Comedian Jimmy Fallon and DJ Khaled go head-to-head in comedy golf match airing Friday on NBC | Entertainment

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Jimmy Fallon vs. DJ Khaled tee off for laughs to air Friday night on NBC 

STATELINE, Nev. – NBC will air two of leisure’s greatest names who will swap their ordinary levels for the luxurious greens of Edgewood Tahoe Resort in a conflict that can be extra chuckles than chip pictures on Friday at 8:35 p.m. 

Late-night king Jimmy Fallon and music mogul DJ Khaled are set to face off in “The Cardigan Classic” filmed on the shores of Lake Tahoe on the Edgewood Tahoe Resort through the American Century Championship in July. 

This four-hole match brings the social gathering to the placing inexperienced when Fallon trades his desk for a driver. On the opposite facet of the tee is DJ Khaled, the Grammy-winning producer recognized for dropping beats and catchphrases, and now dropping golf balls. 



It’s a match-up with these two larger-than-life personalities bringing their A-game and humor to the course. 

The stakes are excessive, a bespoke crimson cardigan and bragging rights. 



“It’s called The Cardigan Classic,” Fallon proudly defined. “The winner gets a red cardigan. There are other prizes out there in the golf world, which is a green blazer. This is a red cardigan.” 

Showman Khaled promised that “history will be made” and suggested Fallon to convey “a golf bag and a big brown paper bag.” 

Khaled shortly clarified that the brown bag might be for “crispy hundreds” or charitable donations, dubbing it the “give-back bag.” 

The match occurred on two of Edgewood Tahoe Resort’s most iconic holes, the par-3 seventeenth and the par-5 18th. They play every gap twice. 

“The Cardigan Classic” is a fast-paced, four-hole dash. It is golf distilled to its most enjoyable parts. It was a part of the thirty fifth American Century Championship with 90+ sports activities and leisure celebrities who competed for charity at Edgewood Tahoe Resort from July 12 to 14. 

American Century Investments is the title sponsor of the American Century Championship. Behind the scenes, NBC Sports, Words & Music Productions, and Electric Hotdog are bringing this spectacle to life. 

Steve Sands, Peter Jacobsen, Roger Maltbie, and Kira Okay. Dixon are the dream workforce of golf commentators internet hosting the occasion 

If you'll be able to’t catch “The Cardigan Classic” dwell on NBC, the particular can be accessible Saturday on Peacock, NBC’s streaming service. The Golf Channel will start airing it on Sept. 16.

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Late-night king Jimmy Fallon faces off with music mogul DJ Khaled in “The Cardigan Classic” at Edgewood Tahoe Resort.
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DJ Khaled participates in a hole-in-one for leisure with Jimmy Fallon that may air Friday on NBC.
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