STATELINE, Nev. – Steph Curry stepped onto the No. 7 tee field, unfold his arms extensive, and mimicked his hole-in-one celebration right here two years in the past.
Curry seems as comfy and assured as ever. It’s not the primary time he has tried repeating a championship effort, in fact. He has gained 4 NBA titles for the Warriors, in spite of everything.
After taking a 12 months’s sabbatical from the American Century Championship celeb golf match to win Olympic gold in Paris, Curry is joyful to be again within the title hunt.
“The energy out here is ridiculous. I missed it last year,” Curry mentioned Thursday. “I’m joyful to be again with numerous nice gamers that all of us now.
“I’m coming tomorrow to enjoy the experience,” Curry added. “The course is great. I don’t know about my game, but we’ll find out, compete and keep it moving.”
How for much longer will Curry, 37, compete on the basketball court docket? He’s 16 years right into a revolutionary, unparalleled profession with the Warriors, and his contract runs via the 2026-27 season, for which he signed a $62.6 million extension final summer season.
“I’m just taking it two years at a time. That’s all I have on my contract,” Curry mentioned. “I hope to be in a position where physically I have the choice and it’s not made for me. I’m doing everything I can to stay limber, stay active and do what I do at a high level. I’m just trying to stay in the moment and see what happens in two years.”
Curry is the co-favorite right here with 2024 winner Mardy Fish, who’s downplaying any rivalry between the 2. “It’s pretty soft, to be honest. He’s too nice,” Fish mentioned. “I’ve been trying to push the pressure on him, that he’s the defending champ.”
Launched at Thursday’s press convention as “co-defending champion,” Curry claimed that Fish badgered him with FaceTime calls “every other day the last six weeks.”
Two months in the past, a hamstring harm sidelined Curry because the upset-minded Warriors bowed out within the Western Convention semifinals in opposition to Minnesota.
Curry is a decade faraway from his first NBA championship.
The Warriors’ offseason has gone comparatively quiet, except for dropping Kevon Looney to New Orleans, debating Jonathan Kuminga’s unsure future, making low-key draft picks, and sifting via rumors about trades and free company.
Requested in regards to the Warriors’ reported pursuit of free agent heart Al Horford, Curry responded: “He’s a champion, a great player. If and when all that stuff happens, I’ll talk about it.”
Curry mentioned he spoke final week with LeBron James – after James’ preliminary foray into {golfing} led to Curry’s “rookie hazing” on social media.
“He got his first few swings. I talked to him last week and he told me how much fun he had,” Curry mentioned. “There’s something to work with that swing. That’s what I was going for. He’s got good bones and good foundation. If he spends a little time and gets a little coaching, he’s got potential, for sure.”
Requested if James may sometime play on this Tahoe match, Curry quipped: “Out here? I mean Charles (Barkley) plays, so probably.”
Curry has six top-10 finishes in 13 appearances since 2010. On high of that’s the household rivalry he’ll renew this weekend together with his father Dell and brother Seth within the 90-player subject.
“You have to have some fireworks going,” Steph Curry mentioned. “You can’t get too down on a bad hole. You have to be aggressive.”
Akin to with an ace on No. 7 in 2023?
“The hole-in-one was crazy. It was an unreal moment running down the seventh hole. Thankfully I didn’t hurt myself,” Curry recalled. “Eagles, birdies, you have to go low, you have to attack some flags, you have to make some puts. It’s the best version of golf, because you’re always aggressive and in it. That’s the fun part.”
Initially Printed: July 10, 2025 at 2:59 PM PDT
