Stephen Curry has just completed the American Century Championship golf tournament with the championship title, highlighted by a hole-in-one that caused fever in the online community over the weekend.
The offseason is a time for NBA players to rest and relax. Some people schedule brand promotion tours with shoe brands, others go on vacation with friends and relatives.
For Golden State Warriors superstar Stephen Curry, he took advantage of the summer to do the only thing he couldn’t do during the regular season, which was compete in golf.
Besides basketball, golf is “chef” Curry’s top favorite sport. He plays this sport quite well and is considered one of the amateur golfers who has reached the semi-professional level.
Taking advantage of the time off from the NBA, Stephen Curry participated in the American Century Golf Championship. This is a celebrity golf tournament held annually in the US and this time, the Golden State Warriors star “took over the entire spotlight”.
In the first two days, Curry reached Twitter’s trending top with a video of an impromptu 3-point shot while playing, then performing J.R.’s celebration. Smith.
On the same day, he drew a beautiful curve with his putt at the 12th hole, the ball’s trajectory was no different from a 3-point shot. He even turned away to celebrate early like the 3PT look-away shots on the NBA court.
On the third day, Stephen Curry turned the golf course into an NBA arena. He successfully made a hole-in-one from a distance of 152 yards (about 139 meters) on the 7th hole.
Instead of taking 2-3 shots on this hole, Curry only took 1 strоke to put the ball in the hole, creating the first hole-in-one in the history of the American Century Championship.
Hole-in-one is a fairly rare shot in golf with an occurrence rate of about 1 in 10,000 shots. However, Stephen Curry has had a hole-in-one twice even though he is only a semi-professional player.
LeBron James, one of Curry’s rivals and brother, shared the video, admiring this top shot.
By dawn this morning (July 17) Vietnam time, Curry ended the American Century Championship with a putt for an eagle on the last hole (2 strokes less than the standard number of strokes for the hole).
It was these two negаtive clubs that helped Stephen win the 2023 American Century Golf Championship. He celebrated with excitement amid the cheers of the audience.
“I always dreamed of this moment, standing in front of hole 18 with many spectators watching around to make the final push,” Stephen Curry said about the putt that helped him become the 2023 ACC champion.
“Having played golf for 10 years, this is the first time I have won a major tournament. It felt great when I finally conquered my goal, it was really emotional.”
In addition to many basketball-related titles and records, Curry’s “CV” now has a new bullet point, which is American Century Golf Championship champion.