Problem child Daly needs to be sent into tour timeout
By Steve Elling | CBSSports.com Senior Writer Follow SteveClearly, John Daly should be hauled into the dean's office. Or in this particular case, the commissioner's sanctum.
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| John Daly had the next-to-worse two-round score in Tampa -- and now takes his act to Orlando. (AP) |
Sideshow John was at it again over the weekend in Tampa, a day after he missed the cut while playing on yet another sponsor-exemption handout. Daly spent Saturday drinking in a beer garden adjacent to the Innisbrook Resort course, where he reportedly flipped off a photographer from the Tampa Tribune and continued to make a mockery of his position as a PGA Tour professional.
A few weeks back, there were reports in the Los Angeles Times that Daly was so hammered after attending two parties in one night at the Bob Hope Classic, he had to be helped from the premises. He withdrew the following day.
Saturday at the PODS Championship, a day after he had missed the 36-hole cut, he was bending both his elbow and the bounds of proper behavior yet again, this time in a beer garden on the 17th hole called the Hooters Owl's Nest, where patrons paid $69 to munch on wings and drink an unlimited amount of beer. The Tampa paper on Sunday reported the following exchange between Daly and fan Chase Saidla as the two-time major champion signed autographs, which included penning his name on the posterior of one female fan:
"Can I buy you a beer?" Saidla said.
"I got one, brother," Daly responded.
"Wanna drink one together?" Saidla proposed.
"Sure, why not?" Daly replied.
Daly and Saidla proceeded to chug their beers in a way that would have made most frat boys proud.
"You want a refill?" Saidla inquired.
"I got plenty over here," Daly answered.
"Right on, dude. Stay strong, man," said Saidla, who then shouted while walking away: "I just drank with John Daly."
