- The Golden State point guard has been an avid golfer since the age of ten
- The four-time NBA champion’s handicap has dipped as low as plus-three
NBA star Steph Curry hasn’t ruled out the possibility of playing on the PGA Tour after retiring from basketball.
The Golden State Warriors point guard, 36, has been an avid golfer since the age of ten and has had a handicap that has dipped as low as plus-three.
Given his athletic skill and seemingly natural golfing talent, it wouldn’t be out of the realm of possibility for Curry to switch his attention to the golf course in retirement.
He has even hinted at his desire to try his luck on the PGA Tour Champions – the Tour’s professional senior league for golfers aged 50 and above.
‘I don’t know what the path is,’ Curry told Golf Digest. ‘All I know is, when I’m done with basketball, I’m going to reasonably invest as much into my golf as I can to see how good I can get, and where that puts me 14 years from now, we’ll see.’
Curry has already proven his ability on the fairways, winning the American Century Championship last year, his first title in the celebrity tournament.
He had made a hole-in-one earlier in the tournament, before topping it with his closing eagle on the par-5 18th hole at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course on the shores of Lake Tahoe.
The four-time NBA Champion has also competed in multiple iterations of The Match against PGA and NFL stars.
And World No. 25 Jordan Spieth believes the NBA player has what it takes to give his fellow professional golfers a run for their money.
‘He’d be one of the longest right away on the Champions tour,’ Spieth told Golf Digest.
‘He’d rip up par 5s, so it’d come down to how tight can he get his game from 150 yards and in because you can’t miss on both sides of the flag out there.
‘Obviously, he has the clutch gene, but what impresses me most is his joy. As long as he’s been playing basketball, it’s never seemed like work to him.’
Curry will be unable to defend his title at the ACC after committing to Team USA’s gold medal hopes at the Paris Olympics this summer before returning to the Bay Area for his 16th season in the league.
Curry launched his own ‘Underrated’ golf tour in 2022 with the aim of making the game more diverse.
The tour, which will launch its European version this year, focuses on providing equity, access, and opportunity to young golfers who otherwise might not have the resources to travel to national events during the summer or play at top courses.
The circuit will begin its third season at the Old Barnwell Golf Course in Aiken, South Carolina from June 21–23.
After making four stops on Tour, 24 of the best boys and girls will compete for the Curry Cup at the Underrated Tour Championship – which for the first time will be outside the Bay Area, moving to The Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus, New Jersey, September 2–5.
He will also accept the Charlie Sifford Award in recognition of his efforts to promote diversity in golf during the US Open at Pinehurst next month.