42nd annual Roger Maris Celebrity Golf Tournament returns
May 29, 2026
Contact:
Nathan Aamodt
Sanford Health Media Relations
(701) 200-6080/nathan.aamodt@sanfordhealth.org
FARGO, N.D. – The Roger Maris Celebrity Golf Tournament, presented by Happy Harry’s Bottle Shops, tees off for the 42nd time on Thursday, June 19, at Rose Creek Golf Course. The event features both 9 and 18-hole golf tournaments.
The Edith Sanford 9-Hole Golf Scramble, presented by Happy Harry’s Bottle Shops, is a pink-themed event that tees off at 8 a.m. at Rose Creek Golf Course and will help support innovative breast cancer research and patient care. The Edith Sanford 9-hole Scramble will feature specialty coffee, a photo station, contests and prizes, swag bags and appearances by celebrities. Both men and women are encouraged to wear pink. Cost is $700 per team.
The 18-hole Roger Maris Celebrity Golf Tournament is also at Rose Creek Golf Course. Registration is at 11 a.m. and tee time is at 12 p.m. Cost is $1,300 per team.
Featured celebrity guests include:
• Scott Hamilton
• Chad Greenway
• Chris Klieman
• Phil Hansen
• Gene Taylor
Scott Hamilton won a gold medal in men’s figure skating in the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo. Hamilton won four consecutive World Championships (1981-1984), as well as four consecutive U.S. Championships (1981-1984). In 1997, Hamilton was diagnosed with testicular cancer and has battled brain tumors on three separate occasions. Hamilton founded the Scott Hamilton CARES Foundation to assist with cancer patient support.
Chad Greenway played his entire 11-year NFL career with the Minnesota Vikings. Greenway is a two-time Pro Bowler and led the National Football Conference (NFC) in combined tackles in 2010. Greenway is a two-time Walter Payton Man of the Year nominee, given annually honoring a player’s volunteer and charity work, as well as excellence on the field.
Chris Klieman is the former head football coach at Kansas State University (K-State) and North Dakota State University (NDSU). At K-State, Klieman collected a 54-34 record over seven seasons, making him the second winningest coach in Wildcats history. At NDSU, Klieman finished with a 69-6 recorded, winning NCAA FCS National Championships in four out of five seasons.
Phil Hansen played all 11 seasons of his NFL career with the Buffalo Bills, and he is third on the Bills all-time list with 61.5 career sacks. In 2011, he was inducted into the Buffalo Bills Wall of Fame. Hansen, an Oakes, N.D. native, starred collegiately at North Dakota State University, and in 2004, was inducted into the NCAA Division II Hall of Fame. Hansen helped lead the Bison to NCAA Division II National Championships in 1988 and 1990.
Gene Taylor is the director of athletics at K-State, and he also served as the director of athletics at NDSU for 13 years. Taylor was named the eighth-best athletic director among FBS programs by Stadium in 2020.
Other local celebrities to attend the Edith Sanford 9-hole Golf Tournament and Roger Maris Celebrity Golf tournament include NDSU women’s basketball players Avery Koenen and Jocelyn Schiller, as well as University of North Dakota defensemen E.J. Emery.
Roger Maris All-Star Week was created to support the work happening at the cancer center, honor loved ones, friends and neighbors affected by cancer, promote Roger’s passion for fitness and youth sports and celebrate the enduring legacy of hometown hero, Roger Maris.
All proceeds from Roger Maris All-Star Week and the golf tournaments remain local, benefitting the Sanford Roger Maris Cancer Center. To register to play in the golf tournaments, visit RogerMarisWeek.com.
About Sanford Health
Sanford Health, the largest rural health system in the United States, is dedicated to transforming the health care experience and providing access to world-class health care in America’s heartland. Headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the organization has 55,000 employees and serves more than 2 million patients and nearly 415,000 health plan members across the upper Midwest including South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota, Wyoming, Iowa, Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The integrated nonprofit health system includes a network of 58 hospitals, 289 clinic locations, 145 senior care communities, 4,500 physicians and advanced practice providers and 1,100 active clinical trials and studies. The organization’s transformational virtual care initiative brings patients closer to care with access to nearly 80 specialties. More than 400 residents and fellows are trained each year through graduate medical education with Sanford Health fully funding and supporting 29 of the 40 available programs. Sanford Health also includes Lewis Drug, a pharmacy and retail chain with 60 locations in three states and nearly 190 pharmacists. Learn more about Sanford Health’s commitment to shaping the future of rural health care across the lifespan at sanfordhealth.org or Sanford Health News.
