John Daly opens up on what day-to-day life looks like on Champions Tour

Arkansas alum and PGA Tour star John Daly has graduated to the Champions Tour at 56-years old, but still has plenty of thoughts about golf and more. Known for being an outspoken and unapologetic figure, he went in-depth on the latest step of his gold career as a two-time major tournament winner.

During an interview on the Paul Finebaum Show, John Daly discussed life on the Champions Tour and his busy schedule travelling around.

“This tour is great, I love the Champions Tour,” said Daly. “But we do play a lot of Pro-Ams, we do a lot of dinners, we do a lot of outside stuff that can wear and tear you down a little bit. You know, we’ve earned it. For me to do a job of riding a golf cart and having some fun, and making a little money here and there isn’t a bad deal.”

This week, Daly participated in the Regions Tradition Pro-Am before the main event. He made headlines playing with Charles Barkley and other celebrities in Birmingham, Alabama ahead of the first major tournament of the season.

John Daly on NIL, son

In addition to his busy schedule, John Daly’s son is now involved with product endorsements as a freshman at Arkansas. He provided his thoughts on NIL deals and college athletics.

“A guy like Dak Prescott, he’s been out of Mississippi State for like four years now, they’re still selling his jersey. The NCAA and Mississippi State are still making money off of him,” started Daly. “Why isn’t Dak not making money on it? Why shouldn’t kids be able to make some money, and take that money and maybe get an insurance policy on themselves for a lot of money, incase they don’t go pro or get hurt, or something like that.

“The NCAA, I don’t like them. I think they have too much control. NIL needs to just keep going, and kids need to get paid.”

Daly expressed some strong opinions on NIL, and the NCAA as a whole. Continuing, the eccentric golfer despises seeing college athletes miss out on monetary opportunities, believing they certainly deserve their piece of the pie.

“You want them happy. First of all, you want them healthy,” Daly responded, speaking about college athletes as a whole. “You look at college athletes, you want them to stay healthy. They get recruited big, and you hope they stay healthy. Like I said, I think they deserve something.