So here's the deal, people: John Daly, needing a much needed break from missing cuts, decided to kick it at the first Hooters he could find to blow off some steam with his friends. Thousands of ounces of beer and twice as many hot wings later, Big John ended up in a Forsyth County drunk tank after he became "belligerent and uncooperative." Yeah, I'm just as shocked as you are.
No worries, though; Daly can explain:
Nothing is going right in my life right now," Daly said in a telephone interview Sunday. "I'm going through a hell of a divorce. I haven't seen my son. It was an unfortunate incident, but it's a joke what people are saying. I take full responsibility for what happened, but it wasn't that big of a deal."In general, no, a 42-year-old man getting plastered and stumbling out of his favorite drinking establishment isn't necessarily newsworthy. But Daly has a history of making poor decisions after he's had a few pops, and for someone who proclaims that he's serious about fixing his golf game, there have to better ways to go about it.
As is often the case after, however, Big John has an excuse for what happened:
Daly said it could have been avoided if his friends had realized he tends to sleep with his eyes open when he's tired, stressed and has been drinking. He said the driver of his private bus, parked near Hooters, panicked when he saw Daly and called the paramedics.Yeah, come on, "friends," how could you not know that? Maybe Daly should wear one of those medic alert bracelets with the inscription: "I tend to sleep with my eyes open after imbibing more than 100 beers in a two-hour period. Do not panic. I will be fine. Just get me another beer."
Look, I'm a big Daly supporter, and I'd love it if he removed his head from his arse long enough to find his game. But if history is any indication, it ain't happening anytime soon, which means we're stuck with the inevitable alcohol-related Hooters tales.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
11-02-2008 @ 6:48PM
bigflyer said...
If he doesn't stop drinking, smoking, eating, marrying he will die of a heart attack.
Daly was always fun to watch on the golf course but off the course he is a train wreck. I hope he has hit bottom and turns his life around before it is too late.
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11-02-2008 @ 9:33PM
Keith said...
Remind us again: who is John Daley?
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11-03-2008 @ 2:29AM
Bev said...
You know it could happen that he can make a come back and get his self together my dad did he was a drinker and a smoker and one day he just layed them down and now bless his heart he is paying for all of the drinking and smoking he is dyeing of lung cancer and has demenja but he is still my hero . So is John he just has made it yet but please dont give up on him . Because it does sound like he need people right now divorce isnt ease and then you have a child you are around and love so much took away from you it hurts. so until you walk in his shoes dont judge the good lord above is the only one that has that right not us.
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11-08-2008 @ 9:41AM
Louis Landeros said...
If anyone out there can get me in contact with John Daly please e-mail me at, louislanderos@gmail.com
Thanks
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11-08-2008 @ 2:51PM
BUBBA BOYD said...
JD HAS HAD TOO MANY CHANCES,PGA SHOULD PULL HIS CARD, IF HE WANTS TO STRAIGHTEN UP,MAKE HIM START AT THE BOTTOM AND PROVE HIMSELF,AS OF NOW HE IS A DISGRACE TO GOLF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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11-09-2008 @ 9:38AM
james said...
afraid its to late for john he just got old fast you wont see him much on the pga tour there tired of his ass. To bad he did give to charitys and was a nice guy but it was his wife(Cheatin Bitch) and Booze that brought him down.
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11-09-2008 @ 5:58PM
Mitch said...
This is the time in John's life when he needs help. Someone
needs to get him on his knees and help him pray. Only
Jesus can help him at this point.
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11-10-2008 @ 5:26PM
j booth said...
amen. It is a spiritual problem, not a drinking problem. I know, I have been there as JD has..
11-09-2008 @ 9:02PM
bugs said...
This is really hard to watch as he is such a likeable guy. As long as the PGA allows him to compete, everyone with a tourney wants him in their field. Money follows the man around he course.
Seems he's hit rock bottom a time or two already, to no avail. As they say, jail or death. What nightmares he must have with all the demons he's living with in his mind. Good luck, John.
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