Maybe Bryson DeChambeau was nervous? Maybe Steph Curry just knows Lake Merced that well? Maybe Bryson just struggled with his wedge game?
Or maybe Curry is just now so good.
DeChambeau has released the latest video in his Breaking 50 YouTube series, featuring NBA star Steph Curry as his guest, playing at Lake Merced in San Francisco in the days leading up to the Ryder Cup. The conceit is well known by now: DeChambeau and his guest play a scramble from the up tees on a given course and see if they can somehow shoot 49 or better. The only time he succeeded was with a couple from fellow content creators. To do this 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 meters to 1.20 meters.
Curry 5-wood from 200 yards – straight as train smoke, LONG from the green.
Curry full 60 degree wedge from 104 yards – eight feet.
“He might beat me today,” DeChambeau said. And even though he was joking, he wasn’t wrong.
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Curry 6-iron from 211 yards to 4 feet.
“I’ve got it right there,” Curry said, admitting he hasn’t played a round this well in a long time. “You just have to bring it out at the right time.”
Curry driver from 306 yards to 6 yards.
Curry with pitching wedge from 143 – five feet. (Solo bird)
Curry from 450 feet to 40 feet.
Curry from 205 yards to 20 feet.
Both players did their part on the greens, each making a long hole when they needed it.
Curry from 375 feet to 6 feet, and the putt for another solo birdie.
Curry beats DeChambeau on the 14th hole.
Curry from the tee from 320 yards – on the green to 12 yards.
Curry roasts a puff off the tee. He gets caught up in the rough environment… but ends up a few feet further than DeChambeau’s driver.
“There are certain days when golf makes sense, and today is one of them,” Curry said as they rode in a cart to the 18th. When DeChambeau secured the ball, they two-putted for a finishing birdie and 49.
How great was Curry’s performance?
He actually passed DeChambeau several times. But just as shocking is how helpful he was with his wedges, hitting a handful inside 15 feet, while DeChambeau struggled with his own wedge play. He had those two solo birdies on par-3s, which can be the toughest holes for two-man scrambles to make birdie. When it came to shots played from tee to green, Curry’s shots were used 11 times, while DeChambeau’s were used 14 times. Pretty 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 the annual American Century Celebrity golf event in Tahoe and has even competed twice via a sponsor invitation on the Korn Ferry Tour. Naturally, that has everyone thinking about a golf career for Curry once his basketball days are over. Even DeChambeau.
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