It took years for golfer John Daly to dig his hole; it’s take years to climb out.
Irony of the month:
John Daly, upset over the fact that restaurants around the country are naming drinks after him (especially one containing sweet-tea flavored vodka and lemonade). This is the same John Daly who, by his own admission, drank a fifth of Jack Daniel’s every day when he was 23, was removed from an airplane by airport security for harassing a flight attendant while drunk, who has been divorced three times since becoming a professional golfer and whose fourth wife, Sherrie Miller, spent five months in the slammer on federal drug charges. According to Wikipedia, where his life reads like a classic in the annals of alcoholism (reports of domestic violence, lawsuits, compulsive gambling, multiple marriages and prodigious charity work, which is not uncommon among wealthy alcoholics, perhaps in penance for poor conduct elsewhere in their lives), Daly not only recently lost over 100 pounds but also—ironically enough—is (currently) sober. Memo to Mr. Daly: if you stick to drinking Arnold Palmers I imagine restaurants will stop serving the John Daly, but the damage you’ve done takes time to undo.