John Daly says Fuzzy Zoeller owes him $150,000 for turning 50
John Daly turned 50 on Thursday, and golf largely celebrated the two-time major winner’s milestone birthday, which makes him eligible now for PGA Tour Champions.
Daly has been embraced by wide swaths of the sport’s players and fans because he has very visible flaws, some of which he has overcome and other which he has accepted. He’s more like most of us than most of the players who walk inside the ropes. It’s easy to root for John Daly, even when he’s not doing well.
It may have been on one of those occasions when Daly wasn’t doing his best that 1979 Masters champion Fuzzy Zoeller made a curious wager.
In an interview with USA Today, Daly explained it:
“I think it was Tuesday morning and we played nine holes and went to T-Bonz (restaurant) and had some lunch,’’ Daly said in the interview. “Next thing I know, we were in the same clothes playing Wednesday at 7:30 in the morning and the par-3 tournament. We stayed through the whole nine (holes), drinking, having a good time and eating.
“Fuzzy said, ‘I got 150 grand you’re never going to make it to 50.’ ”
Daly remembered that wager on Thursday on Twitter.
However, the 1991 PGA and 1995 British Open champion said the two never shook on the wager, so he’s not going to be walking up to Zoeller with an outstretched hand any time soon.
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