Justin Turner and Mookie Betts are back together in Las Vegas this week, this time representing the Dodgers at the second annual MLB Open.
The two former teammates, who shared three seasons in Los Angeles, will take part in the event at Shadow Creek Golf Course from Nov. 11-12.
Betts wasn’t swinging a club last year, but he still had a role in the tournament as a correspondent. The Dodgers’ representatives then were Will Smith and Andre Ethier.
Betts’ trip to Las Vegas comes right after his stint co-hosting the MLB Awards at the Chelsea theater inside The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. He and Roy Wood Jr. are set to team up again as hosts for this year’s show.
Turner, meanwhile, already has experience in MLB’s golf world. He played in the league’s first tournament, though he did so while representing the Chicago Cubs.
“He’s got a lot on his plate this week, hosting the awards and everything. So hopefully he’s got a little bit of energy left to carry us,” Turner said of Betts during an appearance on MLB Network. “Because he’s definitely the better golfer.”
Both players are known for spending plenty of time on the course. Turner has turned that interest into the annual Justin Turner Foundation golf classic, which he and his wife Kourtney have continued to host at Sherwood Country Club in Thousand Oaks, Calif., even after his time with the Dodgers ended.
At last year’s event, Turner explained the mission behind the foundation’s work: “Help out homeless veterans, help out kids in hospitals who are battling different illnesses and diseases, to keep the shelves of the food bank at The Dream Center fully stocked so they can continue to pass out 1,000 meals a day. The support is great, the friendships are great, but at the end of the day we are here to raise money,” Turner told DodgerBlue.com.
The MLB Open features current and former big leaguers in a two-day competition with a twist. Instead of a standard format, the tournament uses modified Stableford scoring, with each player playing his own ball while the team takes the best ball and earns points on every hole. The team with the most points wins, and the top three teams receive monetary donations for charities of their choice.
MLB will stream coverage on its YouTube channel.
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