John Daly once left Tiger Woods in disbelief by beating him while nursing a hangover and continuing to sip whiskey throughout the course. Known for his larger-than-life persona and impressive driving distance off the tee, 58-year-old Daly is a two-time Major winner.
He clinched the PGA Championship in 1991 and secured victory at The Open four years later. Since 2016, he has been competing on the PGA Tour Champions circuit, even winning the Insperity International in 2017.
One of his most memorable moments was in 1994 when he triumphed over Woods despite suffering from a severe hangover from the previous night, leaving the greatest player of all time ‘shaking his head all day’.
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Daly recounted his encounter with Woods on the Tucker Carlson Encounter podcast, saying: “We had the roundtable at Sherwood and I had my bottle of Jack Daniels then. I just meet these guys, right?
“Tiger came in and I said: ‘T, come have a drink with us, man’. And he said: ‘No, I’m going to go hit some balls’. A few hours later, I said again: ‘Come have a drink with us’. Tiger said: ‘No, I’m going to go work out’.
“This is going on for about five or six hours and we’re still there just pounding, getting drunk, having a good time. I got a sponsorship out of it which I was happy about.”
Daly continued to drink on his way around the course but still managed to win (
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He then described how Woods appeared, dressed in a suit, adding: “He told me ‘I got a guitar on stage for you. You have to go to the dinner’. I didn’t know anything about a dinner. I got no shoes on, I got my shirt tucked out, I got stuff spilled all over me. Just drunk. The bar room wasn’t very far, so I stumbled over there. There’s a chair and a guitar.
“I did ‘Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door’ and got a standing ovation and said I’ll see you tomorrow. So [the next morning] we tee off, my caddie was drunk with us. The funny thing about Tiger is, when I got on the tee, I had my caddie bring me a crown or a Jack and Coke.
“If you’ve never played Sherwood, the first hole, he’s walking and walking through all the cactuses on this hill trying not to spill my drink. I grab my three-iron and go on the tee. To make a long story short, I shoot like 65, he shoots like 71. He was shaking his head all day.”
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