QB plays his second American Century Championship; Russell in third Tour start
Jacksonville Jaguars’ Trevor Lawrence is progressing at the right time
For Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Liam Coen, quarterback Trevor Lawrence is making good progress as the team heads into mandatory minicamp.
- Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence and 16-year-old Miles Russell are participating in professional golf tournaments this week.
- Lawrence is playing in the American Century Championship for the second time, while Russell will compete in his third PGA Tour event at the ISCO Championship.
- The busy golf schedule will offer 54 hours of live coverage across various networks.
What do Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence and 16-year-old Miles Russell of Jacksonville Beach have in common?
They’re both part of a busy professional golf schedule this week in which every major golf tour is in action, including two PGA Tour events, LIV Golf Andalucia in Spain and the annual American Celebrity Golf Championship July 11-13 in Lake Tahoe, Nev.
Lawrence is making his second appearance in the celebrity tournament. He tied for 44th last year with 12 points under the Modified Stableford format. It wasn’t close to former tennis player Mardy Fish, who won with 83 points, but Lawrence finished ahead of past and current NFL quarterbacks Steve Young, Joe Flacco, Joe Theismann and Baker Mayfield.
Lawrence also beat former coach Doug Pederson by four shots with a final-round 76.
Miles Russell making seventh pro start
Russell, who committed to play college golf at Florida State last week, is entering his third PGA Tour event on a sponsor invitation at the ISCO Championship July 10-13, at the Hurstbourne Country Club in Louisville. Russell played in the 2024 Rocket Classic and Butterfield Bermuda Open, missing the cut in both.
He’s also played in four Korn Ferry Tour events, and the one cut he made at the 2024 LECOM Suncoast Classic set the record for the youngest ever to make it to the weekend on the KF Tour.
Scottish Open is preliminary to Open Championship
Elsewhere, the PGA Tour’s stars are flocking to the Renaissance Club in North Berwick, Scotland July 10-13 for the Genesis Scottish Open, the prelude to next week’s Open Championship at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland. Eight of the top 10 players on the World Golf Rankings, including the top five of Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele, Justin Thomas and Collin Morikawa, are playing.
How busy is the golf schedule? Consider this: There will be live competition on Golf Channel, CBS and NBC on July 12-13 from 4 a.m. (when the LPGA Amundi Evian Championship begins in France) to 7 p.m. (when the ISCO Championship concludes).
For the week, there will be a total of 54 hours of live golf.
Who are the area players in the Genesis Scottish Open field?
First Coast: Bud Cauley, Nico Echavarria, Alejandro Tosti, Karl Vilips, Danny Walker.
Golden Isles: Harris English, Brian Harman, Keith Mitchell, Andrew Novak.
Purse: $9 million ($1.62 million and 500 FedEx Cup points to the winner).
Defending champion: Robert MacIntyre.
TV: Golf Channel (July 10-11, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.; July 12-13, 10 a.m.-12 p.m.); CBS (July 12-13, 12-3 p.m.).
Streaming: Fubo, ESPN+, Paramount+.
Who are the area players in the ISCO Championship field?
First Coast: Ricky Castillo, Lanto Griffin, Ben Kohles, Miles Russell, Sam Ryder, Carl Yuan.
Golden Isles: Jonathan Byrd, Will Gordon, Patton Kizzire, Paul Peterson, Greyson Sigg.
Purse: $4 million ($720,000 and 300 FedEx Cup points to the winner).
Defending champion: Harry Hall.
TV: Golf Channel (July 10-11, 4-7 p.m.; July 12-13, 5-7 p.m.).
What other pro golf Tours are playing this week?
LIV Golf
Event: LIV Golf Andalucia, July 11-13, Real Club, Valderrama, Spain.
Purse: $25 million ($4 million to the winner, $5 million to the winning team).
Defending champion: Sergio Garcia.
Area player: Cameron Smith.
TV: FS2 (July 11, 7-10 a.m.); FS1 (July 12, 7-10 a.m.; July 13, 5:30-8:30 a.m.); FOX (July 12, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.).
LPGA
Event: Amundi Evian Championship, July 10-13, Evian Resort Club, Evian-les-Bains, France.
Purse: $8 million ($1.2 million to the winner).
Defending champion: Ayaka Furue.
Area player: Auston Kim.
TV: Golf Channel (July 11-12, 6-11 a.m.; July 12-13, 4-10 a.m.).
PGA Tour Champions
Event: Dick’s Sporting Goods Open, July 11-13, En-Joie Country Club, Endicott, N.Y.
Purse: $2.2 million ( $330,000 to the winner).
Defending champion: Padraig Harrington.
Area players: David Duval, Fred Funk.
TV: Golf Channel (July 11-12, 2-4 p.m.; July 13, 2-5 p.m.).
Korn Ferry Tour
Event: The Ascendant, July 10-13, TPC Colorado, Berthoud, Colo.
Purse: $1 million ($180,000 to the winner).
2024 champion: Cristobal Del Solar.
Area players: Tyson Alexander, Samuel Anderson, Dawson Armstrong, Chandler Blanchet, Cody Blick, Sebastian Cappelen, Adrien Dumont de Chassart, Nick Gabrelcik, Luke Guthrie, Russell Knox, Rick Lamb, Raul Pereda, Marcus Plunkett, Doc Redman, Julian Suri, Travis Trace, Thomas Walsh, Jared Wolfe.
TV: None.
Celebrity golf
Event: American Century Championship, July 11-13, Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course, South Lake Tahoe, Nev.
Purse: $750,000 ($150,000 to the winner).
Defending champion: Mardy Fish.
Area players: Trevor Lawrence.
Notable celebrities: Josh Allen, Charles Barkley, Jerome Bettis, Derek Carr, Roger Clemens, Steph Curry, Sam Darnold, Larry Fitzgerald, Dwight Freeney, Jason Kelce, Travis Kelce, George Kittle, Baker Mayfield, Jake Owen, Albert Pujols, Jerry Rice, Aaron Rodgers, Tony Romo, Emmitt Smith, John Smoltz, Annika Sorenstam, Joe Theismann, Mike Vrabel, Charles Woodson.
TV: Golf Channel (July 11, 4-6 p.m., 8-10 p.m.); NBC (July 12-13, 2:30-6 p.m.).
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