Video of the Week: Beauty Comes In All Shapes and Sizes... Except Here

This is the first installment in this blog’s “Video of the Week” series. Each Monday, I will post a usually hilarious, but always amazing, sports clip. And what better way to christen the series and set it off on the right foot than by honoring Sir Charles Barkley.

For many golfers, watching Charles Barkley swing a club has similar effects to catching a glimpse of Medusa—one sighting might forever poison your mechanics and send you careening into Shanks-Ville. But people aren’t drawn into watching Sir Charles’ swing because of its beauty. Indeed, the former All-Star-basketball-player-turned-Pro-Am-hustler draws stares because he possesses quite possibly the worst golf swing in the history of the game. When you see him on the tee it’s like driving past a ninety-six car pileup on the other side of the highway—you just have to rubber-neck. In a recent Pro-Am in Lake Tahoe, where double bogey is the max you can score on a hole, Barkley took double on 41-54 holes in the Stableford format (a good shooting percentage in basketball but certainly not golf). But to his credit, Charles is always having fun on the course and enjoys entertaining sympathetic fans.

Take a slow-mo look for yourself here. Also, watch other celebs and golf instructors discuss Charles’ helpless technique.

And here’s a clip of Tiger Woods, who arguably does possess the world’s most beautiful swing, imitating and analyzing Sir Charles’ flailing swing.