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Enough Charles Barkley, Already

I know, I contributed to the publicity machine that is Charles Barkley a few weeks ago right here on this blog, but enough is enough with Barkley and his horrible swing popping up during every 2.5 minute commercial break on the Golf Channel. I mean Golf Channel (no "the"). I don't want to get in trouble.

He's everywhere, including locked up for DUI in Arizona. (Is he out yet? I don't even know/care.) I do know he's one of the best basketball players ever, with more than 20,000 points, 10,000 rebounds and 4,000 assists. He also spit on a guy. I don't dispute that. In fact, I'd rather see some of that instead of that atrocious (and suspiciously so) and also overexposed golf swing.

Maybe I'm fueling the fire, even with this post. But rest assured, you won't be seeing any "Cha Baahklaay" in our magazine. No, Sir. (Pun intended.)

Some things never get old...

If you swing like this, why even bother?



Imitation is the greatest form of flattery. Take note Charles, the best golfer ever has your swing down pat.

Presidents and Golf

On this historic day, I thought I'd comb through YouTube and post some videos of our Presidents' golf swings. To my surprise, there's not much to see. President George W. Bush famously announced that he'd given up the game in 2003 this past May, and video and YouTube hadn't really permeated our everyday lives before him. That said, there is this video of President George H.W. Bush hitting a few shots (including a shank at 1:34) in this piece by a local Maine news program:



And, of course, there's a video of President Obama, warming up on the range while on vacation in Hawaii. (He dead chunks one at 2:40.)



Neither man's swing is anything to write home about and that's just how we like it at GT. It brings to mind the old adage, which I'll paraphrase: "If you can't break 80 you don't have any business being on the golf course and if you can break 80 you don't have any business."

We prefer our presidents to duff it around on the golf course and spend most of their time working.

Vijay Singh, Your FedEx Cup Leader

The swing that's currently leading the FedEx Cup. Notice how Vijay keeps moving? His body remains active until about a second before he starts his swing. Too many amateurs freeze over the ball. Not Singh. His "waggle" is in his feet. Then he starts his swing with a little kick start with his left knee. This engages him and makes it easier to make a fluid swing. Think Jack Nicklaus.