Talk of NBA star Steph Curry hosting a PGA Tour event has resumed as the San Francisco Chronicle’s Ron Kroichick reported on Wednesday that the San Francisco Recreation and Park Commission is expected to approve a proposal that would pave the way for an annual Curry-hosted tour event at TPC Harding Park.
In the short-term, of course, Harding Park is the site of next month’s PGA Championship.
According to the San Francisco Chronicle report, Curry’s event would debut in September 2021, appear in the fall segment of the PGA Tour’s wrap-around schedule and the initial contract would last five years. But there’s also this catch: The amendment that would make the event possible would also require that the city give up the ’26 Presidents Cup, which was slated to be played at Harding Park.
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Curry has long embraced his love for golf and has played in numerous events.
Past playing, Curry brought the golf programs to life at Howard University, an NCAA Division I school in Washington, D.C. Curry announced in August he was committed to funding men’s and women’s teams at the university for six years beginning with the 2020-21 academic year, and the school has since hired Samuel Puryear as the head coach.
This also isn’t the first time Curry has been tied to a PGA Tour event, but a previous partnership fell through.
Previous San Francisco Chronicle reporting revealed that the Tour nixed plans for a proposed Curry-hosted event that had previously seemed to be gaining steam toward being on the calendar in the 2019-20 season.
There looked to be a viable host in Lake Merced Golf Club after members approved course upgrades and a title sponsor also appeared in the offing. The event was expected to be slated for September 2019.
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