Let's see. Last week's golf tournament featured John Daly, crazy-looking NFL coach and now-caddy Jon €Chucky€ Gruden, and a tent full of Hooters girls and beer. Think maybe the PGA is a little starved for attention when Tiger Woods doesn't play?
In case you missed it, Daly inched ever closer to turning the PGA Tour into his own little carnival last weekend when he removed most of his teeth and told spectators that for $1 he'd guess their weight. Oops. My mistake. That's what Daly is going to do at next week's tournament.
Last weekend was the bizarre Gruden thing in which the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' coach emerged from the Hooters tent and carried Daly's clubs.
The strange scene unfolded during the opening round of the PODS Championship in Palm Harbor, Fla. A rain delay sent Daly scampering for shelter, although frankly, when a guy weighs 3,000 pounds perhaps €scampering€ isn't the right word.
(I hereby apologize for hinting in any way that Daly might be carrying an extra pound or two and vow not to make any such references to him ever again.)
So anyway, it starts raining and Daly beaches himself inside the Hooters Owl's Nest, an on-course tent where a typical guy at a golf tournament might go to get out of the rain. Or to have a beer. Or to look at the waitresses and try to remember a time when he had more hair on his head than in his ears.
Inside the tent is Gruden, who became a big fan of Daly back in 1978 when Daly starred in the film classic €Animal House.€ Gruden still howls at the scenes where Daly is on the ladder peeking in the window of the sorority house and later when Daly puts on the toga and crushes beer cans against his forehead.
(Witnesses in the tent said Gruden rushed over to Daly, threw his arms around the big guy and said, €Geez, I thought you died in €82!€)
Anyway, when the rain delay ended out lurched Bluto, I mean Daly, and his new pal Chucky, I mean Gruden. The coach hoisted Daly's clubs and off they went, the most curious pair since Sonny and Cher. Or Bill and Hillary. Or Hugh Hefner and anybody.
The day ended with no real problems and on Friday Daly had his regular caddy back. Not that any of it mattered. Daly, who is now officially being protected by Greenpeace, shot an opening round 78. He followed that with a round of 80 and missed the cut by, let's see here€¦298 strokes.
Stay tuned for this week's PGA tournament when Daly unveils his new caddy: the bearded lady.
In case you missed it, Daly inched ever closer to turning the PGA Tour into his own little carnival last weekend when he removed most of his teeth and told spectators that for $1 he'd guess their weight. Oops. My mistake. That's what Daly is going to do at next week's tournament.
Last weekend was the bizarre Gruden thing in which the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' coach emerged from the Hooters tent and carried Daly's clubs.
The strange scene unfolded during the opening round of the PODS Championship in Palm Harbor, Fla. A rain delay sent Daly scampering for shelter, although frankly, when a guy weighs 3,000 pounds perhaps €scampering€ isn't the right word.
(I hereby apologize for hinting in any way that Daly might be carrying an extra pound or two and vow not to make any such references to him ever again.)
So anyway, it starts raining and Daly beaches himself inside the Hooters Owl's Nest, an on-course tent where a typical guy at a golf tournament might go to get out of the rain. Or to have a beer. Or to look at the waitresses and try to remember a time when he had more hair on his head than in his ears.
Inside the tent is Gruden, who became a big fan of Daly back in 1978 when Daly starred in the film classic €Animal House.€ Gruden still howls at the scenes where Daly is on the ladder peeking in the window of the sorority house and later when Daly puts on the toga and crushes beer cans against his forehead.
(Witnesses in the tent said Gruden rushed over to Daly, threw his arms around the big guy and said, €Geez, I thought you died in €82!€)
Anyway, when the rain delay ended out lurched Bluto, I mean Daly, and his new pal Chucky, I mean Gruden. The coach hoisted Daly's clubs and off they went, the most curious pair since Sonny and Cher. Or Bill and Hillary. Or Hugh Hefner and anybody.
The day ended with no real problems and on Friday Daly had his regular caddy back. Not that any of it mattered. Daly, who is now officially being protected by Greenpeace, shot an opening round 78. He followed that with a round of 80 and missed the cut by, let's see here€¦298 strokes.
Stay tuned for this week's PGA tournament when Daly unveils his new caddy: the bearded lady.
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