FanHouse Rick Rhoden

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5. Rick Rhoden -- Who said 50-year-old golfers can't win the occasional golf tournament? Rhoden, 56, claimed his eighth (8th!) Lake Tahoe Celebrity Championship last weekend, beating out Dan Quinn and Tony Romo. As Ryan pointed out after the victory, Rhoden has earned more in his "celebrity" golfing than he ever did during a season as a major league baseball player.

On a day when 59-year-old Tom Watson was going for his ninth major victory, former Major League pitcher Rick Rhoden, 56, won for the eighth time at the Lake Tahoe Celebrity Championship.

The victory earned Rhoden a cool $125,000, which brings his career winnings at Tahoe to $1.13 million. Some perspective: the most Rhoden ever earned during a baseball season was $900,000, in 1989 with the Houston Astros.

For those interested in the final-round details: Rhoden ended the weekend with 74 points in the modified Stableford format (he fired a 2-over 74 on Sunday), outlasting ex-NHLer Dan Quinn, a four-time winner at Tahoe. Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo, who led the event after the first round, finished third.