Charles Barkley jabbed at Tiger Woods and likely revealed a possible reason for his six-year drought in winning a major at the same time.
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Golfchannel.com referenced a radio show interview Barkley had on the Mike Missanelli Show on 97.5 FM The Fanatic in Philadelphia, in which Barkley say in as co-host.
A caller asked about Barkley's relationship with Woods, which led to Barkley talking about Woods in "miserable" terms.
"We're not friends anymore," Barkley answered.
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Missanelli then surmised that Woods has gone too far in removing himself from the rest of society, and Barkley elaborated on that statement.
"Well I think that when you're as great as he has been, and this probably is a negative at some point, like he was so consumed with being the greatest golfer ever, he wasn't a very sociable guy," Barkley was reported as saying. "Even when (he) was a friend of mine, he wasn't a very sociable guy. He just had a one-track mind. He just wanted to break Jack Nicklaus' record.
"Golf is just a game. Your life don't suck. ... But I think when you put yourself in that situation where your whole life revolves around how you're doing on a golf course, you're gonna develop a negative attitude to a certain degree, instead of saying, 'I've actually got it pretty good.' It's like people who say I never won a championship. I understand that. I accept that. But it ain't like I'm sitting around saying, 'Oh my God, my life sucks. This is so miserable."
The enormous amount of pressure Woods has placed on himself has been evident since his personal life became so public. Whether his desire to silence all those critics of his personal behavior by restoring his golf legacy added to the pressure, Woods simply has failed to put four consistent rounds together at major event.
Barkley said he and Woods have not had a relationship since Woods' well-documented car accident in 2009 that led to the revelation that he cheated on his then-wife Elin Nordegren on a regular basis.
In 2011, he told ESPN New York's Mike Lupica Show, "You think you're friends with a guy. You talk to him once a week for 15 years. You're like, this dude is my friend, we do things, we have fun together," Barkley said. "I haven't talked to him in two years and I'm wondering what the hell is going on.
"I'm sitting back like everyone else and saying, what the hell is going on? I just feel sad, to be honest with you. You're like, dude, who is around this guy, who has his back, who has his best interest, who doesn't want anything from him? I don't know why we haven't talked to him in a couple of years."
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