Scarlett Johansson showed up to back Colin Jost at the American Century Classic, and the moment that followed was the sort of near-miss that keeps a celebrity golf tournament buzzing. Jost came close to a hole-in-one at Edgewood Tahoe Resort in Lake Tahoe, Nevada, while Johansson watched from the sidelines.
The appearance mattered because Jost was not just another name in the field. He was one of the players drawing attention at the annual event, alongside Tony Romo and Steph Curry, and the shot he nearly drained became the day’s most shareable moment. In a tournament built on celebrity swings and bragging rights, a near hole-in-one is the kind of thing that can make a round feel larger than the scorecard.
Jost later 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.” The line landed as a joke, but the result did not match it. Jost did not win the tournament, which is what gives the comment its bite. He talked like a man with a title run in mind, then walked off without the trophy.
That gap is what makes the scene work. Johansson and Jost are framed as one of Hollywood’s funniest couples, but the story here is not only about the joke. It is about the way they show up for each other in public, whether that means Jost supporting Johansson at movie premieres, bringing flowers to his hosting stints for SNL and The TODAY Show, or Johansson backing his Staten Island Ferry business venture with Pete Davidson. At Edgewood Tahoe Resort, the support was visible in real time.
The tournament itself is an annual fixture at Edgewood Tahoe Resort in Lake Tahoe, Nevada, and this year it handed Jost a moment that was almost perfect. He nearly made a hole-in-one with Johansson there to see it, then left without winning. That leaves the cleanest read on the day: the couple’s public chemistry was real, the shot was close, and the title he joked about never arrived.
