STATELINE, Nev. — The 17th hole is the party spot. Nearby is a dock where fans motor up wearing swimsuits.
The football coach Herm Edwards remembers playing with the talk show host Maury Povich when his tee shot landed on a boat. Is that out of bounds? Mr. Povich asked. Mr. Edwards laughed. “No,” he said, “you can hit from there.” And so he did.
They were competing — or perhaps simply participating — in the annual American Century Championship, a celebrity golf tournament at Edgewood Tahoe golf course, a loose affair in its rules and its atmosphere.