Steph Curry is going to the American Century Championship at Lake Tahoe from July 10–15 to try to win a different kind of title. He just won his third NBA title in four years. Curry, the two-time NBA Most Valuable Player for the Golden State Warriors, is a real contender at Lake Tahoe. He will be competing with other famous athletes and entertainers in the 29th annual golf event, which will be shown on NBC Sports.
Curry finished fourth last year with a final round 68 that earned him 28 of the 60 Stableford points he needed. He will try to use his basketball skills on the greens to win the $125,000 winner’s share of the $600,000 prize pool. He is in the top 10 at Harrah’s and Harvey’s Race and Sports Book, where the odds are 15:1 that he will win. Mark Mulder, a reliever who has won three times and been an All-Star in Major League Baseball, is the favorite at 3:1. Curry came in fourth place again in 2013.
Curry first competed in the American Century Championship in 2010, after his first season in the NBA. This will be his sixth attempt. Steph will go with his dad Dell and 90 other famous people from sports and entertainment. Charles Barkley, a longtime fan favorite, TNT NBA analyst, and Hall of Famer; Kyle Lowry, a point guard for the Toronto Raptors who has been named to four NBA All-Star teams; and Ray Allen, who was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2018.
There are 16 Hall of Famers from different sports in the field, as well as current NFL stars Larry Fitzgerald, Aaron Rodgers, Jared Goff, Adam Thielen, Alex Smith, Robbie Gould, and Golden Tate. Dallas Cowboys players Tony Romo and DeMarcus Ware, who were both All-Pros, will be in the tournament. So will tournament rookie Reggie Bush and former NFL stars Carson Palmer, Sterling Sharpe, Jim McMahon, Rodney Harrison, Joe Theismann, A.J. Hawk, Trent Dilfer, and Mark Rypien, who has won the tournament twice before.
Jerry Rice, Steve Young, Charles Woodson, Emmitt Smith, Marcus Allen, Tim Brown, Terrell Davis, and the newest member, Brian Urlacher, are all in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Doug Pederson, head coach of the Super Bowl-winning Philadelphia Eagles, and Marvin Lewis, head coach of the Cincinnati Bengals, are both coming back. Head coach Sean Payton of the New Orleans Saints is also making his first visit.
Larry the Cable Guy, Ray Romano, Willie Robertson of Duck Dynasty, Jack Wagner, Ted Simons of Veep, Miles Teller, the Fantastic Four, Kevin Nealon, Alfonso Ribeiro, Anthony Anderson, and Bruce McGill are some of the entertainers and artists on the list.
The tournament is held every year and has raised more than $5 million for local and national causes. Military members and their guests can get in for free. The NBC Sports, NBCSN, and Golf Channel show the American Century Championship a lot, and the prize pool is $600,000. It is the most prestigious celebrity golf event. The 2018 event starts on Friday, July 13th, and goes through Sunday, July 15th. It will be held at the Golf Digest Top 100 course Edgewood Tahoe, which is located on the shores of North America’s biggest alpine lake.