As good a basketball player as Charles Barkley was during his long NBA career, he never won a championship. Thus, today’s victory in the televised golf showdown known as The Match was extra sweet.Barkley and pro golfer Phil Mickelson were easy winners over opponents Stephen Curry of the NBA’s Golden State Warriors and retired Super Bowl-winning quarterback Peyton Manning in the third iteration of The Match on Friday in Arizona.Entering the showdown, Barkley was considered a longshot to come out on top.
His basketball talents notwithstanding, he is widely known as a poor golfer, something frequently joked about on the TNT show.
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