John Daly vs. Tiger Woods
Nov 28, 2009 Blog
First let me stay this, I don’t like Tiger Woods. Never have, never will. If that offends, then don’t read any further. I’m a John Daly fan. Tiger is just a corporate puppet, while John is that guy that everyone has had as a friend at one time or another. Never will you see Daly hide behind some false image, even if it means exposing every fault imaginable. For all his faults, or maybe because of them, I still cheer for him. I can’t say the same for Woods.
So how is this for a turn of events? If you haven’t seen Daly lately, he’s dropped about 100 pounds, check him out. He also says he’s cut way back on the sauce after spending a night in lockup after a bender at Hooter’s. I’m not saying he’s back on the straight and narrow, but for anyone who’s ever tried to drop 100 pounds, it’s a hell of a start in my book.
And now we have Woods. So how exactly do you crash your car pulling out of your driveway at 2:25 am? A little sauce? Maybe a little rage? Rumors swirl about affairs with a nightclub hostess named Rachel Uchitel. The bar employee even made a trip to Australia for a couple of weeks to watch Woods play. An expensive vacation, didn’t know hostesses made that much. Sounds a little Monica Lewinsky to me. It’ll be damn interesting to see how he tries to weasel out of this one.
So what do you think Daly would say to Tiger if they were standing face to face today? Would he use the opportunity to bash Tiger and seek a little revenge? Nah. Here’s my bet: I could see Daly putting an arm around Tiger and saying, “I’ve been there man, let’s go sit down and have a beer and see if we can get you through this.” But somehow I doubt Tiger would do the same if the situation was reversed…