Golf isn't for real athletes, right? Don't tell that to boxing legend Ray Leonard. He's addicted to the game, but gets a feeling he never had in the ring.
The always confident ring tactician is a mental mess with the sticks in his hands.
"I think of too many things. I read too many magazines," Leonard told ESPN1100/98,9 FM in Las Vegas. "I think about putting my hands properly, my feet, my head, my back, my posture, my legs, my shoes ... all these things come into play."
Leonard has a golden opportunity to fix his game as part of The Golf Channel's "Haney Project" airing Mondays at 9 p.m. ET.
The former three-division boxing champ is competing against actress/model Angie Everhart, celebrity chef Mario Batali and singer Adam Levine. Each one of the stars is a "project" for Tiger Woods' former swing coach Hank Haney.
"Sugar" Ray says the early tips have amazed him.
"It seems so simple, the things that he suggested," Leonard said. "[Like] using my hands when I make a swing. He says 'Ray, you don't use your hands. You have fast hands.'"
The second episode is this week and the tease says Leonard makes a shocking discovery.
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