Long shot: 6,000-1 for Barkley to win tourney

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Leicester City overcame 5,000-1 odds to win the English Premier League, so surely lovable longshot and noted horrendous golfer Charles Barkley has a chance at this week’s American Century Championship celebrity tournament at Lake Tahoe — a one in 6,000 chance.

Barkley is 6,000-1 to win the tournament, which tees off Friday at Edgewood Golf Course. He’s by far the biggest longshot in the field, with slightly worse odds than Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Blake Bortles and comedian Larry the Cable Guy, who are each 3,000-1.

Barkley finished 90th out of 91 golfers at last year’s tournament, besting model Kim Alexis by two points and coming up just 178 points shy of champion Mark Mulder, the former Major League pitcher.

Barkley has finished last five times in his 20 appearances …

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