{"id":543791,"date":"2026-03-18T04:31:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T04:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/543791\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T04:31:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T04:31:23","slug":"john-daly-finds-new-home-for-masters-meetup-after-28-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/543791\/","title":{"rendered":"John Daly finds new home for Masters meetup after 28 years"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mar 17, 2026, 10:43 AM ET<\/p>\n

John Daly<\/a> can no longer set up shop at Hooters on Washington Road during the Masters because the restaurant was torn down last year. So, he’ll be taking his talents to Topgolf.<\/p>\n

Daly has been selling his wares and holding court at Hooters for the last 28 years. The two-time major champion now is teaming up with Topgolf Augusta, turning it into his own 19th hole on Thursday and Friday of Masters week from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n

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Topgolf Augusta is about 5 miles from Augusta National, near the South Carolina border.<\/p>\n

“This week has always been about the fans as much as the golf, and I’ve spent a lot of great nights hanging out with them over the years,” Daly said. “This time we’re bringing that energy to Topgolf, where people can grab a drink, take some swings and just have a good time together.<\/p>\n

“I’m looking forward to kicking back, meeting some folks and keeping the party going after the rounds.”<\/p>\n

Daly hasn’t played at the Masters since 2006, but he still shows up every year, signing anything anyone buys and taking pictures with fans.<\/p>\n

“Eat some good food, smoke, sell some s—,” Daly told ESPN<\/a> during his final year at Hooters in 2025.<\/p>\n

According to his team, Daly sold about $780,000 worth of goods on the Hooters patio in 2024.<\/p>\n

Last year, he sold hats — some with an illustration of Daly’s face, others encouraging us to grip it and rip it — for $40, while boxes of his “Short Game” cigars went for $250. He also sold signed golf balls for $10 along with pictures, shirts and replica pin flags from his 1991 PGA Championship win at Crooked Stick in Carmel, Indiana, for $100.<\/p>\n

ESPN’s Dave Wilson and The Associated Press contributed to this report. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mar 17, 2026, 10:43 AM ET John Daly can no longer set up shop at Hooters on Washington…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":69897,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[49,48,622,82],"class_list":["post-543791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=543791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543791\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=543791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=543791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=543791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}