Travis Kelce chest bumps Patrick Mahomes after eagle putt at celebrity golf tourney
Kansas City fans have seen this before: a Chiefs player making a clutch play when it mattered most.
That happened Thursday, but it wasn’t football, of course. Try golf.
At the American Century Championship celebrity tournament, Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce sank an eagle putt on the 18th hole at the Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course in Nevada.
Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes was playing with Kelce and when the putt was made, the two celebrated with a chest bump. Kelce also did a little “fly eagles fly” celebration.
Twitter user Ben DuBose shared a clip of the eagle putt:
Mahomes and Kelce are tied at minus-3 after the first round. After six bogeys and five double bogeys over the first 13 holes, Mahomes parred his final five holes. Kelce had eight bogeys, six double bogeys and three pars, plus that eagle.
The tournament uses a “modified Stableford scoring system that rewards points for pars, birdies and eagles.”
Former Buffalo Bills defensive tackle Kyle Williams is in first place with 25 points. He is 5 points ahead of former Braves pitcher John Smoltz and CBS Sports broadcaster Tony Romo, who is the two-time defending champion.
The second round of the tournament is Saturday and will be shown on KSHB (Ch. 41) starting at 2 p.m.
Kelce wasn’t the only Chiefs player to come up with a big putt. Mahomes made a long par at one point and was fired up. Twitter user Kevin Brown shared the moment:
That looked like a professional golf move, but this, well, didn’t, and Mahomes laughed about it:
Mahomes told the Reno Gazette Journal he plays golf regularly but only after doing his football work.
“I pretty much do the same thing every day, as far as either I’m working out or I’m on the golf course,” Mahomes told the newspaper. “I get in, get my workouts in, usually, and go out there and play a round or a couple of holes or whatever it is.”
