From: bhoughto@sedona.intel.com (Blair P. Houghton)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.golf
Subject: Re: John Daly
Date: 7 Jan 1993 22:12:25 GMT
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In article <726414657@potomac.cs.duke.edu> jdd@duke.cs.duke.edu (John Dengler) writes:
>Blair, keep your blatantly narrow minded and prejudicial thoughts to

Up yours, boyo.  My mind's about as narrow as my shot dispersal.

>yourself.  Who is so stupid to think that drugs and personality problems
>are not part of the golfing world, only of the "lesser" worlds such as
>football?

Of course they're part of the PGA, now that we've got jerks
like John Daly to watch implode.  And how are you measuring
"lesser?"  The only reason the PGA tolerates this
destruction of decorum is because it brings in bigger
bucks; but it's still not nearly the kind of money spent on
football.  You can't blame them; the only reason the PGA
exists is because the pro golfers insisted on making money
in an organized manner and didn't like the way they were
treated by the USGA and the rest of golf.  Moneymoneymoney
mon-ay!

Maybe we ought to issue helmets to the officials and let
golfers fight it out for a minute or so on the ice before
we break it up; I mean, hey, that's what the fans came to
see...

>Also, John Daly's "personality problems" seem to be a RESULT of his
>drinking, rather than just a part of his regular life.  He's been out of
>control (the wife incident, the plane incident) when he's been drinking.

Bullshit.  Daly is an obvious lifer; the money just made it
easier for him to blame his problems on goblins and retreat
to the seclusion of his addictions.

His "personality" is independent of his chemical disturbance.
He's just a jerk.

>Sure, regularly he's still not your average mild mannered "always say
>the right thing" golfer.  Is this bad, or just DIFFERENT?

It's bad.  He's the result of having been taught about the
form (golfing) but not the substance (humanity).  It's only
going to rub off on young people who watch him.

You want different?  Violent, stupid different?  Go watch
rugby.  Does ESPN still cover Australian Rules Football?
Daly'd be a natural.

>He's more
>aggressive and more likely to answer to his critics straightforwardly
>and without hesitation (just ask Brent Musburger).

He can take Musberger with him when he goes.  We need
an ignoramus even less than we need a jerk.

>This leaves him open
>to criticism from the golfing establishment - a group of players,
>administrators, country club owners, etc. who can't stand the thought of
>individuality in the sport.

Pure, grade-Z, sun-dried manure.

Individuality is fine.  Childishness is not.

>I hope John Daly finds a solution to his drinking problem.

So do I.  And I hope he learns how to be an adult at the
same time, because the connection between the two isn't
quite as dependent as you might think.

>Then, hopefully, it will
>give him the courage to take on imbeciles like you even more often, but
>in a more controlled and effective way.

Take me on? Why? Because he's an idiot with a bag full of
Pings? Looks like his "courage" ran to getting blasted and
beating up on the woman he "loves."

>Grow up, man.

Fuck off, boy.

>(By the way, I'm neither an alcoholic or a football player, just an open
>minded golfer).

You're just a moron with a keyboard, from all we can tell.

				--Blair
				  "And don't leave footprints
				   on the green on your way out."
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