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AZ35 wrote:

Kinda related John Daly story (since he was in the original meme of this thread)- back around 1991 I worked as a valet at the Crescent...

Kinda related John Daly story (since he was in the original meme of this thread)- back around 1991 I worked as a valet at the Crescent hotel while I was in college.

John Daly was in town for the PGA tournament and stayed at the Crescent. He was new on the PGA tour but already somewhat famous for his long drives (and partying reputation). 

He sure lived up to it from what I saw, he had valet parked his Lincoln Town Car (rental) so he and a friend got it out around dinner time. 

About 11pm his car came racing around the driveway to the hotel main entrance, ran up on the curb/sidewalk, overshot the entrance, and skid to a stop (still on the sidewalk). He and the other guy, now with 2 fairly hot girls (7/10 from memory), all but fall out of the car and stumble to the elevator. He hands me the keys and a $10 bill (not too bad for 35 years ago). 

Security had to go to his room twice later that night (after midnight) due to guest noise complaints. But he was at his tee time early the next morning...

SEEMEFIRST wrote:

BITD, Daly was an unknown. We were at a practice round at Colonial, watching the par 3 8th.Behind me I heard a smack from hell on...

BITD, Daly was an unknown. We were at a practice round at Colonial, watching the par 3 8th.

Behind me I heard a smack from hell on the par 5 12. The box was pretty close to where we were sitting,  and even not seeing the swing, the sound made me utter "God damn!".

We decided to go watch that, and stood by the box as he hit another. This time it was a "Fuckin Hell!!!". John looked our way and smiled. 

We follwed him to the next, par 3 13, and watched him practice that.

On his way to 14, he signed a ball and handed it to me.  He said: "A God dammit gets you noticed, a fuckin' he'll gets you a signed ball".

Been a fan ever since.