John Randle, the Vikings Hall of Famer who loves playing golf as much as he treasured terrorizing quarterbacks back in the day, has found a way to mix his two pleasures.
Vikings Hall of Famer John Randle helping kick off tournament mixing football, golf legends
A golf event combining football greats with members of the PGA Champions Tour will debut in 2025 in Florida.
The Minnesota Star Tribune
January 23, 2024 at 10:15PM
The former defensive tackle was at the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, on Tuesday to help announce a golf tournament that will debut in 2025 and combine members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the PGA Champions Tour.
The James Hardie Pro Football Hall of Fame Invitational will be held from March 31 to April 6, 2025, at the Old Course at Broken Sound Club in Boca Raton, Fla. The tournament will feature 78 PGA Champions Tour players and 26 football legends who will compete for a $2.2 million purse.
The three-day tournament will be televised by the Golf Channel.
And, yes, one can assume Johnny Randle will be bull rushing and/or swim moving his way into the field.
Randle told reporters at the news conference that he’s looking forward to the tournament because, for him, golf “became like oxygen” once he turned to it full-time while doing a lot of charity work in Minnesota after his football career ended.
Joining Randle in Canton for Tuesday’s announcement were fellow Hall of Famers Ronde Barber and Anthony Muñoz, and PGA Champions Tour legend Bernhard Langer.
Vikings quarterback Sam Darnold is completing more passes more often for more touchdowns than he ever has. “What we’re trying to get from Sam is to play the best football of his career,” coach Kevin O'Connell said.
