Ex-MLB star Derek Lowe ready to take another swing at American Century Championship

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Derek Lowe made a career of being a solid starting pitcher as he helped the Boston Red Sox break the "Curse of the Bambino" during his playing career.

The right-handed pitcher was a two-time All-Star with the Red Sox before he eventually played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Atlanta Braves, Cleveland Indians, New York Yankees and Texas Rangers. As he stepped off the field for the final time as a baseball player during the 2013 season, he would trade his mitt for a golf bag.

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Derek Lowe hits a tee shot during the ACC Golf Tournament at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course in South Lake Tahoe on Sunday, July 14, 2019. (Tom R. Smedes/Special to RGJ / USA TODAY NETWORK)

Lowe will be in the field for the American Century Championship next month at Edgewood Tahoe Result. It is an event he has circled on his calendar all year.

"This is No. 1, it really is," he told Fox News Digital in terms of tournaments he has played over the year. "You kind of know roughly when the invitations are coming out, you start checking emails. ... It’s hard to explain, we don’t have tournaments like this at all. You can play in your member-member, member-guest, what have you, but, I think again for the second or third year in a row it’s completely sold out. 

"It’s just an amazing time. I don’t know if a lot of people have been out to Tahoe, but it’s just a tremendous place. (The) weather, normally every time, has been fantastic. You just never know who you are going to run into. You’re sitting at a table and who sits down, Matthew Tkachuk or whoever it is you just don’t know. That’s the beauty of it. You meet so many