STATELINE, Nev. — Stephen Curry made an 18-foot putt for eagle on the ultimate gap to win the American Century Championship on Sunday, his first title within the celeb event.

Curry, the Golden State Warriors star who made a hole-in-one on Saturday, topped it together with his closing eagle on the par-5 18th gap at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course on the shores of Lake Tahoe. After the putt dropped, he tossed his hat into the air and bumped into the arms of his spouse, Ayesha.

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“I don’t do this for a living, so it’s something you dream about,” Curry stated. “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.”

The eagle was good for six factors beneath a model of the modified Stableford scoring system. Players obtain three factors for a birdie, one level for a par and minus-2 factors for a double bogey or worse.

Curry completed with 75 factors, two forward of runner-up Mardy Fish, a former professional tennis participant who gained this occasion in 2020. Fish was three factors forward of Curry getting into the 18th however made par.

Curry went viral for the second time this weekend following his ace on the 152-yard, par-3 seventh gap.

“I was hitting the ball pretty solid, so felt I would have a chance,” Curry stated. “On the putt, I was surprisingly calm. The last five feet felt like slow motion.”

Fish pulled even with Curry with birdies on three of the primary six holes. He moved into the lead when Curry bogeyed the eleventh, twelfth and 14th.

Under standard scoring, Curry shot 72 on Sunday. Fish had one of the best spherical of the day, a 3-under 69.

Joe Pavelski of the Dallas Stars was third with 66 factors, former main league pitcher Mark Mulder was fourth and New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers was fifth, one spot forward of LPGA Tour nice Annika Sorenstam.

Former pitcher Derek Lowe was seventh and defending champion Tony Romo completed eighth.

Curry is the primary Black winner of the event in its 34-year historical past. He turns into the fifth lively athlete to win and the primary since then-Tennessee Titans kicker Al del Greco in 2000. His first-place prize of $125,000 shall be donated to charity as a result of Curry is an newbie golfer.

Charles Barkley completed 81st within the 93-player discipline.

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