World No. 1 Nelly Korda and LPGA Hall of Famer Lydia Ko highlight the LPGA player portion of next week’s Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions. Ko, who won the event last year near her Lake Nona home to kick off a “fairy-tale” season, is back this year as a brand ambassador for HGV. The season-opening event will be held Jan. 30-Feb. 2 in Orlando, Florida.
LPGA big names are only half the story TOC week, however, as a cast of celebrities compete for their own purse of $500,000. The handicaps of some of these players might surprise, too, with past champions John Smoltz and Mardy Fish boasting plus-handicaps of +1.9 and +3.1, respectively. MLB outfielder Aaron Hicks, who is married to former LPGA player Cheyenne Woods, carries a +1 handicap, while former NBA champion Ray Allen carries a +1.2.
Pro Football Hall of Famer Brian Urlacher’s 2.7 impresses, as does actor Don Cheadle’s 7.0.
One of the most popular players in the field, however, probably has the least amount of time to practice. “Today” show meteorologist Dylan Dreyer, a mother of three, is coming out of the cold in New York City for a third straight year to play in the event.
Other women in the celebrity field include LPGA Hall of Famer Annika Sorenstam, World Cup champion Brandi Chastain, Golf Channel and NBC Sports reporter Kira Dixon, television personality and model Blair O’Neal and content creator Hally Leadbetter, daughter of renowned instructor David Leadbetter.
Handicaps for the 2025 HGV Tournament of Champions celebrity field include:
“The Bachelor” TV personality Wells Adams, 3.5Pro Football Hall of Famer Marcus Allen, 8World Long Drive Champion Maurice Allen, 3.3NBA champion Ray Allen, +1.2Actor and comedian Anthony Anderson, 13.6Actor and comedian Brian Baumgartner, 8.6NBA All-Star Vince Carter, 8FIFI Women’s World Cup champion Brandi Chastain, 12.2Award-winning actor Don Cheadle, 7Golf Channel & NBC Sports reporterand Miss America 2015, Kira Dixon, 12.5Major League Soccer All-Star Landon Donovan, 5.7NBC News meteorologist Dylan Dreyer, 15Olympic tennis medalist Mardy Fish, +3.1CEO Hornblower Corp, Mike Flaskey, 5.1Chicago Cubs World Series Champion Dexter Fowler, 2.4″Dancing with the Stars” champion and “The Bachelor” TV personality Joey Graziadei, 8NBA All-Star Blake Griffin, 13.8MLB outfielder Aaron Hicks, +1.3“The Bachelor” TV personality Ben Higgins, 4.8Country music singer and songwriter Chris Lane, 10.4Podcaster and content creator Hally Leadbetter, +2.3Former NBA player Courtney Lee, 11Three-time World Series Champion Jon Lester, 0.2Boston Red Sox World Series Champion Derek Lowe, 1Singer, Backstreet Boys, AJ McLean, 14MLB All-Star, defending tournament champion Jeff McNeil, 0Sportscaster and former college football coach Urban Meyer, 9.4Boston Red Sox World Series Champion Kevin Millar, 3.5Former NBA player Chandler Parsons, 10.9Actor, Michael Pena, 3.5NHL All-Star Tuukka Rask, 6.2NHL All-Star Jeremy Roenick, 1.5NBA champion JR Smith, 3.7Atlanta Braves World Series Champion John Smoltz, 1.6Actor and comedian, Larry the Cable Guy, 9.4AMA Motocross Champion James “Bubba” Stewart, 9.7Wide receiver, Adam Thielen, 0.5Major League Soccer All-Star Taylor Twellman, +1.5Pro Football Hall of Famer Brian Urlacher, 2.7Actor and singer Jack Wagner, 2Pro Football Hall of Famer Charles Woodson, 9.9