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NBA players love golf. A few, like Stephen Curry — who won the American Century Championship in Lake Tahoe last summer with an eagle putt on the final hole — like to play competitively. Lakers’ guard Austin Reaves tried to take that to another level and qualify for the Korn Ferry Tour’s Visit Knoxville Open. He played in a qualifying event on Monday but didn’t make the event — by 11 strokes. Reaves shot a respectable 76 (+6), but much like in basketball, the jump from “he’s good at this” to professional is massive.
Joel Schuchmann, vice president of communications for the PGA Tour, said the tour has discussed “a number of projects” with Curry’s foundation but has no news to report “at this time.” “To partner a tournament with an iconic global athlete like Steph Curry would be an incredible opportunity,” Schuchmann said via email. “We’ve seen his passion for helping others through the Curry Family Foundation, and his love of golf is well-documented given his participation with the Web.com Tour the last two years.”
Last year, pro golfers were impressed by Steph Curry's debut in the Web.com Tour's Ellie Mae Classic. This year, it didn't go as well for the Warriors star, who wound up finishing last. But Curry's participation wasn't only about golf this time. After the second round, he announced that he'd also be donating $25,000 to the GoFundMe page of a fellow golfer who didn't play because he's off supporting his wife, Jennifer, as she battles cancer. Curry told reporters that he personally called Harrington to let him know he'd be making the donation. Per PGATOUR.com, Curry's donation was officially from the Ayesha and Stephen Curry Foundation, and the tournament's sponsor, Ellie Mae, added $15,000.
No guaranteed contracts out here.@Warriors guard @StephenCurry30 gets it.
— Korn Ferry Tour (@KornFerryTour) August 11, 2018
Longtime #WebTour pro Scott Harrington (@ScottyGlf) took a leave to be with his wife Jenn as she battles cancer.
And Curry wanted to help out. ⛳️🏀 pic.twitter.com/aBY0ZKJAP0
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The magic that Warriors guard Stephen Curry displayed in the first round of the Web.com Tour’s Ellie Mae Classic was absent halfway through his second round on Friday, and notions of making the cut turned to mere survival. Curry, who shot a 4-over par 74 for his entire opening round at TPC Stonebrae and made three birdies that wowed his gallery in the process, was already 4-over for his second round at the midway point and hadn’t made a single birdie. He didn’t give himself many great chances, either.
Curry shot a 4-over-par 74 in the first round of the Ellie Mae Classic at TPC San Francisco Bay at Stonebrae, a Web.com Tour event. He said that the hardest part was just getting it started — and he did hit a shot into the cup holder of a golf cart on his first shot — but then he settled down and played a solid round. "It was an amazing experience," Curry told reporters after the round. "I've been looking forward to this ever since I found out and to finally hit my first shot in tournament play was a really, really nervous moment, but it was everything I hoped for. If you told me I was going to shoot 74 going into the first round, I would take that all day, every day.
Making his debut in a pro golf tournament, Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry might not have been as good as he is as an NBA player, but as an amateur golfer, he was more than impressive. Curry shot a 4-over-par 74 in the first round of the Ellie Mae Classic at TPC San Francisco Bay at Stonebrae, a Web.com Tour event.
Steph Curry played his first round of professional golf on Thursday at the Web.com Tour's Ellie Mae Classic, and golfers are already having fun with the two-time NBA MVP. Golfer Justin Lower is a Cleveland Cavaliers fan, and he came prepared to take on Curry at TBC Stonebrae in Hayward, Calif. Lower had the results of the 2016 NBA Finals engraved onto his wedge, turning his club into a literal 3-1 lead joke. Take a look:
Look closely at the engraved wedge. @cavs fan Justin Lower (@justinlower_1) is having some fun in enemy territory this week. ⛳️ 🏀 pic.twitter.com/TAdswEfLqj
— Korn Ferry Tour (@KornFerryTour) August 2, 2017
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With the summer still in full swing, Stephen Curry is entering his first professional golf event this week: the Web.com Tour's Ellie Mae Classic. His entry via a sponsor's exemption has drawn enough buzz that one Las Vegas sportsbook has booked odds on him winning the tournament and making the cut. But they aren't giving the Golden State Warriors star much of a chance to do either.
The Web.com Tour and Ellie Mae announced today that 2017 National Basketball Association (NBA) Champion and Golden State Warriors All-Star Guard Stephen Curry will play in the Tour’s Ellie Mae Classic at TPC Stonebrae, to be contested the week of July 31-August 6, 2017. Curry will maintain his amateur status in the event and will compete on an unrestricted sponsor exemption.
The LeBron James Foundation will partner with the Web.com Tour as the main beneficiary for the new DAP Championship starting in 2016. According to the tour, the agreement runs from 2016-18, which is slightly shorter than the Cleveland Cavaliers star's new lifetime deal with Nike announced recently.
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