Sports Stars can help support Junior golf in India
Stephen Curry, the 34-year-old NBA superstar who currently plays for the Golden State Warriors, has a deep love for golf and is committed to creating opportunities, especially for people of colour, to play the game.
Three years ago Curry signed an agreement with Howard University, a historically black university, to launch and financially support the school’s first Division I golf program for six years. This year he has launched The UNDERRATED Golf Tour, an AJGA-accredited junior tour that will hold five events this summer at highly acclaimed courses across the United States.
The tour is Curry’s attempt to help give promising junior golfers a path to college golf. The tour will sponsor the travel, lodging and meals for all participants, who will compete for a season-long “Curry Cup”.
The tour also marks the first foray into golf for Curry’s UNDERRATED brand, which was established in 2019 with a mission “to empower underrated and underrepresented individuals all over the world.”
“Everybody knows I love the game of golf, and I couldn’t be more excited to extend this love to the best young players around the country,” Curry said in a video released Thursday. “Less than 2% of golfers are people of colour, and our Tour provides a platform of equity, access and opportunity for girls and boys who want to play and compete with the current best players on the AJGA.”
This is a great example of sports heroes using their status to support junior golf and we would love to see some cricketers doing the same in India.
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