John Daly — who says he can’t walk more than six holes of a golf course anymore — got approval to use a cart in the PGA Championship this week because of arthritis in his knee, in a telephone interview with the Associated Press, Daly said, “I hope I don’t get a lot of grief from the fans.”
Funny enough, it turns out he got grief from one guy: Tiger Woods.
During a media session on Tuesday, Woods was asked about Daly taking a cart. He paused for a moment before delivering his answer with a smirk: “Well … I walked with a broken leg, so … ” He’s referring to winning the 2008 U.S. Open on a broken leg.
Here’s the moment:
Zing!
This is just some good-natured ribbing between friends — as you may recall, there’s a famous story about Woods that Daly loves to tell:
It was during the 2004 Target World Challenge and Daly had just completed the Wednesday pro-am with some friends and was in the clubhouse drinking and telling stories when Tiger Woods walked into the room.
“Tiger’s there in his workout clothes and I said, ‘Tiger come have a beer with us, man,’” Daly recalls.
Woods declined, explaining that he was bound for the gym and one of his ubiquitous workout sessions. Daly persisted, “I go, ‘Man, you don’t need to work out. You need to drink a little bit with us.’”
Woods’ answer is the stuff of legend.
“He said, ‘If I had your talent I’d be doing the same thing you’re doing,’” Daly says. “I’m looking at him thinking ‘you’re crazy, man.’”
