Phil Mickelson, Charles Barkley win “The Match” at Capital One vs. Manning, Curry | Bleaching report

Chris Carlson / Associated Press

Phil Mickelson and Charles Barkley jumped to an early lead and went on to beat Stephen Curry and Peyton Manning 4 and 3 in Capital One “The coincidence: Champions for Change “on Friday at Stone Canyon Golf Club in the Oro Valley, Arizona.

The two-on-two charity golf game serves as a contribution to historic black colleges and universities and Feeding America.

Go to WarnerMedia press release before the event give more details:

“Through its association with the event, WarnerMedia will make donations to Morehouse College, Howard University, Alabama A&M, Hampton University and Winston-Salem State University, mainly helping to fund golf or sports journalism programs. In addition, the four golfers selected Jackson State (Mickelson), Tuskigi (Barkley) and Howard (Curry), along with Grambling State, Southern University of New Orleans and Lane College (Manning), as recipients of their donations.

“WarnerMedia, in coordination with Wheels Up, will also contribute one million feeds through Feeding America this holiday season, while using the event̵

As for scoring the match, Mickelson and Barkley lost the first hole, won the next four and never led by less than three holes until the end of the event.

Barkley started the match by hitting two straight fairways, allowing himself and Mickelson to equalize after the second. The former NBA star is known for his unique golf swing, but before that he looked pretty good in the range:

Maybe he could thank Tiger Woods for giving Barkley a few gifts in advance through Manning.

Or maybe he could lend Inside the NBA co-commentator (and friendly rival) Shaquille O’Neill:

O’Neill and the others Inside the NBA the crew offered a comment, and the big man fired a few shots:

From the other team, Manning provided several highlights of the course, perhaps no better than this approach to №2:

However, Curry missed the bird and Mickelson cleared his team for the victory in the hole.

Barkley had a chance to win $ 1 million in the short nominal quarter. The The Ford Mustang Mach-E Drivable par 4 challenge was assigned to this hole and the eagle was worth the seven-figure donation. After a great drive from Mickelson, Barkley had a 25-foot view. He had a good pace, but the shot slid to the right.

However, a donation of $ 100,000 was made.

Barkley wasn’t the only golfer immune to friendly rubbish: NBA guard / striker and commentator (and former Curry teammate) Andre Iguodala asked the two-time MBA MVP a sartial question:

Curry and Manning had their chances: They pulled within three minutes after Barkley missed a short shot that would have halved the eighth hole.

Barkley also had his difficulties, as Shot Tracker noted:

However, Curry and Manning had too big a hill to climb after the previous nine:

Barkley spent some time among the cacti at number 11, a hole Curry and Manning won.

Curry also spent some time in the sand, but that didn’t matter, as he almost opened it.

As his team’s situation seemed bleak, Curry chose to play a few strollers with Berkeley.

Eventually, Mickelson won the match for himself and Barkley after hitting the 15th to cut the hole in half with his team four up with three to stay.

Most importantly, $ 5.4 million was raised for HBCU between $ 4.4 million by the end of the game and an additional $ 1 million through holes for the bonus challenge.