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What does Steph Curry love most about golf? ‘That search for the perfect shot is intoxicating’

Curry sat down with Golfweek’s Beth Ann Nichols for an exclusive interview, discussing his love for the game of golf.

During the second round of the 2023 American Century Championship in Lake Tahoe, Steph Curry drained an ace for the ages, and then added an equally unforgettable celebration.

Recently, Curry sat down with Golfweek‘s Beth Ann Nichols for an exclusive interview, discussing his love for the game of golf, which he’s been playing for 25 years. Curry insisted he enjoys the constant chase of improvement and the humility that comes with playing. He mentioned the competitive nature of golf hasn’t gotten old for him.

“That search for the perfect shot is intoxicating,” Curry said in the clip above.

To see the entire interview, part of the Big Pickle podcast, click below.

Charles Barkley has best finish at American Century Championship, even after Sunday hangover

“A little tired, a little hungover, but I kept battling.”

STATELINE, Nev. — Charles Barkley and the American Century Championship: the gift that keeps on giving.

Barkley finished in 58th place with minus-4 points, making winners of everyone who bet he would finish in the top 75 this year. In fact, it was his best finish at the event. He had positive points after the opening round for the first time.

“It feels really good. I put a lot of time and effort in,” Barkley said. “I’ve been working hard for the last few years. The last couple of years actually haven’t been bad. I had a shot at it.”

Barkley was proud he recovered after a rough start to Sunday’s round.

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But he admitted there might have been a reason he was sluggish to start the round.

“A little tired, a little hungover, but I kept battling,” he said. “But I played really, really well the first two days, but this probably was my best day because I didn’t have any good stuff going early but I kept battling. I’m really proud about today’s round because, like I say, I started out struggling and I found a way to get it together. But I played great the first two days.”

Mardy Fish captured the title on Sunday at Edgewood Tahoe with 83 points. Joe Pavelski was second with 79 points while Annika Sorenstam was third with 68.

Watch as Aaron Rodgers gets himself out of the woods

Aaron Rodgers got himself out of a tough position at the American Century Championship.

Aaron Rodgers got himself in a bit of a mess on Sunday, but the New York Jets star rather easily got of the woods and back onto the green in a celebrity golf tournament.

Why are we writing this? Because it is mid-July and this world doesn’t need another article ranking the season’s opponents for the Jets or their top five candidates for a breakout player.

We want Rodgers, swinging a gold club confidently so that we can take the mental leap that he is healthy and ready to go.

Rodgers, who is playing in a golf tournament in Nevada, found himself in the woods on Sunday. It capped off a long weekend for Rodgers where the Jets quarterback certainly made some noise.

(Also, not a bad three rounds of golf from Rodgers).

The final day of the American Century Championship saw Rodgers finish out the three days of the tournament in fifteenth place.

 

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Rodgers of course, gave an update via NBC Sports that his Achilles injury is better and he has had a good offseason of recovery.

Mardy Fish captures 2024 American Century Championship, second ACC celebrity title

The ACC set an attendance record of 77,049 fans over the week.

STATELINE, Nev. — After finishing second last year in a thrilling duel, Mardy Fish might have had a small chip on his shoulder.

But Fish is known for handling his emotions well, as well as having a dry, sarcastic sense of humor.

He made up for last year’s disappointing second-place finish by capturing the title on Sunday in the American Century Championship at Edgewood Tahoe.

He finished with 83 points in the Modified Stableford scoring system, after scoring 26 on Sunday, following a blistering tournament-record 34 points on Saturday.

Joe Pavelski was hot on his heels all week and finished second with 79 points. Annika Sorenstam was third with 68 and John Smoltz finished fourth with 64.

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Fish won $150,000 for first place, an increase over previous payouts. Last year Curry won $125,000. Fish’s score was one point off the tournament record of 84 set by Billy Joe Tolliver in 2010.

Fish joked when asked what he would do with the money.

“I mean, I got bills to pay, man. I live in Los Angeles. I have two kids right there that are very expensive,” he said, smiling and pointing to his two children in the media room Sunday. “It kind of shows where the tournament’s going and where it’s headed and continuing to sort of grow the American Century Championship throughout.”

Fish also won the ACC in 2020, when no spectators were allowed at Edgewood. His entire payday that yer was donated to charities around Lake Tahoe.

The start of Sunday’s third round was delayed about a half hour due to rain around Lake Tahoe.

Fish said that delay did not affect him.

“No big deal. “It gives you time to go mingle with your buddies you haven’t seen. I saw Larry Fitz (Fitzgerald), he was coming off No. 9, going to 10. And we were just about to tee off — first time I’d seen him all week. We’re good buddies; he’s a Minnesota boy and so am I,” Fish said. “I was texting with Travis Kelce all week. And he’s, I’m going to find you tomorrow, period. And we had the delay. So you get to kind of see those people that — I don’t see those guys very often other than here or maybe Orlando or something like that.”

Pavelski has announced he will retire from hockey, He played for the San Jose Sharks and then the Dallas Stars.

Having that time off could help his already solid golf game though.

“This is my best showing. I think if I could replicate this here the next few years, if we get the opportunity, hopefully we have a chance to lift that trophy like Fish is doing,” Pavelski said. “Golf is a game I love. Definitely going to be playing, practicing, trying to get a little better at it. But you get in a tournament you never know how fully it’s going to play out.”

The ACC set an attendance record of 77,049 fans over the week.

WATCH: Wisconsin hockey great in contention at American Century Championship

WATCH: Wisconsin hockey great in contention at American Century Championship

Wisconsin hockey great Joe Pavelski enters the final round of the 2024 American Century Championship in second place, trailing former professional tennis player Mardy Fish.

The golf tournament is held on the south course at the Edgewood Tahoe Resort in Lake Tahoe. It includes a star-studded field of current and former athletes, musical artists, actors and more.

Related: Why Wisconsin football will or won’t break through to College Football Playoff in 2024

Pavelsi enters Sunday’s final round with 50 points in the modified Stableford scoring format. Instead of scoring in relation to par, this format rewards 10 points for an albatross, eight points for a hole-in-one, six points for an eagle, three for a birdie, one for a par, zero for a bogey and -2 for a double bogey or worse.

He trails Fish’s 57 points and leads NFL wide receiver Adam Thielen (45 points), former MLB pitchers Derek Lowe (42) and Mark Mulder (42), LPGA legend Annika Sorenstam (41) and NBA legend Ray Allen (38).

Pavelski is currently a free agent after playing the last six years with the Dallas Stars. He has played in the NHL since 2006 after spending two seasons at Wisconsin. The veteran, who leads the NHL in all-time playoff goals by an American-born player, did recently announce that he does not intend to play this upcoming season — though did not use the word ‘retire.’

He will look to chase down Fish when the leaders tee off on Sunday.

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Panthers WR Adam Thielen says he wanted to sign with Chiefs

The Panthers didn’t seem to be Adam Thielen’s first choice in free agency last spring.

The Carolina Panthers didn’t seem to be Adam Thielen’s first choice in free agency last offseason.

While hitting the links at Edgewood Tahoe Resort for this weekend’s American Century Championship, the 11th-year veteran chatted it up a bit with Kansas City’s Starcade Media. He was asked about the Panthers’ upcoming 2024 matchup against the Chiefs, a team Thielen apparently had his eyes on in 2023 . . .

Thielen, of course, ended up in Carolina. After spending his first nine NFL campaigns with his hometown Minnesota Vikings, the former Pro Bowler inked a three-year, $25 million deal to move down south.

The 33-year-old earned his keep on that first year of that pact. Thielen led the Panthers in targets (137), receptions (103) and receiving yards (1,014) while finishing second in touchdown grabs (four).

Oh, and things also panned out kinda well for the Chiefs—who captured their second consecutive Lombardi Trophy and their third over the past five seasons.

Thielen and the Panthers are set to welcome the champs into Bank of America Stadium for a Week 12 clash on Nov. 24.

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Jerry Rice threatens reporters after perceived trolling about 49ers Super Bowl loss

Don’t disrespect the 49ers in front of Jerry Rice.

49ers Hall of Famer Jerry Rice took exception to a question from a couple of reporters from Kansas City at the American Century Championship golf tournament in Lake Tahoe.

In a wild video posted by TMZ Sports’ Michael Babcock, Rice is seen cursing at the reporters who asked him if the Chiefs’ receiving corps was good enough to win another Super Bowl.

The reporters claimed they were aiming to find out from Rice, the consensus greatest wide receiver of all-time, if Kansas City had improved its group of WRs enough to continue winning championships. Last season the Chiefs’ receiving corps was criticized throughout the year, but they figured out a way to hoist a Lombardi Trophy.

Rice told TMZ he believed the reporters were smirking at him and trying to troll him. He took enough exception to the question to hurl an expletive at the reporters.

Here’s the video via TMZ:

Rice told TMZ Sports he’s going to back the club that he spent 16 of his 21 NFL seasons with.

“I’m going to defend the San Francisco 49ers,” he said. “This is my history.”

The Hall of Fame receiver is a frequent attendant at 49ers games, so it’s not a surprise he took exception to what he thought was disrespect aimed at the club.

Rice notched 1,281 receptions with 19,247 yards and 176 touchdowns in his 16 seasons with the 49ers. He’s also the NFL’s all-time leader in all of those categories.

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Travis Kelce couldn’t stop dancing to Taylor Swift’s ‘Lavender Haze’ while teeing off at the American Century Championship

Travis felt the lavender haze creepin’ up on the tee

If Travis Kelce was thrown off by his brother Jason winning the Long Drive Contest at this week’s annual American Century Championship, then consider this the Kansas City Chiefs star quite literally shaking it off.

As Kelce teed up on Friday at the famed celebrity golf tournament in Lake Tahoe, the DJ began playing the smash hit ‘Lavender Haze’ by girlfriend Taylor Swift.

Hearing her voice, however, didn’t seem to throw Travis off his game so much as it helped him lock in. Watch how dancing along to the Midnights single got him hyped to address his tee shot.

MORE: 11 photos of Jason and Travis Kelce having a blast at the 2024 American Century Championship

If he gets through with the tournament in time, he might be able to make to the next Eras Tour stops in Europe to dance to Taylor’s hits in person.

Photos: Celebrities hit the links at the 2024 American Century Championship

Edgewood Tahoe is the place to be this weekend.

One of the best weeks of the year is here, as the American Century Championship kicked off Friday at Edgewood Tahoe in Stateline, Nevada.

The annual event brings together some of the biggest celebrities in sports from all backgrounds, whether it be current NFL stars like Travis Kelce and Trevor Lawrence to legends of the game like Annika Sorenstam and more.

NFL wide receiver Adam Thielen leads after the first round with 24 points, though Mardy Fish is right on his tail with 23. Last year, Stephen Curry made an ace en route to winning, though he’s not in the field this year because of his obligations with the U.S. Olympic men’s basketball team.

Watch: This NFL Hall of Famer won a boat with an ace at the American Century Championship

Here’s a look at the best photos from the 2024 American Century Championship:

Jason Kelce won the American Century Championship’s Long Drive Contest, but Travis still holds bragging rights

Jason Kelce defended the family title, but couldn’t top Travis’ distance

The sibling rivalry between Jason and Travis Kelce is heating up once again. This time on the golf course.

As the annual American Century Championship gets underway in Lake Tahoe this weekend, Jason got out to the course early and demonstrated his raw power by smashing a ball 322 yards to win the Long Drive Competition.

It was Jason Kelce’s first time teeing up in the Longest Drive and it couldn’t have gone any better. With AC/DC’s “Thunderstruck” playing over the speakers, the retired Philadelphia Eagles star stepped up to the tee and did everything right. Perfect swing, perfect contact, perfect carry.

There’s just something a little bittersweet about the victory since Travis Kelce won the contest last year with a much longer drive with a carry of 362 yards.

On the one hand, Jason defended the Kelce family’s title. On the other, the next episode of New Heights recapping the weekend should be much more fun for Travis than Jason.

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We might need a drive-off between these two to settle this one. Or at the very least, Travis needs to try to reclaim his title next year.