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Stephen Curry comes out on top for the American Century Championship with an eagle on 18

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Stephen Curry made an 18-foot putt for an eagle on the last hole to come out on top for the American Century Championship on Sunday, his first title in the celebrity competition.

Curry, the Golden State Warriors star who made a hole-in-one Saturday, topped it with his end eagle on the par-5 18th hole at Edgewood Tahoe Green on the shores of Lake Tahoe. After the putt dropped, he threw his cap high up and ran into the arms of his wife, Ayesha.

“I don’t do this for a living, so it’s something you dream about,” Curry said. “I’ve been playing in this tournament for almost a decade and now I’ve got some hardware to show for it. It’s pretty special.”

The eagle was great for six points under a version of the changed Stableford scoring system. Players get three points for a birdie, one point for a par, and minus-2 points for a double bogey or more terrible.

Curry got done with 75 points, two ahead of runner-up Mardy Fish, a former pro tennis player who won this event in 2020. Fish was three points in front of Curry entering the eighteenth yet made standard.

Curry became viral twice this weekend following his ace on the 152-yard, standard 3 seventh hole.

“I was hitting the ball pretty solid, so felt I would have a chance,” Curry said. “On the putt, I was surprisingly calm. The last five feet felt like slow motion.”

Fish pulled even with Curry with birdies on three of the first six holes. He moved into the lead when Curry came up short in the eleventh, twelfth, and fourteenth.

Under conventional scoring, Curry shot 72 on Sunday. Fish had the best round of the day, a 3-under 69.

Joe Pavelski of the Dallas Stars was third with 66 points, former major league pitcher Mark Mulder was fourth, and New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers was fifth, one spot in front of LPGA Tour extraordinary Annika Sorenstam.

Former pitcher Derek Lowe was seventh, and reigning champ Tony Romo completed eighth.

Curry is the first black winner of the competition in its 34-year history. He turns into the fifth active athlete to win and the first from that point forward Tennessee Titans kicker Al del Greco in 2000. His first-place prize of $125,000 will be donated to charity since Curry is an amateur golfer.

Charles Barkley completed 81st in the 93-player field.

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