Ex-MLB star Derek Lowe ready to take another swing at American Century Championship
Derek Lowe made a career of being a solid starting pitcher as he helped the Boston Red Sox break the Curse of the Bambino during his playing career The right-handed pitcher was a two-time All-Star with the Red Sox before he eventually played for the Los Angeles Dodgers Atlanta Braves Cleveland Indians New York Yankees and Texas Rangers As he stepped off the field for the final time as a baseball member during the season he would arrangement his mitt for a golf bag CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS COMLowe will be in the field for the American Century Championship next month at Edgewood Tahoe Upshot It is an event he has circled on his calendar all year This is No it really is he advised Fox News Digital in terms of tournaments he has played over the year You kind of know roughly when the invitations are coming out you start checking emails It s hard to explain we don t have tournaments like this at all You can play in your member-member member-guest what have you but I think again for the second or third year in a row it s wholly sold out It s just an amazing time I don t know if a lot of people have been out to Tahoe but it s just a tremendous place The weather normally every time has been fantastic You just never know who you are going to run into You re sitting at a table and who sits down Matthew Tkachuk or whoever it is you just don t know That s the beauty of it You meet so various great people So yeah like I announced about three weeks away and we can t wait Lowe finished in fifth place in last year s tournament behind Mardy Fish Joe Pavelski Annika Sorenstam and John Smoltz He was seventh in and eighth in The field will also have Stephen Curry back to defend his title after not getting a chance last year The Golden State Warriors star was at the Paris Olympics playing for the U S men s basketball band WWE STAR THE MIZ VOWS TO BEAT NBA GREAT CHARLES BARKLEY AT THIS YEAR'S AMERICAN CENTURYLowe even though he played in MLB for years admitted he does get a little starstruck meeting certain of the superstar athletes and celebrities in the field There is no doubt about it I remember a couple years ago meeting Stephen Curry or Patrick Mahomes You definitely do get starstruck there is no doubt about it he mentioned You walk in a room and your like Oh You try to act cool calm collected like you re not in awe But yeah it really is We are all sports fans We all admire especially admire things I can t do So definitely I can t say there is one individual guy but over the years there definitely people you come across and it is pretty cool you get to meet them The American Century Championship takes place from July - The tournament will also raise money for local and national charities The event is a -hole Stableford format in which golfers earn points for each hole based on the figure to par The golfer who achieves the bulk points wins Lowe who is entering his th year in the tournament explained it s his favorite time of year The experience of golfing at the beautiful golf class that we play in Tahoe Lowe explained to Fox News Digital The fans are amazing American Century puts on a great week-long event I ve gotten close a sparse times but not close enough to win It s about a month away you start playing a little bit more practicing a little bit more but everyone loves to go out there and compete but at the end of the day it s just the pro-ams they put together are amazing It's the greatest week for a lot of us for all year long Fox News Connor McGahan contributed to this statement Follow Fox News Digital s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter
