IDIOT OF THE DAY

Today, we honor John Daly for being our most stupid individual in the news today.

Daly, who has had a history of stupidity during his tenure on the PGA tour, missed this morning's tee time for the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill.

Apparently, Big John was told his tee time for Thursday was at 9:47 a.m. However, to Big John's dismay, the time for him to tee-off was at 8:40 a.m.

"I didn't even know that was my Thursday tee time," Daly told the AP. "I should have looked into it. It stinks for me. I want to do anything I can for the tournament as a sponsor exemption. I wanted to meet the people I was playing in the pro-am. I love Arnold Palmer to death. I called and talked to him and apologized."

Daly was given a sponsor exemption by Palmer, the tournament host, or he otherwise would not have qualified to play in the invitational field. Players who miss a pro-am time face automatic ejection from that week's event.

Three days ago, Daly spent his Saturday in Tampa in a beer-soaked tent, flipping the bird to a news cameraman who soon took his picture. Unfortunately for Big John, swing coach Butch Harmon dropped Daly. He called a Tampa Hooters beer garden home last week. It was adjacent to the 17th green at Innisbrook Resort. After the 2 1/2 hour rain-delay, Big John shot 78-80 to miss the cut.

"Hasn't been a good day," Daly told the Associated Press. "This is the last thing I needed in my life. I feel like I let Arnold down."

Last thing?