Colin Jost nearly made a hole-in-one at the American Century Championship, turning a celebrity golf round at Edgewood Tahoe Resort in Lake Tahoe, Nevada into the day’s sharpest moment. Scarlett Johansson was there supporting him throughout the tournament.
Jost told Sports, "Well Scarlett was like, ‘Baby, if you’re gonna win this thing, I gotta be there. Like, I gotta see the champ in action,’ because she kinda knew this was my year." He did not win the tournament, but he said he played really well and came close enough to an ace to make the shot the story.
Edgewood Tahoe Resort in Lake Tahoe
The American Century Championship brings together a field that can pull attention from outside golf, and Jost’s near-ace did exactly that. The setup at Edgewood Tahoe Resort in Lake Tahoe, Nevada gave the moment a clean public stage, with Johansson visible as support and Jost turning in one of the round’s most watchable shots.
That public support fits the way the couple shows up around each other. Johansson has hosted Saturday Night Live multiple times, while Jost mans the Weekend Update desk, and the source says he is consistently showing up at movie premieres to support her. This was the same pattern, only on a course instead of a red carpet.
Colin Jost and Michael Che
Jost also has a separate public identity built around the yearly joke swaps he does with Michael Che on Weekend Update, which helps explain why a golf appearance like this travels beyond sports coverage. He knows how to turn a live moment into a clip, and this one almost became a scorecard headline instead.
The clean read for readers is simple: Jost did not take the tournament, but he did produce the kind of near-miss that keeps a celebrity event in circulation. The shot was close enough to invite replay, and that is the point — the score did not change, but the moment did. That is the part people remember.
