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World Long Drive champ Kyle Berkshire is also a world-class trick shot artist
Kyle Berkshire has said he originally got into long drive competitions to help his golf game. The thinking was that success at launching a golf ball would give him confidence, and eventually translate into success when he returned to the golf course. But if the reigning World Long Drive champ is looking for a second career in golf, he may have found a different option: trick shots.
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Of course, one could argue that being able to hit a golf ball as far as Berkshire does is a trick shot in itself. But Berkshire has been spending his offseason building quite the portfolio of more creative swings. Check out this flop shot:
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And this ridiculously spinning bunker shot:
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This even more ridiculous chip shot off a frozen lake:
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These Tiger-esque escape shots:
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This Aaron Judge-esque baseball shot:
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It’s only January and we’ve already seen the best tennis tantrum of 2020
Bradley KanarisThere's nothing, and we mean NOTHING, like a good tennis tantrum. McEnroe. Serena. The artist currently known as Nick Kyrgios. Over the years, the red-headed stepchild of country club sports has produced some of the most spectacularly fragile egos (and spectacularly wonderful meltdowns) this side of a high school glee club. But as we steamroll into 2020, tennis, like all things, has turned over a new leaf, granting platinum spazz status to a fresh new face: Stefanos Tsitsipas, who accidentally assaulted his father/coach and was subsequently scolded by his mother during a Krakatoa-sized on-court eruption on Monday.
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Ironically enough, Tsitsipas' patricidal explosion came after he lost a first set tiebreaker to none other than Kyrgios himself at the ATP Cup. How Kyrgios felt being on the fallout side of a tennis Chernobyl for a change is unclear, but we'd guess “jealous” is best the description. Do..