The next-largest increase belongs to Tiger Woods, who increased his driving distance by 14.2 yards from 2004 to 2005. That's impressive. I've been with the same caddie for probably the entire tournament. What advice do you have for golfers who have been struggling for years? Find more exclusive sports coverage: http://bleacherreport.com/Subscribe: https://www.youtube.co. Some years ago, Detsch says he learned from a member of Barkleys inner circle, Barkley was playing in a non-Tahoe pro-am when he struck a boy in the gallery with an errant shot. I told Tim I like his swing. At 63, the former Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Roy Green has been around a while and seen lot of things, but if he looks back long and hard, through the misty rings of time, he can still make out a picture most people cant imagine. The Korn Ferry trademark is also a registered trademark, and is used in the Korn Ferry Tour logo with permission. It hasn't been fun for me for 25 years to play golf. Watch my belt buckle rotate. Ive always just liked it.. I didn't draw that circle far enough. Nobody wants to suck. Over the years, media accounts of Barkleys on-course woes often described him as suffering from a mental block. Now we get to right after impact, which is just about picture perfect. Chuck -- who's known to have a notoriously bad hitch in his swing -- has been swinging pretty smoothly and he and Phil are currently up 3 through 9 holes of the 18-hole showdown. Charles Barkley reacts to a missed putt on the first green during Capital One's The Match: Champions For Change at Stone Canyon Golf Club on Nov. 27, 2020 in Oro Valley, Arizona. Ive always liked his swing, even when he was playing on the regular TOUR. And I think he's a great kid. It not only allows your hips to over rotate in the back swing but it also makes it nearly impossible to make a good move with your core, which is the whole key that's missing in Charles' swing which I'm going to talk about in a second. In advance of the event, Barkley talks about his game, his new swing coach, Phil Mickelson and the NBA playoffs. 2004-2023 CBS Interactive. Ive never met anyone who loves golf more than Chuck, Green says. I'm going to talk about, of all things, Charles Barkley's golf swing. Charles Barkley plays a shot during Capital One's The Match: Champions For Change at Stone Canyon Golf Club on November 27, 2020 in Oro Valley, Arizona. Im talking about missing the ball totally. Start the Golf Season off right with InsideGOLF ($100 value - just $20). The takeaway is disgusting. I said the other day if I would have known you guys were going to make fun of me for not winning the championship I would have joined a super team back in my day. Two guys from different parts of the world and different professions but both being pro athletes. But, you know, he's such an awesome dude. Yo, man, just tell me where to hit the putt. Considered in that light, its likely no coincidence that the fan-less 2020 version of the Tahoe event marked Barkleys strongest showing in the tournament in years. Golf instructors have failed with Charles Barkley because they focus on the wrong thing! Over the years, Barkley has heard it all friendly heckling, hostile hazing weathering the comments with apparent good humor while redoubling his efforts to get well again. I'm going to talk about, of all things, Charles Barkley's golf swing. I've seen Jordan swing before. Until the pause became a stall, which morphed into a stutter. And the next couple of rounds, man, he was smoking it. (Mickelson hitting from where Barkley's tee shot went and . Really, it's this, my core is what's initiating the downswing. The NBA legend was in the middle of taking questions from a handful of local media outlets at a news conference just behind the range when he halted things. Owned and broadcast by NBC Sports, this will be the 32nd year of the made-for-TV event which has a purse of $600,000 but also raises funds for local and national charities. Chris Detsch, a Nevada pro who has caddied for Barkley in Tahoe for the past 14 years, says that he and his boss have tried a range of tricks to overcome the mental blockleft-handed, cross-handed, one-handed, eyes closed with varying degrees of success. A swing about which everyone in golf had an opinion. Social media has been ablaze this week with video snippets of Sir Charles competing in Wednesdays pro-am at the Tradition, a PGA Tour Champions event in Alabama. Whats matters is that he can finish an entire round of golf.. That drive was a missile right down the middle. Just how crazy has DeChambeau been off the tee? From that day on it became a lifelong passion. I'm rooting against those guys. But I'm not a fan of super teams. Why? What are some of your goals this time around? Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images for The Match. pic.twitter.com/VpwgE6PraJ. Top 100 Courses in the U.S.: GOLFs all-new 2022-23 ranking is here! People might say they feel sorry for Chuck with all his swing problems, or maybe they think hes hurt by all the ribbing he gets, Green says. And then the follow through, where that left leg is still locked down, perfectly vertical, his back leg has turned through, the hips have fired all the way around and his belt buckle is facing the target. Mickelson told Barkley he's tired of his "NBA on TNT" colleagues disrespecting him -- most notably Shaq -- so it was time for a little payback. I followed John for 18 holes in Birmingham and he hit only one bad shot the whole damn day. Barkley, Murphy says, was a solid all-around player, with sound tempo, soft hands and a sharp tongue. 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Barkley did just shank one though so ya gotta think Shaq's still got a good chance at getting the last laugh. In the public disaster that is Barkleys game, there is no definitive black box recording no single piece of evidence that indicates exactly when all things went to hell. This 2011 video of Charles Barkley's swing has been viewed nearly 1.5 million times on YouTube. I said, Stan, I only play for charity. Gone, it seems, is his tragic-comic hitch, replaced by a movement that looks more like a golf swing than it does a spasm. I'm playing really, really well. Players field: 43 of top 50 in OWGR, no Tiger, Rahm falters with 76 in wind: 'It's f**king hard', Saudi law complicates Tour's counter against LIV, AFC beats NFC in Pro Bowl's long-drive contest, Deadly snake in cup surprises Aussie golfers. A video posted by Bryan Bros Golf (@bryanbrosgolf) on Dec 20, 2016 at 8:30am PST. Notice how his hips open without getting his back hip outside his back foot. Charles Barkley says he won't join LIV Golf broadcast team in blow to new league, What would it take Charles Barkley to join LIV Golf? He's setup pretty athletic and he's a big boy, of course, you can see obviously he's not quite to scale on the right but I look like an infant next to him. But a week ago Friday, Barkley swung by Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale and joined for nine holes while Utley was giving a playing lesson to a local high school student. The reporter has no trouble believing him after watching on social media what transpired prior to a pro-am at the PGA TOUR Champions first major of the season, the Regions Tradition, in Barkleys home state of Alabama in May. According to Barkley, the noted instructor Stan Utley deserves most of the credit for setting him on a path to redemption. I said, Stan, I've worked with everybody in the world. Are they right? Because he recognized Tim Petrovics caddie and wanted to find Petrovic to tell him how much he admired the swing of the Champions Tour veteran. CBS Sports is a registered trademark of CBS Broadcasting Inc. Commissioner.com is a registered trademark of CBS Interactive Inc. site: media | arena: golf | pageType: stories | Instant access to the latest news, videos and photos from around the world of golf. Learn the basics of the golf swing including setup, posture, grip and more! Yeah. After all these years, the two men still peg it often, and still give each other guff. It wasnt for lack of trying.. It's as identifiable with Barkley as is his Hall of Fame basketball career, his unfiltered opinions and his robust shape. Ill tell you one thing, Green says. Charles Barkley hits a spectator. Golf. Ouch! - YouTube The cross handed grip forces you to pull with the left side of the body instead of pushing with the right side. Something from which even a trainwreck would avert its eyes. Its crazy how hard golf is. He's averaging 323 yards per drive this season, up over 20 yards (+20.5) from 302.5. Golf gives you that chance to walk around with three of your friends and give each other trash for four or five hours. That is what shallowed out the club on the way down. at Which celeb golfer is the longest of them all? The only question is if he can back it up. The Best Free Online Golf Lessons Over 80,000 Lessons Given! Nov. 27 at Stone Canyon Golf Club in Oro Valley, Arizona. Charles Barkley Uses Golf Balls with Shaq's Face on Them at 'The - TMZ Nasty. The real issue was never in Barkleys head. Its not uncommon for Barkley to finish last in the 80-golfer field. I feel really good, really good about where I am. I get to do it for four days. Charles Barkley's New Golf Swing Is Shockingly Good - UPROXX He was playing the best golf Id ever seen from him, shooting 75, 76. Get TMZ breaking news sent right to your browser! He's like, no, no, we need to get a practice round in. He's right there. I don't know him that well. It took up a nice chunk of time. Phoenix Suns legend Charles Barkley is a golf champion. Charles Barkley Is Smoking It! - reader.golfdigest.com Golf is basically the only thing you can do when youre famous and there aint people always walking up to you wanting autographs and taking pictures. GOLF.com and GOLF Magazine are published by EB GOLF MEDIA LLC, a division of 8AM GOLF, How Charles Barkley rebuilt his golf swing, according to the instructor who led the charge, Its f hard: Jon Rahm comes back to Earth at brutal Bay Hill. I'm not going to lie. This time it features 4 NFL stars, Manningcast may be coming to golf. Year. but didn't hit a bad shot either . I mean this is it's it's hard to watch. Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images for The Match. He is also the co-author, with Sammy Hagar, of Are We Having Any Fun Yet: the Cooking and Partying Handbook. I think you just have to keep trying things and sometimes it clicks. Chuck and Phil are going head-to-head with Steph Curry and Peyton Manning for "The Match 3" charity golf outing -- raising money for historically Black colleges and universities -- and Phil tried to give his teammate extra incentive to hit a good shot. Who's laughing now? Charles Barkley's NEW golf swing! Chucks never had a big full turn, but his hand placement is good and high and hes getting some lower body action going which is important. Praises QB Ahead Of Free Agency Decision, 2023 EHM PRODUCTIONS,INC. Much like the visual proof of his abandoned hitch, we're going to need to see that to believe it. At Fridays micd-up Match, Barkley will have a chance to talk and talk. But then the power would come back on with just enough time for a desperate late lurch at the ball. And I just when Tim hits it, his swing is so simple. The social media beauty and Playing A Round host was . Barkley had some extra motivation to hit the ball far. That helped unload the up and down lever and let the club get back to full length. His putting stroke is mediocre at best but he gets good results because he has such great hands, Utley said. I'm like, dude, tomorrow's Thanksgiving. What kept you motivated to keep playing golf? You think about it though. Its mental. Like most any first-timer, he stunk. It wasn't like I was having fun on the golf course. When you get old and fat there's only a couple of things you can do: golf and fish. And I met Stan Utley and he said, Chuck, let me work with you a little bit. I started taking lessons from every Tom, Dick and Harry, Barkley told the Subpar hosts. Its no fun. And he said, Well, you got nothing to lose. Im probably playing better than I ever have in my life with Stan.. In his first Tahoe appearance, Barkley posted rounds of 84, 89 and 91, respectable scores that he mostly kept up until 1999, when those numbers ballooned into the triple digits and stayed that way. First, let's talk about Charles' normal move. Its the closest I can get to playing.. Or maybe its simply the Stan Utley effect. This is the exact moment where the hitch used to happen, but now hes just got great, stable movement through the golf ball. My brains got so many voices in it, Barkley acknowledged earlier this year on GOLFs Subpar podcast with Colt Knost and Drew Stoltz. Chuck Quinton is the founder of the RotarySwing Tour online golf instruction learning system. I don't think he stuck with it but I'm going to talk about that at the end because it's going to help you guys understand why some of the things work in the RotarySwing because he went to an extreme example of it but we'll talk about it at the end. My caddie, I met my caddie there 20 some years ago. That is nearly the same number of drives of at least 350 yards as he had all of last season (30). There's no way you can swing a driver like this. Watch: The hitch is gone! Charles Barkley smashes ball - Golf Channel "This the ugliest ball in the world right here.". That is on pace to pass Bubba Watson (149.8 in 2014-15 season) for the shortest distance in a single season since 2005. Charles Barkley and Phil Mickelson will take on Peyton Manning and Steph Curry in The Match: Champions for Change this Friday, Nov. 27 at 3 p.m. on TNT. How ANYONE Can Fix Charles Barkley's Golf Swing TODAY! He looked at me and goes, Im winning all of it.. Oh man. If I had went with my right shoulder and right arm from the top, I would be in the exact same position that Charles' is in, that the shaft gets steep, that my arms get buried and all of a sudden I'm hunched into the ball where if I swung down, I would stick the ball in the dirt and that's why Charles has this hitch in his swing. The Haney Project | Instruction | Golf Digest "Again," deadpans Hank Haney from . (Phil! The setup is straight out of the Matt Kuchar playbook -- let the driver head rest just above the ground a little bit behind the ball. All Rights Reserved. The sweat pours off Charles Barkley's bald head in rivulets as he hits his 604th ball of the day into a thick green tarp at an indoor range in suburban Dallas. His work has been anthologized in The Best American Sportswriting. All Utley did, he insists, was help clear up a muddle in Barkleys fundamentals that prevented him from properly loading and unloading the club. I used to be a good player and then I started taking lessons from every person in the world. So he just calmed my brain down said, 'Hey, man, you can't think 10 things over a golf ball.'. That's a pretty big drop there.