While sitting down for an interview with Tucker Carlson, John Daly told the story of the time he beat Tiger Woods while he was “still drunk” from the night before.
Carlson was talking about Woods and said to Daly, “You beat him once with a hangover?”
Daly replied: “I was still drunk, actually, but yeah, it was a funny story.”
“It was at Sherwood in the early 2000s (he later clarified it was 1994), there were only about 12 or 14 pros, but we didn’t play very well.”
“We had the panel discussion at Sherwood and I drank my bottle of Jack Daniels then. I just met these guys, didn’t I?
“Tiger came in and I said ‘T, come have a drink with us mate’. And he said ‘no, I’m going to go hit some balls’. A few hours later, I repeated: “come have a drink with us”. Tiger said, ‘no, I’m going to train.’
“It lasts about 5 or 6 hours and we’re still there fighting, getting drunk and having a good time. I got sponsorship from it which I was happy with.
“TW comes out in a suit and I say, ‘Where are you going?’ He says, “I have a guitar on stage for you.” You have to go to dinner’.
“I didn’t know anything about dinner. I had no shoes on, I had my shirt on, I had shit spilled all over me. I’m just drunk.
“The bar room wasn’t too far away, so I happened to stumble across it. There is a chair and a guitar.
“I did Knockin’ on Heaven’s Tour’ and I got a standing ovation and I said I’ll see you tomorrow.”
“So (the next morning) we started, my youngest was drunk with us. I’ve only drank on a golf course twice. First, I had some Coors Lights, we had a long wait to play the back nine at Riviera. I downed four or five Coors Lights; I played like shit. There are like four groups waiting to start at the front, I took them down, I shot -4 or -5 on that side and I made the cut, I think I finished 3rd” .
“But the funny thing about Tiger is when I got to the tee, I asked my caddy to bring me a crown or a jack and coke, if you’ve never played Sherwood, the first hole, he walks and walks through all the cacti on this hill trying not to spill my drink.
“I take my 3 iron and I go to the tee. Long story short, I shoot like 65, he shoots like 71, he was shaking his head all day.
Carlson asked him, “Wasn’t the lesson to drink more on the golf course?”
“I’m not saying you should do it, but I’ve only done it twice and it was only one drink. I think the statute of limitations is set to fine me right now .
Every time John Daly speaks, you have to listen!
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