It was a bit of a rocky start, but Steph Curry came up clutch and finished strong. On the golf course, not court, of course. Curry made his debut as an amateur on the Web.com tour on Thursday and did better than most expected.
The Golden State guard’s scorecard featured a 4-over 74 in the first round action of the Ellie Mae Classic at TPC San Francisco Bay.
He started the day on the back nine, and while Curry’s used to putting a ball into a hole, he placed his first shot into the cup holder of a golf cart. The sharpshooter is good from long-range, after all.
The two-time NBA champion bogeyed the hole.
He shot par on the next two holes before bogeying holes 14 and 15. Then, on 15, after an excellent approach shot, he drained a 10-footer to record his first ever birdie.
That propelled Curry to par the next four holes, giving him a score of 2-over into the second hole of his back-nine. After bogeying hole two, Curry sank his second birdie on a par-5 sixth hole.
On the fifth hole, Curry struggled and finished the hole with a double-bogey of six strokes. He recuperated well, and impersonated his fellow Under Armor colleague Jordan Spieth by telling his caddie to go retrieve his ball after knocking down his third and final birdie on the day.
As you could imagine, the NBA superstar had a massive crowd following his every step.
The two-time NBA MVP finished 10 strokes off the lead, and caught the attention of Twitter for his unexpected, eye-opening play.
He even beat his partner Sam Ryder, who won the Pinnacle Bank Championship at Indian Creek in Omaha just two weeks ago, by one-stroke.
He may be tied for 146th overall, but for Curry definitely held his own, and did better than most expected.
We already know Curry isn’t normal, and this further proves that. Yes, it’s an extremely small sample size of action, but if that whole basketball thing, you know, doesn’t work out anymore, Curry might one day have a career out on the links.
He’ll tee off at 2:15 ET on Friday.
