Five Miller Lites and some orange juice
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John Daly is to golf what Mike Tyson is to boxing.
Last week Tyson appeared in a piece by Jeremy Schapp on ESPN's relatively new news magazine show E:60 talking about his past and admitted that his present life is quite boring compared to what he has been through. Tyson continues to be the most relevant figure in boxing despite his limited contributions. Daly does the same for golf and boy has he been keeping our interest lately.
The YouTube video of Daly in all his glory golfing shirtless in jeans and an Arkansas football hat at his Murder Rock Golf Club in Branson, Missouri has become an internet sensation. If it seemed like things couldn't get much better, they did when news surfaced that Roger Clemens had carried on an affair with Daly's ex-wife. He hasn't made a cut in two months but Daly continues to make plenty of news.
Big John is on a European sojourn at the moment, having missed the cut in Seville last week at the Open de Espana. This week he'll be in Milan, Italy for the Italian Open. Milan is known for being one of the most fashionable cities in the world, perhaps they can outfit Daly with a few shirts to go with his Wrangler jeans and Razorback cap.
I was having dinner this past Saturday night at the Hooters in Augusta, Ga. which is on Washington Rd., just down the street from Augusta National Golf Club and my table's conversation eventually turned to the whole Clemens/Daly fiasco that has been swirling this past week. Joining in midway through the discussion, our waitress offered up some interesting information that sounds so John Daly it has to be true. During the 2006 Masters, Daly's RV was parked outside of Hooters all week. If Daly couldn't be at the actual tournament, he decided hanging out at Hooters all week was his second best option and who could really argue. So our server goes on to tell us that upon arriving at the restaurant at about 6 a.m. one day that week she found Daly outside putting golf balls on a practice green set up on the front lawn. He apparently rapped on the glass and flashed two hundred dollar bills and told her that if she would hook him up with five Miller Lites and some orange juice she could keep the change.
"Just orange juice," she said. To which Daly replied, "I've got vodka in the car." Stay Classy John. I'd sure like to be in Milan this week.
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