HAYWARD, Calif. — Stephen Curry pumped his right fist, raised his arms in the air with club in hand and gave a firm shoulder bump to his caddie, Jonnie West, his golf partner on road trips with the Golden State Warriors.
After three bogeys in the first five holes of his debut in a professional golf tournament on Thursday, he had come up with a birdie.
This was the animated, confident Curry that N.B.A. fans know so well, a two-time league M.V.P. finally feeling it and making the tough shots on the challenging course at TPC Stonebrae while competing in a tournament one step below the PGA Tour.