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Gary Barnett: Buffaloed but Unbowed

Where did the coach channel all of his intensity and focus after his coaching career? On golf.

“It’s a game I absolutely love,” says Barnett on the practice range at Boulder Country Club, where he and his wife Mary own a townhome. “I go after it just like I did football when I was a coach. I’m obsessed with getting better. I fiddle with my game every day. My eyes are like a camera. I’ll be chasing this game until my last day on earth.” How hard does he chase it? Barnett figures he plays 300 rounds a year, often 36 holes sandwiched by practice before and after.

Within a few days of being fired as CU’s head coach with a $3 million buyout, Barnett was teeing it up in Scottsdale, Ariz., where he has a home and is a member at Desert Mountain, which offers six Jack Nicklaus-designed courses, and enjoys playing privileges at Whisper Rock, the go-to club for PGA Tour players.

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