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This week, golf fans will descend upon the hallowed Bethpage Black for the PGA Championship, a course that will temporarily become home to some of the top players in the game—and also John Daly.
It’s been close to 30 years since the man, the myth, and the legend secured a lifelong invitation to the tournament after winning the title in 1991. Unfortunately, it turns out that a lifestyle that revolves around chugging beers, ripping cigs, and inhaling Hooters isn’t exactly the healthiest one—a lesson that Daly has learned firsthand as time has gone on.
The 53-year-old has had to deal with a litany of health issues over the course of his career and we recently learned he’s combating arthritis and a torn meniscus after he asked the PGA to allow him to use a golf cart at this week’s Championship—a wish the organization eventually granted.
As you’d expect, golf purists were quick to complain because golf purists complain about fucking everything—these are the same people who acted like Casey Martin dug up and teabagged the remains of the guys who invented golf because he had the nerve to be born with a disability.
After hearing the news, Nick Faldo was quick to share his thoughts, saying, “Personally I think walking is a physical part of being a professional golfer” and he’s far from the only person to voice a similar opinion (Jim Nantz, on the other hand, doesn’t have a problem with it because Jim Nantz is a perfectly reasonable and rational person who realizes there’s virtually zero chance the decision will have any tangible impact on the tournament).
On Tuesday, someone asked Tiger Woods how he felt about the decision and he gave possibly the most Tiger Woods answer possible.
“I walked with a broken leg.”
Friendly reminder @TigerWoods is as tough as they come. #PGAChamp pic.twitter.com/01wyfhQWEa
— PGA of America (@PGA) May 14, 2019
I could honestly not care less about this situation but there’s nothing I’d love more than for Daly to go out there and shoot a 60 on Thursday while crushing a six-pack in the process. I can’t even imagine how many jimmies that’d rustle.