Ray Romano focusing on fun at American Century, shares hilarious story from 2021 tournament

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Comedian Ray Romano will take another swing at winning the American Century Celebrity Golf Championship Tournament this week and will get another crack at trying to gain some comeuppance on his colleagues in show business and famous athletes from across the sports spectrum.

The 65-year-old "Everybody Loves Raymond" star will be looking to steal away some of the shine from the favorites in the tournament. He comes into the event near Lake Tahoe as a 2000-1 long shot, according to Caesars Sportsbook, but he’s already concluded he’ll have to settle for the back of the pack.

Romano told Fox News Digital that "there’s no chance of us winning."

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Ray Romano takes a swing at the 2022 American Century. (Kurtis Rix/American Century Championship)

"But you can still play well. There are world-class elite athletes in there, championship-winning athletes, Super Bowl-winning athletes, gold medal-winning athletes, and golf is, in a way, it’s the great equalizer because a schlub like me who’s in show biz and is not a professional athlete, on any given day, can have a great day in golf and beat one of those guys."

And he’s done it before.

Romano’s best finish was 60th in the field. He placed there in 2005 and 2016. In 2005, he beat out NFL legends like Emmitt Smith, Bruce Smith and Marcus Allen. In 2016, Romano got the better of the Dallas Cowboys legend again, Steve Young, Doug Flutie, Terrell Davis and Chipper Jones, to name a few.

"That’s the beauty of golf, it gives you a chance. Doesn’t give you a chance to win, but it’s fun to compete against these guys and, hopefully, if [I] can get on a