John Daly and Tiger Woods in May at the PGA Championship.
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Tiger Woods, upon seeing John Daly, seemingly didn’t forget. This time, though, the invitations were reversed.
The first time? For that, we must refer back to an article published by this site in 2016. Its headline was wonderfully: “That time John Daly asked Tiger Woods to get a beer.”
Below is the text of the story:
When it comes to training, Tiger Woods and John Daly might have what you call different approaches.
In an interview with Golf Channel, Daly recalled a time in 2004 at the Target World Challenge when he was enjoying some adult beverages after the Wednesday pro-am. Daly was with some friends and was in the clubhouse drinking and telling stories when Woods walked into the room.
“Tiger’s there in his workout clothes, and I said, Tiger, come have a beer with us, man,” Daly said.
Woods told Daly he couldn’t because he was headed to the gym, but Daly didn’t relent.
“I go, man, you don’t need to work out,” Daly said. “You need to drink a little bit with us.”
Woods’ response may not be what you’d expect.
“[Woods] said, ‘If I had your talent, I’d be doing the same thing you’re doing,’” Daly said. “I’m looking at him thinking, ‘You’re crazy, man.’”
With that setup, we go to Friday and the PNC Championship, the (mostly) friendly pro-relative scramble event that wraps up the golf year. Woods, the 15-time major winner, and teenage son Charlie are playing; Daly, the two-time major winner, and college-golfer son John Daly II are playing; and they spotted each other at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Club in Orlando, Fla., the moment captured by the PNC Championship social media team.
Shouted Woods, before smiling and laughing: “I’ll meet you in the gym.”
In the video, he then walked up to Daly, they hugged — and they had this exchange:
Said Daly, laughing: “At least our gyms are three-letter words. Yours is g-y-m. Mine is b-a-r.”
Responded Woods, also laughing: “Right.”
We’ll end things here with another short Daly item from the PNC. Saturday morning, ahead of his first-round tee time, Daly hit the range — and he hit one ball before declaring himself good to go.
That video, captured by the PGA Tour social media team, is below.
