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10 Ugliest Pro Swings
By John Garrity
I thought that beauty was in the eye of the beholder — until I saw former NBA star Charles Barkley swing a golf club. Now I accept that some things are inherently, indisputably, comically, irredeemably ugly. When Sir Charles, left, surrounds a golf ball with his knee-flexing, false-starting, head-bobbing, foot-shuffling, shoulder-diving parody of a grand mal seizure, the golf gods cover their eyes and the swing gurus catch the first plane out of town.
So when I was asked to compile a list of the ugliest swings in professional golf, past and present, I rated the golfers on a scale of 1 to 5 "Barkleys." A swing that scores zero on the Barkley scale is a museum-ready pass at the ball combining perfect posture, swing plane and tempo — e.g., Tiger Woods, circa 2001. A five on the Barkley scale is ... well, a Barkley.
These are not "bad" swings, I hasten to add. They are the less-than-lovely swings of great players who just happen to take the clubhead through some rough neighborhoods on its way to the perfect impact position.
10 Ugliest Pro Swings
By John Garrity
I thought that beauty was in the eye of the beholder — until I saw former NBA star Charles Barkley swing a golf club. Now I accept that some things are inherently, indisputably, comically, irredeemably ugly. When Sir Charles, left, surrounds a golf ball with his knee-flexing, false-starting, head-bobbing, foot-shuffling, shoulder-diving parody of a grand mal seizure, the golf gods cover their eyes and the swing gurus catch the first plane out of town.
So when I was asked to compile a list of the ugliest swings in professional golf, past and present, I rated the golfers on a scale of 1 to 5 "Barkleys." A swing that scores zero on the Barkley scale is a museum-ready pass at the ball combining perfect posture, swing plane and tempo — e.g., Tiger Woods, circa 2001. A five on the Barkley scale is ... well, a Barkley.
These are not "bad" swings, I hasten to add. They are the less-than-lovely swings of great players who just happen to take the clubhead through some rough neighborhoods on its way to the perfect impact position.
