't get onto the rest of the golf course from the shore unless you have a ticket. The earlier you get there, the closer to shore you can get. The area fills up with hundreds of boats by late morning, especially on Friday and Saturday.
Weather forecast
Temperatures are forecast to be in the low to mid 80s Wednesday-Sunday, but the sun is intense due to Tahoe's high elevation (6,225 feet above sea level). Wear sunscreen.
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Where to watch the 2025 American Century Championship
Scoring
The tournament will be scored using a Modified Stableford format, which encourages more aggressive play. The format awards points per hole as follows: double-eagle: 10, hole-in-one: 8, eagle: 6, birdie: 3, par: 1, bogey: 0, double bogey: minus 2.