‘Don’t Do This for a Living’: After Stephen Curry’s Valiant Win, 4X NBA Champion Makes an Honest Confession About His Latest Performance

The American Century Championship is an annual star-studded event where celebrities and athletes of all fields come together to showcase their golf skills. Last year, retired Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo won the championship.

This year the championship took place at the Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course in Stateline. It saw several celebrities from sports and Hollywood take part. Davante Adams, Bret Baier, Don Cheadle, Chase Crawford and Seth Curry are some of the big names who vowed the crowd with their golfing talent. Winning the championship for the first time was 4x NBA star Stephen Curry. He shared his incredible experience post-winning. 

American Century Championship win is a dream come true

Stephen Curry, the celebrated Point Guard of the Golden State Warriors in the NBA, won the AC championship this Sunday. He made a putt for an eagle on the 18th in the tournament’s final round to claim the title. Curry finished with 75 points, while former Pro tennis player Mardy Fish finished behind him with 73. 

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Dallas Stars’ Joe Pavelski finished third with 66 points while former Major League pitcher Mark Mulder finished fourth. New York Jets’ Aaron Rodgers came in fifth ahead of LPGA Tour legend Annika Sorenstam. The scoring system of the tournament is different from the normal scoring system. Players receive 3 points for a birdie, one for a par, and minus two points for a double bogey or worse. This modified Stableford Scoring System awarded Curry’s final eagle six points. 

“I don’t do this for a living, so it’s something you dream about,” Curry said. “I’ve been playing in this tournament for almost a decade and now I’ve got some hardware to show for it. It’s pretty special,” he added. 

The first African-American winner of the tournament

Curry is the first African-American in the 34-year tournament history to win it. Since Al del Greco of the Tennessee Titans in 2000, he is also the first active player to win this award. Curry will give his first-place prize of $125,000 to charity.

During the tournament, Curry went viral on a couple of occasions for his extraordinary display of golfing skills. On Saturday he made a hole-in-one from 152-yard, at the par-three seventh hole. Curry’s performance is quite impressive. At the height of his powers in NBA, it’s not easy to excel at another sport, even if the competition is not of the highest order. Kudos to him!

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