In short
A trending clip from “Trending Now” where golfer John Daly recounts his childhood relationship with his father, including abuse and a near-fatal incident involving a gun, plus how he’s raised his son through homeschooling and athletics.
Guest backgrounds
John Daly is a professional golfer; the episode focuses on his upbringing, his father’s frequent absences, and his later marriage struggles, and his current role homeschooling his son.
Key claims
Daly says his mother was a constant emotional support; his father’s “tough love” was difficult to talk to; he describes being nearly killed when his father put a gun to his eye during the July 4th weekend.
Notable examples
Daly recalls his brother grabbing the gun, his father shoving his head through a wall, and Daly cutting off contact with his father afterward; he also describes homeschooling his son for 4–5 hours daily and planning regular school around seventh grade.
Guests
John Daly (main guest).
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Chapters
Tap a time to open that second in VOShow Opening and Introduction
0:00 to 3:21
Graham introduces the episode and hints at the trending clip featuring John Daly.
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Show Opening and Introduction
3:24 to 3:46
Graham introduces the episode and hints at the trending clip featuring John Daly.
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John's Reflection on Family Relationships
3:46 to 8:49
John Daly shares his childhood experiences with his father and the impact of his father's behavior on their relationship.
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Transcript
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0:42Ice cold. As for the frozen taquitos and mystery leftovers, we'll keep that between us. Drink it cold or don't drink it at all. Jägermeister. Damn, that's cold. Drink responsibly. Jägermeister liqueur, 35 % alcohol by volume. Imported by Masked Jägermeister, U.S. White Plains, New York. Hey guys, Graham here. It's Friday, which means we get to share with you another one of our most popular clips from a past interview. The clip you're about to hear is trending on our Instagram right now. Hope you enjoy. This week, John Daly.
1:19I want to take you back to when you were growing up. You mentioned your mom. Your father was gone a lot for work, would be gone for a couple months at a time. Your mother would often travel with him. How much were they around when you were growing up? There was times that mom would go with dad for two or three weeks when we were here finishing school, me and my brother kind of by ourselves finishing school. but dad was it seemed like my dad worked more nights than he did days so a lot of times dad would sleep sleep during the day but relationship between me and my mom my mom's like an angel I mean she just knew no matter how bad the problem was or what was going on she just always had the right thing to say when you're going through tough times occasionally you'll say I wish my mom was here.
2:14Oh yeah, all the time. Why? He's just, mom is always a great shoulder to cry on or she's always there for me when things were great and when things were bad. And I think I look at my mom as being just an unbelievable woman to put up with the things that my dad did. But then I look at, you know, my life that when things were bad with all my wives, they just were gone. When things were great man they were just right there by your side but when things were bad gone the wife of her yeah that's why Ana has been so special because honestly in my career it's been horrible now I've had a few good tournaments but Ana stuck right there with me no matter what how do you view your dad tough love very very tough love or even if it is love I don't know what it was, to be honest with you, or what it is.
3:11Why do you wonder if it's love? I don't know. Dad's just different. You know, he's in his 80s now. I don't talk to him that much. This episode is brought to you by Google Chrome. You think you know a browser, but Gemini and Chrome, that's new. It can help you with practically anything on the web, like restoring a vintage motorcycle from a 50-page restoration block, or finally break down that long article you've had open for weeks. Gemini and Chrome is here for it. Ready to make anything online make sense? There's no place like Chrome. Check responses set up required compatibility and availability varies 18 plus.
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4:18I just, as a kid, and I think Jamie may have tested this too, he just hit us a lot for no reason. Beat us up for no reason. Spanked us for no reason. Plenty of times he spanked us. We needed to be spanked. but a lot of them I didn't understand why. And I tried to deal with it for a long time, and then right before Mom had passed away, he'd put a gun in my eye and almost killed me, and I just kind of put him out of my life since then. Explain what happened in that situation. Well, it was July 4th weekend. Me and Sherry, we actually got to the bus because we had so many people here to lay down and go to sleep, and next thing you know dad's following I think her name was Kelly following her on the bus and grabbing at her and stuff and Kelly was like paranoid and saying I said dad you get off the bus go home you're drunk please leave her alone blah blah blah well next thing you know he he didn't want to leave so I got my brother and we walked him back and I said dad just lay down and go to sleep please just and Shana was there and I didn't know she was there until actually I guess when I turned around and saw dad, he put the gun in my eye, who are you, get the hell out of my house, blah, blah, blah.
5:38My poor daughter saw it all. And my brother just grabbed the gun from his, he pushed the gun away. And I thought Jamie had killed him because he shoved his head through the wall. And when he grabbed the gun, then shoved his head through the wall, and he shot the gun off. And then I think my dad realized, whoa, you know, what the hell happened? But he could have shot me. What was the conversation like with him the day after the incident or when you guys first spoke about it? I don't even think I talked to Dad for quite a while. I know I went over and talked to Mom. Mom was going to divorce him and all this and that.
6:14I didn't talk to Dad for a long, long time. I didn't. And my dad is just tough. It's just tough. I was talking to your girlfriend, Donna, and she says that she believes deep down you really would like to see that relationship repaired. What do you think of that? I don't know. I've tried it so many times. And don't get me wrong, my dad's not the most evil person in the world. I mean, he provided. He worked. He provided for us. He always made sure I had a place to play golf if I needed it or could. baseball, football. I love him for that. But I didn't need that from him. All I wanted was his love and to be able to have a conversation that my son can have with me about certain problems and stuff.
7:08And dad was very, very difficult to talk to, even as a kid, even when I won the PGA. And we just never have had that bond that a father and son that hopefully when little John gets older, we'll still have it. You know, we all change and we get older. How's homeschooling little gen? We're in the sixth grade now. I got him when he was in the first grade, but he wasn't going to pass it. He had missed way too many days. So I've got him through five grades in three and a half years, four years. And this is like four or five hours daily, isn't it? Oh yeah. It's at least four, four and a half hours, five.
7:51Yeah. So when will he, I know there's a plan at some point to put him into regular school, and I think in part because of how well he's doing in athletics and his interest in pursuing that. But when does that happen, and how hard will it be on you? Well, I think it'll be whatever, it's going to be better for him. I think either way, homeschooling is great, or the only thing is not him not being able to be with other kids. Right. The seventh grade is when he can really start playing the sports, you know. I guess he should enjoy it while it lasts because not every kid can be learning math while in Asia with their dad or Europe with their dad or Africa or all over the U.S.
8:33Unfortunately, kids their age don't really care. They want to know where the food is, what's next, where the movies are. Hey, can I get this game? As always, thanks for listening. To see more trending clips from my team, go to youtube.com slash Graham Benzinger.
From the publisher
John Daly recalls childhood with an abusive father, and the love he’s missed since his mother’s death.




