Maybe Bryson DeChambeau was nervous? Maybe Steph Curry knows Lake Merced that well? Maybe Bryson was just struggling with his wedge game?
Or maybe Curry is only so good.
DeChambeau has released the latest video on it Breaking 50 The YouTube series, with NBA star Steph Curry as his guest, playing at Lake Merced in San Francisco in the days before the Ryder Cup. The conceit is already familiar: DeChambeau and guest play an uphill scramble on a designated course and see if they can somehow shoot 49 or better. The only time he managed to do this was with one couple of other content creators. To do that with Curry would set a new standard…
And that’s exactly what they did. But it was the way they did it that stood out.
Curry drives from 320 yards – to four feet.
Curry 5-wood from 243 yards – straight as a smokestack, LONG to the green.
Curry full wedge 60 degrees from 104 yards – eight feet.
“He can beat me today,” DeChambeau said. And as much as he was joking, he wasn’t wrong.
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Curry 6-iron from 211 yards – to four feet.
“I’ve got it there,” Curry said, admitting he hasn’t played well enough to start a round in a long time. “You just have to get it out at the right time.”
Curry driver from 306 yards – to 20 feet.
Curry pitching wedge from 143 – five feet. (single bird)
Curry from 138 yards to 12 feet.
Curry from 205 yards to 20 feet.
Both players did their part to buy, each putting one long when needed.
Curry from 113 yards to six feet, and putt for another solo birdie.
Curry teeing off DeChambeau on the 14th hole.
Step off the tee from 320 yards – to the green in 41 feet.
Curry bakes a draw off the tee. She gets caught in trouble … but still ends up a few feet behind DeChambeau’s driver.
“There are some days when golf makes sense, and today is one of them,” Curry said as they carted to the 18th. When DeChambeau wedged it in, they two-putted for a final birdie and 49.
So how great was Curry’s performance?
He really did it many times out of the DeChambeau car. Just as shocking, though, is how handy he was with his wedges, hitting a putt inside 15 feet all the while DeChambeau was struggling with his wedge game. He had those two single birdies on the par-3s, which may be the toughest holes to birdie two men. When it came to shots played from tee-to-green, Curry’s putts were used 11 times while DeChambeau’s were used 14 times. Very good for the non-professional golfer in the group.
But for those who aren’t just coming to Curry’s golf game for the first time, it’s not entirely shocking. The 11-time NBA All-Star has won America’s annual Century Celebrity golf event in Tahoe and has even twice competed at Sponsor’s Invitational in Korn Ferry Tour. Of course, this has everyone thinking about a golf career for Curry when his basketball days are over. DeChambeau too.
