Football and golf legends to compete at James Hardie Invitational in Boca Raton

The James Hardie Pro Football Hall of Fame Invitational brings together iconic names from the Pro Football Hall of Fame, legendary names from the PGA Tour Champions.

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BOCA RATON — Rarely do we see Hall of Famers from two major sports come together.
And almost never do we find them competing together at the same venue.
Almost.
Because once again the James Hardie Pro Football Hall of Fame Invitational will bring together iconic names from the Pro Football Hall of Fame and legendary names from the PGA Tour Champions for a weekend of competition at The Old Course at Broken Sound March 2-8.
The golf legends are led by Charles Schwab Cup money leader Stewart Cink, James Hardie defending champion Angel Cabrera, six-time champions tour winner Padraig Harrington along with Retief Goosen, Justin Leonard, Davis Duval and Miguel Angel Jimenez.

Two-time major champion and 2023 U.S. Ryder Cup team captain Zach Johnson will be making his debut on the 50-and-older senior circuit at the event.
The impressive list of football legends, who compete in a 36-hole two-man best ball format with a Tour Champions partner the first two days, is an autograph seekers dream.
Tim Brown returns to defend his title from the inaugural football division and will be joined by, among others, Pahokee High School legend Rickey Jackson, Boca Raton's Cris Carter, Marcus Allen, Eric Dickerson, Dan Fouts, Steve Largent, Emmitt Smith, Dwight Stephenson, Lawrence Taylor and Thurman Thomas.
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Brown, paired with Tim O'Neal, won by four strokes in 2025.
"Winning never gets old," Brown said. "Not on the football field and certainly not on the Olde Course at Boca Raton."
Carter, a Boca Raton resident since 1991, is both a competitor and promoter for the event played in his hometown.
"You want to provide entertainment for people here and you want to have world-class events," said Carter, the Executive Director of Player Engagement for FAU football. "It's hard to do that. If you have two brands like the champions tour and Pro Football Hall of Fame and all the legends, that's a winner right there.
"To be able to let people see the community that I've experienced my whole adult life and to come here and realize that, 'man, I can come back here.'"
Cabrera, the 56-year-old from Argentina, captured his first Tour Champions win at the 2025 James Hardie with an 11-under 205, two shots better than K.J. Choi.
About a month later, Cabrera won two Tour Champions majors in consecutive weeks, the Tradition in Birmingham, Alabama;, and Senior PGA Championship at Congressional in Bethesda, Maryland.
"It was a great week at the James Hardie, it gave me the hope and gave me the confidence to play great to win those two tournaments," Cabrera said.
And while the seniors are playing for a $2.2 million purse, the football legends are playing for bragging rights and the chance to talk some trash.
"It's our their DNA," Carter said about he and his peers being competitive. "You don't get to be one of 30,000 men that played in the NFL, one of 14,000 to play more than four years or one of 392 in the Hall of Fame …you don't get there without having those traits. And it comes out on the golf course.
"But we're older, we're a little more milder, slightly, than we used to be," he added, with a smile.
Tickets for the tournament are available at JamesHardieInvitational.com.
Tom D'Angelo is a senior sports columnist and reporter for The Palm Beach Post. He can be reached at tdangelo@pbpost.com.