“Got the world by their b*lls” Golfer John Daly once led a POMPOUS lifestyle but then came the DREADFUL fall
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American golfer John Daly is one of the most successful figures in the sport, having won pro events all over the world in his long career. However, what Daly is also known for are some controversial incidents from his personal life.
The 56-year-old once talked extensively about how he didn’t know how to manage success in his life, while going through drinking as well as gambling issues. Nonetheless, despite all the ups and downs in his career, Daly still competes on the PGA Tour.
“ “I thought I had the world by the b*lls. It got to a point, ‘Scr*w this, I’ll go to a bar, get drunk and deal with this tomorrow.’ I got lazy, I didn’t work on the game like I needed to,” Daly said.
In March 2008, Daly’s swing coach Butch Harmon called it quits, claiming that “the most important thing in (Daly’s) life is getting drunk.”
Then, in December 1992, the golfer was charged with third-degree assault for throwing ex-wife Bettye Fulford into a wall at their home near Denver.
On June 8, 2007, Daly and his fourth wife Sherrie Miller landed into a fight at a restaurant in Memphis, Tennessee, site of that week’s tour stop, the Stanford St. Jude Championship. Daly claimed his wife attacked him with a steak knife later on the same night. In shocking scenes, the golfer showed up for his second round of the tournament on Friday afternoon with cuts and scrapes across his face.
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When John Daly got Tiger Woods high on booze and did better the next day
Daly recently shared one of his encounters with Tiger Woods back in the day around the 2000s, the day before a game. John asked Tiger to have some drinks with him and his friends to which Tiger declined. Woods was a bit stressed regarding his performance the following day.
“Two hours later he comes back…. ‘Hey, you gonna have a drink with us now?’” Daly quotes. “He goes, ‘Nah I’m gonna go get my gym shorts on and go work out.” Later in the day Woods was again in front of Daly and to his surprise, John was even more wasted than before.
“Three hours later he comes back, I’m in to my third bottle of Crown, I’m wasted, we’re all just wasted but we’re having a good time.” On again being asked by Daly to join him, Tiger replied – “If I had your talent, I would have probably joined you”. Daly says – “He goes, ‘Nah I’m gonna go get my gym shorts on and go work out.”
Tiger and Daly were pitted against one another the next day where John Daly beat tiger Woods who was just astonished at the sheer talent of the man who being wasted a day before and probably still in a hangover beat him easily. Looks like – ‘Talent does beat hard work from time to time.’
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