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MULDER FIRST, BARKLEY LAST IN CELEBRITY GOLF EVENT

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Mark Mulder rallied Sunday at Edgewood Tahoe in Stateline, Nev., to successful­ly defend his title in the American Century Championsh­ip celebrity golf tournament. The former pitcher birdied seven of his first 13 holes and finished with a 29-point round for a five-point victory against retired tennis player

Mardy Fish in the modified Stableford event. Players received six points for eagle, three for birdie, one for par, zero for bogey and -2 for double bogey or worse. Mulder finished with 74 points and earned $125,000. Second-round leader Fish had a 19-point day, missing a 12-foot eagle putt on 18. Fish made $60,000. Actor Jack

Wagner was third at 67, followed by former hockey players Jeremy Roenick (66) and Mike Modano (65). Entertaine­r Justin

Timberlake was 21st with 35 points, and two-time NBA MVP

Stephen Curry tied for 27th with 28 points. Charles Barkley was last among the 82 finishers with -100 points — 30 points behind 81st-place Larry the Cable Guy.

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