Steph Curry’s First Round In A Pro Golf Event Was Filled With Birdies, Bogeys And 3-1 Trolling

Stephen Curry isn’t likely to pull a double and win his first professional golf event to go along with his NBA title, but he put together a pretty solid first round after a shaky start at the Golf.com Tour’s Ellie Mae Classic. Curry opened up 3-over early, but was able to steady himself and make some birdies in order to finish with a respectable 4-over 74 in the first round on Thursday.

Curry called it “an amazing experience” after his first round finished up on Thursday evening.

Curry had five bogeys and one double bogey, but it wasn’t all bad out there. He notched a few birdies on the day and recovered from a terrible first shot, which improbably landed in the cupholder of a golf cart.

Here’s a better picture of exactly where the ball ended up.

Curry told the assembled media he was nervous about his first tee shot, but that he’s happy with his score.

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 so I’m pretty happy with it. Obviously as a competitor you feel like you can do better so hopefully I can do that tomorrow.

The Warriors’ star started on the back-nine and after his 3-over start, made a nice chip and short putt on 15 for his first-ever tour birdie.

Curry snagged his second birdie on three, then got a third on a par-3 sixth hole after a double-bogey on five.

The day didn’t come without trolling, though. One tour golfer had a wedge in their bag that had the Cleveland Cavaliers win-loss record in the 2016 NBA Finals. You know, the one where Curry and the Warriors blew a 3-1 lead?

It was a pretty good dig at Curry — and maybe the rest of the Bay area — but it didn’t seem to bother him much on the course. In fact, Curry’s golf bag had his two Larry O’Brien trophies on it.

Overall it looked like Curry had fun, and there were definitely lots of Warriors fans in the gallery watching him cook.