Art, meet life

 God bless that John Daly. He is a man of the people. He is as normal as normal gets -- if, that is, "normal" is a grown man who wears Garanimal-style pants and a Devil Anse Hatfield beard, and travels around hitting golf balls at places far too refined for the likes of him.

See what he did the other day?

Went full Chili-Dip Chuck in an actual for-real PGA event. Channeled one of them-there movie stars. Made life imitate art.

What Daly did was, on the par-5 12th hole at Minnehaha Country Club in Sioux City, S.D., card a 19. No, that is not a misprint. And, no, that was not the old lady in "Caddyshack" playing the hole, the one who keeps swatting her ball into the water while saying "Whee!"

It was John Daly. Professional golfer.

Who hit his tee ball into the rough, and then proceeded to knock his next seven shots into the water hazard on the 12th. When he finally cleared the water, his ball found another patch of rough. Eventually, on his 17th hack, he reached the collar of the green, then got it up and down for his 19.

"Dee-yam, Martha, come look at this!" you can imagine Chili-Dip Chuck saying, taking another swig of his Natty Light. "John Daly played that hole just like I woulda! We are  brothers under the skin, ya can't tell me otherwise!"

Well, of course he is. He's also Kevin Costner from "Tin Cup", who played a driving-range pro who blows the U.S. Open because he stubbornly keeps hitting balls into the water on the 72nd hole trying to prove he can clear it.

Who's that sound like?

Aw, you bet it sounds like John Daly. In fact it sounds exactly like the John Daly who, back in 1998, carded an 18 on a par-5 in the Bay Hill Invitational by hitting a 3-wood into the water six straight times.

"Gee, Mr. Blob," you're saying now. "Why didn't he club up?"

I dunno. Why didn't Roy "Tin Cup" McAvoy club up in the movie?

"'Cause he was tryin' to prove something, dummy!" Chili-Dip Chuck would no doubt reply. "Just like ol' John Daly! Hell, I'd have done the same thing, and I'm not even a pro or a movie guy!"

For sure. Oh, and one last thing: Daly finished the round with an 88. Which means he somehow shot a halfway decent 71 on the other 17 holes.

Let's see art imitate that.