Travis and Jason Kelce. David Calvert/Getty Pictures for American Century Investments
The Kelce family’s sibling rivalry added a further chapter when Jason Kelce gained the exact same long drive contest that his brother, Travis Kelce, gained last yr.
Jason, 36, won the American Century Lengthy Travel Contest with a 322-garden drive at the Edgewood Tahoe Golf Class in Stateline, Nevada on Thursday, July 11. (Travis, 34, defeat that mark by plenty in 2023, walloping a ball 362 yards in much better circumstances.)
“I’ve hardly ever hit everything that far in my lifestyle,” Travis stated at the time. “That was smoked.”
While this was Jason’s 1st time at the American Century Championship, Travis is a veteran of the occasion.
“Trav, he’s been striving to get me to come out listed here for, like, 5 or 6 decades,” Jason mentioned in an interview with Nevada Athletics Internet. “He’s been raving about the celebration. All the fellas who display up to it, all the admirers, the American Century, everybody does a fantastic work of creating this a best-flight occasion. That’s pretty evident in my short time right here so far.”
This isn’t Jason’s initially foray into one more activity because retiring from the NFL at the close of very last time. He also threw out the to start with pitch at a Philadelphia Phillies recreation in March, bravely building his toss from the leading of the mound and reaching the plate on the fly. (Jason invested his overall 13-year pro vocation as a center for the Philadelphia Eagles.)
Jason Kelce. Isaiah Vazquez/Getty Photos
The American Century Championship is a superstar golf occasion, whose formal play kicked off on Friday. Jason is just one of many former athletes collaborating, such as Roger Clemens, John Smoltz and Ray Allen. Travis is amongst the handful of recent athlete contributors, which involves recent to start with-put participant, NFL large receiver Adam Thielen.
Colin Jost, Don Cheadle, Carson Daly, Ray Romano and Alex Rodriguez are all participating as very well.
Jason Kelce and Travis Kelce have an enviable sibling bond total of assistance, laughter and, of training course, football. As the brothers have observed good results in the NFL, they have shared glimpses of their relationship off the industry. Their household even served as inspiration for Travis’ Saturday Evening Live monologue, which he hosted for the initially […]
Neither Travis nor Jason are in the vicinity of the top rated of the event leaderboard as of Friday afternoon, but the two have spent their full lives competing with and against every single other. In the event that neither finds their way to the top rated, Jason shared his philosophy on getting rid of on the brothers’ “New Heights” podcast.
Talking about his daughters and their futures in youth sports activities, he said he required them to acquire just more than enough to stay self-confident, but to know what it feels like to eliminate.
“You really do not want to be pleased that you’re slipping,” Jason, who shares daughters Wyatt, Elliotte and Bennett with wife Kylie Kelce, explained on the Wednesday, June 12 episode. “You just need to loathe it, but know that it’s a system in get to get it suitable. From time to time you gotta throw a trash can when you get rid of a activity for your total crew so they know that you care.”
For now, nonetheless, Jason can bask in the glory of his prolonged push championship — even if his brother will not allow him fail to remember he positioned second in the loved ones.
