Stephen Curry excels and entertains at celebrity golf tournament
Stephen Curry’s love of golf is well known by now, and he got a chance to show off his game this past weekend at the American Century Championship, a celebrity golf tournament in Tahoe.
The tournament does not use the traditional golf scoring format, instead featuring a point system in which pars are worth one point, birdies are worth three, eagles are worth six, bogeys are worth zero and anything worse than a bogey is worth negative two. Curry finished with a total of 56 points and came in ninth place out of the 87 competitors who finished. The tournament was won by former NBA player and coach Vinny Del Negro, who scored 69 points and defeated baseball legend John Smoltz in a playoff.
In the first round, Curry got off to a strong start by recording a par on each of the first 12 holes before recording a birdie on the 13th. He added two additional birdies later on and finished the round with 21 points.
His second round the following day was not as successful, as it included three bogies and one double bogey. However, he did manage to post three birdies to increase his score to 39.
Curry’s third and final round proved to be his weakest. He recorded two birdies on the front nine and had a total of three, but also made three bogies and three double bogies. Despite his struggles, he ended his day with his best hole of the entire tournament, posting an eagle on the par-5 18th.
As has been his standard in his celebrity golf tournament appearances, Curry provided entertainment even when not golfing. This time around, he interacted with spectators, showed off his legendary shooting ability on multiple occasions, tossed around a football and jokingly sparred with boxing star Canelo Álvarez.
Curry’s appearance at the event was made more special by the presence of his family. He played alongside his father Dell, who finished tied for 16th, and his brother Seth, who placed 54th. Steph seemed to relish having the upper hand in the tournament and offered some tongue-in-cheek bragging via Twitter.
This tournament comes on the heels of another golf-related accomplishment for Steph. He recently attended the Bison at the Beach Inaugural Golf Classic, a golf event at Pebble Beach designed to raise money for the Howard University golf team. Steph has notably been a major financial supporter of the team and is helping to fund the program’s first six seasons of existence.
“One of those proud moments!” he tweeted following the event. “Big time moves for [the program], love seeing the well-deserved support for these young men and women inspiring the next [generation] of minority golfers. Cherry on top of a great inaugural season. Bison Golf is just getting started.”
It goes without saying that Steph has some incredibly important basketball to play in upcoming seasons. Until then, however, he’ll have to pursue one of his side passions and enjoy himself all the same.