RENO, Nev. (AP) — Leave it to Charles Barkley to capsulize the challenges he and others will face atop the Sierra this weekend trying to keep their golf balls in the fairway, away from the galleries and out of the water during the 27th annual American Century Celebrity Golf Championship at Lake Tahoe.

"Golf is fun, until you hit somebody in the head," said Barkley, the Hall of Fame basketball player who's a 6,000-to-1 long shot to win but still draws some of the biggest...