Grip it and rip it! John Daly throws out a perfect first pitch as the 56-year-old brings the heat with an impressive fastball at a St. Louis Cardinals game
- The two-time major champion tossed a perfect fastball at the game in St. Louis
- Daly recently revealed that he had lobbied Greg Norman to join the LIV Golf tour
- He defended the LIV tour and the Saudis saying ‘Politics is so stupid about this’
As a man of many talents, major winning golfer John Daly being able to throw out a first pitch shouldn’t be a surprise.
But when he stepped up to the mound at a St. Louis Cardinals game Wednesday night, maybe it wasn’t expected that he’d throw such a good one.
Daly walked all the way to the mound, not taking a shorter distance, and threw a perfect fastball right over the heart of the plate.
Two-time major champion John Daly threw out the first pitch at a St. Louis Cardinals game
It’s been a quite busy few months for Daly, despite him no longer playing golf on the PGA Tour. Daly has played on the PGA Champions Tour (formerly the Senior Tour) in a few events.
Recently it was revealed Daly asked Greg Norman to join the LIV Tour.
‘Look, I’d rather play with amateurs than the pros sometimes but we’ve got to get compensated for that,’ Daly said.
‘The LIV tour is giving players that. They play pro-ams, it’s a big party, they play for a lot of money, which these guys that are on that tour, deserve that money. And I think there’s a lot of other guys that deserve that money. Especially this old man.’
John Daly has revealed that he tested his luck by asking Greg Norman for a LIV Golf spot
Even after not being brought on to the tour, he’s publicly defended it against critics of the involvement of the Saudi government.
‘It’s unbelievable. Politics is so stupid about this,’ Daly said. ‘I could talk about Nike, I could talk about other companies. Little eight-year-olds build shoes for Nike. Okay.
‘We don’t want to get into that, do you? You want to talk about labor laws. We’re talking about golf, guys playing golf, it’s an international sport.
‘The Prince of Saudi Arabia is a great guy and he’s given so much money to golfers that deserve it. Well, there are some that aren’t deserving because I should be on that tour.
Daly and his son, John II, were both recently signed by restaurant chain Hooters as brand ambassadors. John II is a freshman at the University of Arkansas – his father’s alma mater – and is a member of the golf team.
John Daly and his son, John Daly II, have both signed sponsorship deals with Hooters
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