Justin Rose gets candid on playing $156M-NBA icon at the Memorial Pro-Am

Justin Rose expressed his thoughts about playing with $156 million NBA icon Stephen Curry at the Memorial Tournament Pro-Am. This Pro-Am match took place on Wednesday before the main tournament.

Rose played a round of golf with Curry and shared his experience on X, along with a video of the day. He wrote:

“Great being back @MemorialGolf Some good prep work these last few days… Fun nine hole Pro-Am with @StephenCurry30 today. 🏀 ⛳️ @PGATOUR.”

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Rose last played at the PGA Championship and missed the cut line after two rounds. He also played at the Masters Tournament and finished in second place with 277 (-11). He had other top 10 finishes as well at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and the Arnold Palmer Invitational pres. by Mastercard to finish in T3 and T8 with 18-under and 5-under, respectively.

Justin Rose and others' tee times for the first round of the Memorial Tournament

Justin Rose will tee off with Daniel Berger at 8:20 am on the first hole. Next to them, Akshay Bhatia and Tony Finau will start at 8:30 am on the same hole. Joe Highsmith and Brandt Snedeker will be the first group to tee off at 7:50 am.

Nick Taylor and Jacob Bridgeman will play at 2 pm. Here's a list of tee times for the first round of the Memorial Tournament (all times in ET):

Tee No. 1

7:50 a.m. – Joe Highsmith, Brandt Snedeker

8:00 a.m. – Brian Campbell, Harris English

8:10 a.m. – Rickie Fowler, J.J. Spaun

8:20 a.m. – Justin Rose, Daniel Berger

8:30 a.m. – Akshay Bhatia, Tony Finau

8:40 a.m. – Austin Eckroat, Denny McCarthy

8:50 a.m. – Alex Noren, Eric Cole

9:00 a.m. – J.T. Poston, Adam Hadwin

9:15 a.m. – Cam Davis, Cameron Young

9:25 a.m. – Stephan Jaeger, Christiaan Bezuidenhout

9:35 a.m. – Wyndham Clark, Max Greyserman

9:45 a.m. – Ben Griffin, Shane Lowry

9:55 a.m. – Chris Kirk, Sahith Theegala

10:05 a.m. – Xander Schauffele, Jordan Spieth

10:15 a.m. – Viktor Hovland, Ludvig Åberg

10:30 a.m. – Hideki Matsuyama, Collin Morikawa

10:40 a.m. – Jhonattan Vegas, Matti Schmid

10:50 a.m. – Bud Cauley, Harry Higgs

11:00 a.m. – Andrew Novak, Lucas Glover

11:10 a.m. – Ryan Fox, Maverick McNealy

11:20 a.m. – Michael Kim, Ryan Gerard

11:30 a.m. – Min Woo Lee, Sam Stevens

11:45 a.m. – Davis Thompson, Sungjae Im

11:55 a.m. – Matthieu Pavon, Max Homa

12:05 p.m. – Taylor Pendrith, Corey Conners

12:15 p.m. – Matt Fitzpatrick, Tom Hoge

12:25 p.m. – Nick Dunlap, Sam Burns

12:35 p.m. – Aaron Rai, Tommy Fleetwood

12:45 p.m. – Brian Harman, Thomas Detry

1:00 p.m. – Robert MacIntyre, Byeong Hun An

1:10 p.m. – Si Woo Kim, Adam Scott

1:20 p.m. – Justin Thomas, Patrick Cantlay

1:30 p.m. – Scottie Scheffler, Sepp Straka

1:40 p.m. – Russell Henley, Keegan Bradley

1:50 p.m. – Mackenzie Hughes, Matt Kuchar

2:00 p.m. – Nick Taylor, Jacob Bridgeman

About the author

Suchita Chakraborty is a senior golf writer at Sportskeeda. She did her post-graduation at St. Xavier's University. For a year now, she has developed a riveting inclination toward golf, with Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy being her top-tier motivational figures to indulge in the sport. She even lives by the words of the Hall of Famer, "You can always become better", which impels her to excel every day. Her strong suit in golf is covering the LPGA Tour, especially the nooks and crannies of the international event, the Solheim Cup. As a pastime amusement, Suchita also engages herself in reading about golf controversies. Her favorite pick is ‘LIV and Let Die’ by Alan Shipnuck, which covers the PGA-LIV beef.

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