Highlights: Steph Curry opens American Century Championship with 21 points in Round 1 | Golf Channel

Highlights: Steph Curry opens American Century Championship with 21 points in Round 1 | Golf Channel

GAME GURU STAN UTLEY. WOW. >> THAT WAS AMAZING. AS WE WELCOME IN JIMMY ROBERTS. GOOD AFTERNOON. JIMMY. HI, STEVE. HOW GOOD IS THIS? 12th HOLE, PAR THREE. >> THIS IS STEPH CURRY. THIS ONE PLAYING 147 DOWNHILL LIE HERE I 144 LEFT OF THE HOLE. NOT A PARTICULARLY GOOD ANGLE EITHER. FROM THIS RIGHT SIDE. UP. GOOD LINE. DOWNHILL. IT WILL SLIDE FS LEFT TO RIGHT. >> GIVES YOU AN IDEA HOW MUCH TILT THERE ARE. >> ON THESE SCREENS. >> THIS IS TILTING BACK SE I’D TROUBLE. THIS WOULD BE QUITE THE SAME PAR AND A POINT UNDERNEATH THE HOLE. THIS IS WHERE YOU WANT TO PUTT FROM? I WOULD THINK. PROBABLY INSIDE THE RIGHT PART OF THE CUP . TRY TO HIT IT A LITTLE FIRMLY COMING UP THE SLOPE. YES, SIR. >> HE >> SMOOTH TOO. >> HE’S GOT SOME POWER AS WELL. THANK YOU. THIS ONE UP THE RIGHT. TAKING IT ACROSS THE FAIRWAY. VE TO LOOK NO FURTHER THAN CAESARS REPUBLIC. IF YOU EVER HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME OUT HERE, PLEASE DO. IT IS A SPECTACULAR PLACE TO VISIT. GO BACK TO THE ACTION. STEPH AT 14. >> JUST 90 YARDS. BUT THAT BUMP, THAT BUNKER. IS IN FRONT OF THAT >> AND IN A PERFECT WORLD YOU WANT TO PASS THE WHOLE WAY. THAT IS THE CADDY WAS TALKING ABOUT THE. THAT WOULD BE THE PLAY YOU’D LIKE TO MAKE. BE RIGHT. WELL UP IN THE AIR. HE WANTS IT DOWN RIGHT FOR THE LINE WAS GREAT. >> SO WAS THE RESULT. ALL RIGHT. >> HE KNEW IT THE MINUTE HE HIT IT. BE RIGHT. >> UTLEY JACK NICKLAUS ON 16 IN 86. AND WHEN HE SAID BE RIGHT. AND JACKIE SAYING IT IS JASON RICHARDS, HIS GOOD FRIEND FROM DAVIDSON HAS BEEN CADDYING FOR HIM ALL THESE YEARS. DIDN’T SAY HE’S LOOK AT THIS AGAIN. >> WELL, YOU CAN TELL BY THE STRIKE. ME RIGHT. AND AS A PLAYER, YOU KNOW WHEN IT’S ONLINE AND YOU FEEL LIKE YOU’VE COMPRESSED THE BALL, YOU KNOW IT’S GOING TO STEPH IN THE GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS IN THE NBC SPORTS FAMILY. >> SHOULDN’T DO MUCH INSIDE THE HOLE LEFT CENTER. >> BEAUTIFE PAR FIVE CERTAINLY FOR STEPH. BACK INTO THE WIND A LITTLE BIT. BUT WITH A GOOD TEE SHOT HERE. NO PROBLEM. REACHING IT IN TWO. COMING OFF A COUPLE OF BIRDIES IN A ROW. >> THAT TREE YOU SEE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FAIRWAY IS ABOUT 230 YARDS AWAY. >> THAT’S TO THE RIGHT GOING OVER THE BUNKER ON THE RIGHT I BELIEVE I DON’T KNOW THAT’S IFFY ON THAT LINE. LET’S SEE. >> WHERE IS THE >> WELL, HE HASE HOLE. HE CAN ADVANCE IT SOME. HE’S GOING TO HAVE A SHOT. WOW. 180 TO 90 YARDS FROM RIGHT OUT. NO. BUT HE HAD A LITTLE AGO. 25 AGO YESTERDAY, YOU WON A 25. I’M GETTING THE MATH WRONG. HOLD ON. LET ME GET THAT RIGHT. I DON’T WANT TO MISREPRESENT. OKAY. >> THIS IS STEPH. COME ON. 207 ON A AND ONLY ACE ON THE 12th HOLE. IN ALL THE YEARS. HERE AT THE AMERICAN CHAMPION AMERICAN CENTURY CHAMPIONSHIP, WE GO OUT TO 16 NOW STEPH WITH A LONG BIRDIE PUTT. ROGER. >> IT’S GOT TO BE ABOUT 80 FEET DOWNHILL OVERALL. IT’S GOING TO GO LEFT TO RIGHT MIDDLE OF THE PUTT I THINK IT STRAIGHTENS UP . SOME SHOULD COME BACK LEFT OFF OF THAT AND THEN MAYBE GIMAGINED THE WAY HE WAS PLAYING WOULD HAVE BEEN A GREAT SCORING OPPORTUNITY FOR STEPH CURRY. HE’LL NEED THIS ONE FOR PAR TO EARN ONE POINT. >> RAJ. AND THIS SHOULD MOVE JUST A LITTLE TO HIS LEFT. BUT YEAH, IT REALLY KIND OF A FOUR POINT SWING. IF IT DOESN’T GO. SO HE SHOULD MAKE BIRDIE REALLY. >> LET’S SEE WHAT HE CAN DO HERE AT 17. >> NOW WHEN I SAY FREEZE, YOU JUST FREEZE. ONE TIME. WHEN I SAY FREEZE, Y’ALL STOP ON A DIME. WHEN I SAY FREEZE, YOU JUST FREEZE. ONE TIME. WHEN I SAY FREEZE, Y’ALL STOP ON A DOC. >> FREEZE PRETTY GOOD. >> LINE. >> WATCH IT. HIS HIGH SCHOOL TEAM, WON A SECTION CHAMPIONSHIP AS A SOPHOMORE, NUMBER 1 AS A SENIOR. >> TOP 30. >> TOP 30. >> OBVIOUSLY, HE MADE THE RIGHT CHOICETHAT 71 ROYAL COUNTY DOWN RECENTLY FOR STEPH CURRY. I TALKED TO STEPH ABOUT IT YESTERDAY. HE SAID YOU KNOW THERE WAS ABOUT A 25 TO 30 MILE/HOUR WIND THAT DAY. IT AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS HOLE. LAST TIME HE PLAYED IT, HE MADE IT TO WIN. YEAH, THIS IS A LITTLE TOO FAR RIGHT? THIS THINK THIS WILL MAYBE WALK AWAY WITH A SEVEN OR SOMETHING. JUST DOESN’T MAKE SENSE. HE CAN STILL MAKE BIRDIE GOING THE OTHER WAY WITH THE SHORT CLUB IN HIS HAND. HE’S GOT EVERY OPPORTUNITY. SEE IF HE CAN PULL IT OFF. >> DUBS IT FOR. >> AT LOW PERCENTAGE SHOT. BUT OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL. AND HE’S TRYING TO WIN THE AMERICAN CENTURY CHAMPIONSHIP RODGERS FOR THE SECOND TIME IN THREE YEARS. >> YEAH, HE GOT PAST ALL THE TROUBLE HERE FOR 42 YARDS. COULD HAVE HAD A 60 YARD SHOT FROM THE FAIRWAY IF HE’D GONE THE OTHER WAY WITHOUT RISK. BUT ANYWAY, WE’LL SEE IF THIS WORKS OUT FOR HIM. >> YEAH. GIVE HIM CREDIT. BOLD PLAY. HE’S GOING TO END UP MAKING A. >> BIRDIE. >> I’LL GIVE HIM CREDIT FOR THAT. >> IT’S ONE OFPALMER WOULD HAVEN AN IMPOSSIBLE POSITION, BECAUSE ARNOLD PLAYED ALL OUT ON EVERY HOLE . >> WELL, I WOULD MAKE THE POINT THAT ARNOLD WAS BETTER THAN STEPH. >> HE WAS PUT IT THIS WAY. HE WAS CHANNELING ARNOLD

2023 winner Steph Curry finds himself T3 at the American Century Championship after scoring 21 points on Friday. Look back on the best shots from his strong opening round. #Golf #GolfChannel #AmericanCenturyChampionship #StephCurry

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