Empty the Bench

In terms of interest, Empty the Bench ranks professional golf up there with cleaning out cat litter boxes and scrubbing the bathroom floor with a toothbrush. Still, John “The Lion” Daly’s various antics over the years have made him an ETB favorite and we love when he’s in the news for silly things like this:

John Daly was injured trying to stop his backswing after being distracted by a fan taking his picture, forcing him to withdraw from the Honda Classic after only two holes Thursday.

The [camera] clicking could be heard almost at the same instant he started his backswing. He stopped and reportedly glared at the woman before trying to swing again, but immediately complained of pain and walked off to seek treatment in the tour’s medical trailer.

It sounds like the folks driving the Honda Classic have some gritty, roll-up-your-sleeves-and-step-into-the-shit work ahead of them, too, in the wake of this shocking development:

“Like the rest of us, she is devastated that her use of a camera resulted in an injury to John,” Honda executive director Ken Kennerly said. “We will examine all options in our effort to eliminate cameras and cell phones from the course.”

Godspeed.

- The Lion has also developed his own line of John Daly Wine, which have “specially crafted range, conceived and blended to reflect unique and different aspects of one of the world’s most thrilling and big-hearted golfers.” Yum.

- And in the “What the Hell?” Department, Daly also roped Willie Nelson, Darius Rucker (Hootie of Hootie and the Blowfish fame), and country artists Johnny Lee and Daron Norwood into contributing to My Life, Daly’s first album which he describes as “mostly autobiographical.” Titles on this hotcake include “I’m Drunk, Damn Broke,” “Long Ball Rebel” (get it?), and “Mr. Fan.” This leads us to believe that Daly is currently employing Scottie Pippen’s old financial advisors.

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