So I’m watching John Daly warm up for his playoff with Vijay Singh at the Houston Open by chain-smoking and joshing with buddies and officials, whoever happens to pass by. He finally warms up when he gets to the first tee, cigarette dangling from his mouth, ashes dropping on his shirt.
A politically correct person I’m watching with is horrified. “Why doesn’t he take that thing out of his mouth? Do they have to show that? What kind of role model is he being?”
I’ll bet if he had been taking sips off a cool one, you’d never hear such remarks. That’s why people like Daly. He smokes, he drinks – or used to – and he obviously over-eats. You hear these self-righteous blowhards like Jim Nantz blasting Daly because he didn’t warm up. He warmed up – he had a smoke and a joke.
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9 comments
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§ DAVE said on : 2005-04-25 @ 14:20
I don't care if the sumbitch smokes...
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§ conley roach said on : 2005-04-26 @ 11:36
its his body he is hurting -- i just love to see him hit that ball and to heck with what everyone says -- he is like most weekend golfers
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§ Craig Price said on : 2005-04-26 @ 13:39
John Daly is more of a "common man" than most, and as such has a huge following. The Political Correctness mob can't get over themselves and just let people live their own lives, they have to rant. They can't help it, they were never allowed to play with other children when they were young.
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§ Uhhhhh said on : 2005-04-26 @ 16:01
Uhhhhh, shouldn't Daly have been on the practice range, smoking or not, so he wouldn't have hit the ball in the water?
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§ Alan Stanwick said on : 2005-04-26 @ 17:31
was that a marlboro or a joint ?
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§ Jim said on : 2005-04-27 @ 07:01
Big John may not be perfect in everything he has or will do , but I think he is probably the Number 1 as far as being himself out there. GO GET THEM BIG JOHN.
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§ Duh said on : 2005-04-27 @ 14:37
Duh, I'll take the gentleman Palmers', Jones', Hagens', Sneeds', and Players' of days gone by; it's what golf should be. Daly can go stick his head in a keg and light up, and Woods can take his fist pump and pump it where the sun don't shine. If you want MLB, NHL, or NBA jerk-jocks on steroids, find another sport. And everyone wonders why real golfers have to suffer 6-hour rounds anymore. Duh....
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§ get real said on : 2005-04-30 @ 12:06
dear duh, john daly, tiger, and many others you see on tv are real golfers. just because you and those you like can't cut it you feel the need to complain as babies often do. The results or money are what count and that is why they are real golfers.
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§ william spaulding
said on : 2009-02-13 @ 19:19
big john is a breath of fresh air to the every day golfer, and is still a pro.
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