Sacrificing on Cigars and Beers, Charles Barkley Was Driven to Exhaustion by Tiger Woods’ Ex Coach

Charles Barkley is mainly known for his shenanigans on the basketball court. One might think that having been one of the best players in the NBA there is nothing that would challenge the 1993 MVP’s work ethic. Surprisingly Barkley recalled the time when he was exhausted while he was training with a renowned golf coach who was known for coaching legend Tiger Woods.

Barkley is quite vocal about his passion for golf. Apart from being the hall of famer in basketball he also had the aspiration of being great in the game of golf – so much so that he hired the services of a coach who is best known for helping out the alleged ‘GOAT’ Tiger Woods. But working with the man in question was much tougher than Barkley had thought.

Charles Barkley opened up about working with Tiger Woods’ coach

Charles Barkley made an appearance on golf.com for an interview. He was seen talking about his career and his life as a golf player. Barkley elaborated on the time when he hired Hank Haney who also coached Tiger Woods. He made it clear that he had to sacrifice an awful lot while improving his swinging skills.

Barkley said, “Hank is one of the hardest working people that I’ve ever met. I remember the first time I started working with Hank it was at Tiger’s wedding and he said, ‘Want to come hit some balls with me?’ And the last day that Tiger said to me, ‘Hank likes to work.'”

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Barkley made it clear that Hank did not go easy on him. He revealed he was on the golf field from eight in the morning to 2 in the afternoon. The Suns legend had to sacrifice on cigars and beers for quite some time while he was working with the golf master.

Charles Barkley vouches to come back stronger after a loss

Charles Barkley took part in the golf tournament Black Master’s. Barkley had to face a tough loss to none other than his co-host’s Ernie Johnson’s son.

Barkley said on his tough loss, “Black America, I let y’all down. I’m coming back stronger next year. Underdog, we are gonna come back next year. But I just wanna apologize to Black America for letting y’all down.” 

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As he enters the later stages of his life Chuck’s certainly not giving up on golf as he aims to win the tournament next time around.