John Smoltz says he has ‘no excuses’ anymore when it comes to winning ACC
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John Smoltz will be on the field for the American championship of the century next month at the Edgewood Tahoe Golf Club at Nevada, and he is looking to leave as a champion.
The baseball Hall of Famer and Fox Sports MLB Diffuser finished fourth in the celebrity tournament in 2024 and tied in 12th in 2023.
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John Smoltz has a shot during the golf tournament in the American championship of the century at the Edgewood Tahoe golf course in South Lake Tahoe on Saturday. (Tom R. Smedes / Special at RGJ via Imagn Content Services, LLC)
Smoltz told Fox News Digital in a recent interview that he has “no excuse” this year so that he was not at least in the running to win the tournament.
“I do it now, I do not know, 13-14 years old, I have two new hips, I train becoming stronger and no longer losing 30 meters to all these young whippersnappers who bombed him. So there are no excuses for me not winning at some point even if I am 58. A certain point.”
Smoltz suggested that he would be even safer from himself if he could “understand how to put these greens”.
“I have finished second several times, I finished the top 10 a lot, the first five, but that is like to do storms, and I just did not do enough birdies,” he said. “If he went to the game suddenly, there is no doubt that I would always be there, but you always have to do a stingy. So I work on certain things while we are talking, I do all these interviews and I zoom my golf club, Hawks Ridge, putting time in work, and that I put in my shoulders was horrible until two months ago
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John Smoltz looks at his tee shooting on the second hole in the first round of the American family insurance championship at the University Ridge Golf Course on June 11, 2021 in Madison, Wisconsin. (Patrick McDermott / Getty Images)
“I have no excuses, I can walk 16 miles now with two new hips, in the past, I was down while trying to play a golf tour of 5 and a half hours, and it was very difficult to do, and I know that it looks like a lot of excuses, but I cannot go through the airport without my starting, so I had a new metal in my body.”
Smoltz, like many athletes and celebrities who participated in the tournament, go around its calendar each year.
“I think it’s the biggest moment in the calendar in the middle of what I do and probably everyone,” he said. “An event that brings together 91, or anything, different personalities, different life walks, and we can all test our skills and get involved in Lake Tahoe, it’s fantastic. American Century does an incredible and incredible job by putting this in the last 30 years, and I’m lucky to be part of it. I love it, and obviously I want to win it.”
Smoltz won a world series in 1995 with the Braves of Atlanta and the Cy Young Prize in the National League in 1996. When an exit was necessary, it would be called to obtain it.
However, he admitted that there was a pressure that accompanies the golf that he never really lived on the mound.
“It is not even close-the golf is more breathtaking than everything I have ever done in baseball,” he said. “You can load the basics and get a 3-0 account on the biggest striker and I am always rather there than necessarily losing your swing by going down the section and everyone wonders why you hit this blow. So the golf is all about you and mother nature and there are no teammates to overturn you or go out.
“And, you know, I have played a sports team all my life, so some of the mixed results. You can launch bad and win, you cannot play bad golf and win, so I think golf has its own mental tenacity that it ranks alone even if it is not a physical sport physical sport play this game as long as they can and play it much longer than their sport has allowed them to play.”
Atlanta Braves Pitch, n ° 29, John Smoltz appeared against the Nationals of Washington during the third round at the RFK Stadium in Washington, DC, May 14, 2007. (James Lang-Usa today Sports)
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The festivities of the American championship of the century begin on July 9 and take place until July 13.
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