Steph Curry has legendary reaction to Hole in 1 at American Century Championship

Steph Curry is likely to be the very best shooter of a basketball who has ever lived.

However there isn’t a disputing that he’s a wonderful golfer too.

On Saturday, on the American Century Championship at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course on Lake Tahoe, Curry splashed in a hole-in-one on the par-3 seventh gap.

From 153 yards, Curry’s tee shot took one bounce and dropped proper within the gap, echoing the 1000’s of three-point photographs he has drained in his profession.

His response was priceless.

Curry sprinted down the green on the seventh as if he had simply gained his fifth NBA Championship for the Golden State Warriors.

“154 yards is just a little longer than 94 toes on a basketball courtroom,” Curry joked with NBC’s Roger Maltbie instantly after his ace dropped. “I’m going to be out of breath for the remainder of the day, however for good motive.”

The American Century Championship is a modified Stableford format, so gamers obtain factors relying on their rating.

The format rewards aggressive play, so birdies give three factors, and eagles give six factors.

Gap-in-ones equate to eight factors.

So Curry, who had the lead getting into Saturday’s second spherical, obtained eight extra factors to provide him a ten-point lead halfway by means of his spherical.

The longer term NBA Corridor-of-Famer appears to have a command of the championship, as his hole-in-one drastically helped his rating.

Following his ace on the seventh, Curry stood at 43 whole factors for the championship, with Mardy Fish sitting in solo second at 34 as of this writing.

Jack Milko is a golf employees author for SB Nation’s Enjoying By way of. You may observe him on Twitter @jack_milko for extra golf protection. You should definitely try @_PlayingThrough too.