It Makes Zero Sense That Steph Curry Is Going To Play In A Web.com Event
Steph Curry is going to tee it up in a professional tournament.
Steph Curry is currently on top of the basketball universe just a few weeks removed from leading the Golden State Warriors to the NBA Championship and now he’s ready for a new challenge.
The PGA Tour announced on Wednesday that Curry will be playing in the Ellie Mae Classic on the Web.com Tour in August on a sponsors exemption.
Hey, that’s pretty great news for Curry, but let’s not just gloss over the fact that him receiving this sponsor exemption takes the chance away from someone actually trying to make it as a professional golfer. Yada-yada-yada it’s a solid marketing move, but a man that made over $12 million just from his NBA contract is going to be playing in a professional tournament on a tour literally full of guys trying to receive their PGA Tour status and a paycheck to keep their dreams alive.
Anyone that knows anything about professional golf knows just how extremely grueling and down-right hard it is to ‘make it.’ There are literally thousands of golfers around the world playing on all kinds of mini-tours that are grinding away and instead of one of those players receiving the exemption it is given to Curry?
You can’t blame Curry too much in this situation however. The Tour offered him the exemption and just like a lot of other non-golf athletes he took it. Instead fingers should be pointed at the Tour. You can’t deny that if you were a professional basketball player and the stepping stone tour to the PGA Tour offered you a spot to play in a tournament you wouldn’t take it. Curry is a very good golfer as well as he plays to a 2.0 handicap, according to GHIN.
“Golf has always been a passion of mine,” Curry said in a statement. “It’s a dream come true to get the chance to play inside the ropes amongst the pros in a PGA Tour-sanctioned tournament.”
Opinions will be indifferent on this as they are on everything, but that one sponsor exemption could’ve been a life-changing moment for someone and made their year on Tour, but instead it was handed to a former NBA MVP.
The tournament begins on August 3.
