First things first, don’t get too excited. You will likely NOT be able to use this tip to make millions of dollars unless you’re a Nike-sponsored athlete.
But Charles Barkley once was. And, obviously, so was Michael Jordan. And them being golf buddies led to the most lucrative round of golf of Sir Chares’ life.
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The NBA Hall-of-Famer and “Inside the NBA” star told the incredible story on a recent episode of The Dan Patrick Show. And, well, we’ll let him tell it.
“Because at the time I was making about $3 million a year, and we were playing golf, and he said, ‘Chuck, I was talking to somebody. So I want you to quit taking $3 million. Take a million and take the other $2 million in stock options.’ So I called my people and said, ‘Hey, Michael told me to do this,’ because Mike’s always been a brilliant businessman. And they’re like, ‘This is risky. You think he’s going to be that great?’ I said, ‘Man, I ain’t never seen nobody like that dude,’ because I had met him at the Olympic trials. I said, ‘He’s going to be amazing.’ And we did it. And like I said, I ended up probably making, seriously, another $50 million, to be honest with you.”
Smart move! Here’s the clip:
Charles Barkley says that Michael Jordan once gave him financial advice during a round of golf centered around taking stock options from Nike instead of cash, and says he followed his advice and it ended up making him $50,000,000
“So I wore 32 one year, but I called Michael and… pic.twitter.com/QpzNa48wpI
— Josh Chambers (@JoshChambers) October 23, 2026
Just another reason we should all be playing golf more. You just never know what will transpire on the course. That’s the moral of the story. Well, that and having Michael Jordan as a golf buddy would be pretty awesome.
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This article was originally published on golfdigest.com
