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Any chance of the Green Bay Packers lifting the Super Bowl this Sunday was dashed long ago, but Aaron Rodgers is still ending the season as a champion.
playing with canadian pro Golf Partner Ben Silverman, Quarterback Wins AT&T PGA Tour Pebble Beach Pro-Am On Sunday, the couple carded 26-under to take a one-shot victory over American golfer Peter Malnati and former FedEx chairman and CEO Don Colleran.
It sees the 39-year-old Rodgers, who until Monday admitted he hadn’t played any golf since the start of last season’s NFL training camp, have his name added to Pebble Beach’s Wall of Champions.
“It’s really important, it’s always been on my bucket list,” Rodgers told reporters.
“It’s a huge thing for me, I’m not going to sugarcoat it. It’s been a great week in itself, spending time with Ben, but winning is the sweetest.”
The pair were declared winners after 54 holes as heavy winds and rain bombarded the California event, shortening the amateur event to three rounds. The pro tournament, led by England’s Justin Rose, is due to resume on Monday.
Despite the disappointment on the gridiron as the Packers missed the NFL playoffs for the first time since 2018, Rodgers has enjoyed a stellar year on the fairways. In June, Rodgers and fellow veteran Tom Brady were named winners in the All-NFL quarterback, Trash-talk heavy version of The MatchBest Young Couple Josh Allen and patrick mahomes,
And as Buffalo Bills star Allen, playing with Keith Mitchell, finished four strokes behind Rodgers in California, the friendly rivalry showed no signs of abating.
Rodgers told reporters, “Josh Allen was telling me this win was going to be an asterisk because there were only three rounds.”
“But I think the names, our names are going to be there [on the Wall of Champions] For a long time.”
Speculation has been rife about where the Packers quarterback will ply his trade next season, with talk of a departure from the only NFL team he ever played for fueled by a past tweet from Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver — and former teammate — Davante Adams. have played Week.
Asked in a Twitter Q&A which neighborhood Adams was moving to, Adams, who played with the four-time MVP for seven years until his departure in 2021, answered: “My.”
Those rumors followed Rodgers around the fair at Pebble Beach. social media footage Some spectators are shown chanting ‘Raiders’ at the quarterback as he goes to the next hole. A devious smile from the Super Bowl XLV winner in return suggested it was taken in good humor, a welcome change from what he’d done at Pro-Am in years past.
“One year, we were knocked out by [San Francisco 49ers] In the playoffs, and I came and played and the fans were really rude. There was a lot of bullshit going on,” Rodgers recalled.
“Not this year, it was all positive. It was all, ‘Come to the Raiders, come to the Niners, come to the [Dallas] Cowboy.’ a pair [New York] Jet calls there.
“But a lot of Raiders presence, for sure. You heard the Raiders chant the last four days… Ben did, for sure.
Meanwhile, the recently retired footballer Gareth Bale He finished tied-16th with partner Joseph Bramlett.
The former Real Madrid and Tottenham star won a number of accolades with a strong first goal highlighted by a superb shot from the cart path.
“The last few weeks have been amazing,” Bell told reporters.
He said, ‘People are praising my game, it is unbelievable, they have put a lot of pressure on my shoulders.
“I am a huge golf fan and appreciate what these players do on the golf course. It is great to play, interact with them and watch what they do.
Rose leads the pro event by two strokes ahead of American trio Malnati, Denny McCarthy and Brendan Todd. The 2013 US Open champion and 10-time PGA Tour winner is chasing his first win since winning the Farmers Insurance Open in 2019.