Daly was traveling through the Bankhead Tunnel in Mobile, Alabama—a tunnel with a shockingly low 12-foot clearance—when his "let's go on the road with the Dead" tour bus didn't quite make it all the way through. The tunnel sheared the fan and awnings off the top of his ride and showered them down on a passing Cadillac. The lesson as always—never drive through Alabama.

According to the traffic accident report from the Mobile Police Department, Daly was traveling eastbound toward the tunnel. A sign warns that the tunnel entrance is just 12 feet high, and dangling chains determine if a vehicle is too tall.

In his witness report, Jimmy Roberson of Mobile was just exiting the tunnel when the fan and awnings on top of Daly's RV crashed into his 1998 Cadillac DeVille. Roberson's windshield, roof and trunk were damaged in the 2:32 p.m. accident, according to the police report.

To be fair, the facts in this case are in some dispute. It's actually more of an RV than a bus. Plus, Daly says that those magic chains were not in place and the cops told him this sort of thing happens all the time. More materially, Daly isn't buying the "neck and head injuries" allegedly suffered by the driver of the Cadillac his RV sprayed with debris.

funny just read now the guy has Neck and Shoulder injuries?? From what??? something hitting his trunk?!

Ah, Twitter. Is there's any insurance fraud case you can't solve?

The John Daly saga hits Mobile: Colorful pro golfer runs his RV into Bankhead Tunnel [Mobile Press-Register]
John Daly (PGA_JohnDaly) [Twitter]
John Daly Wrecks Bus Into Tunnel — Golf FanHouse [Fanhouse]
John Daly wrecks his bus in a tunnel, but it's not what you think [Devil Ball Golf]

And just because it's not every day I get two unrelated John Daly stories in the ol' inbox, here's a video of John Daly singing "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" with Hootie and the Blowfish. Of course he is.

Daly hopes to resume his show, minus the circus [Golf.com]
John Daly Rocks "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" at Augusta with Hootie & The Blowfish. Wait, what... [LoCG]

• John Daly arrested for drunkenness at Hooters? Next you're going to tell me that Otis apparently shows up bombed at the Mayberry jail. (The PGA was not amused).

• A brilliant plan to get out of a DUI ... offer sex with your girlfriend. I see no way this can fail.

• Isiah Thomas mistook sleeping pills for Reese's Pieces, blamed it on his daughter.

• Travis Henry thought he was in a Scorsese movie.

• Roger Clemens does not recall bleeding through his pants.

• John Rocker was on steroids? Is there nothing to believe in?

• Barry Bonds; still unemployed, but looking fabulous.

• Steroid dealer had unfortunate nickname.

• The Dirty.com's Nik Richie is hit with about 12 metric tons of karma.

• Marcus Vick nabbed for DUI ... by bicycle officer.

• Carmelo Anthony was not drunk. He just has poor balance!

• Ah yes, I remember the drunk Zamboni driver story like it was yesterday. Wait, it was yesterday.

• Jack Kent Cooke's daughter gets drunk and bitchy. Let's watch the fun.

• For the Indiana Hoosiers, success was a drug. Unfortunately, so was drugs.

• What really got Shanahan fired.

• OK, lunch time, everyone.

It was the first round of the Australian Open, where the only real danger usually comes from masturbating kangaroos. Daly had just hit his tee shot into the trees on the ninth hole, and trudged in to find the ball. His 6-over 78 did not have him in the best of moods. That's when Clegg tried to capture the magic moment with a few close-range photos.

Daly snatched the camera and smashed it against the nearest tree, telling the man, “You want it back, I’ll buy you a new one.” He later released a statement via tournament organizers saying Clegg got too close.

“I was looking to take a drop and a camera was 6 inches away from my face. If I was 10 under, I would have felt the same,” Daly said in the brief statement. “My eyes are still burning from the flash of the camera. I feel it was very rude to put a camera that close to somebody’s face in any situation. The guy that had the camera had already taken a dozen shots at close range.”

Said Clegg, who will not seek restitution: “I was bold, but I wasn’t unreasonable."

Daly will most likely miss the cut (as he did at the Australian Masters and the PGA in the last two weeks). He had three double bogeys, three bogeys and four birdies. So can you blame him for going off? I mean, he was arrested drunk outside a Hooters and it didn't even get him a SHOTY nomination. No respect!

Daly Grabs Fan's Camera, Smashes It Into Tree [NBCSports]

On the surface, you'd think that Hooters has to drop Daly. All signs pointed to him getting "overserved" at one of their establishments. But it's not that easy. For one, Hooters knows exactly who John Daly is. He's the every man. That's why they signed him. He's a very risky proposition. That's why despite mistake after mistake they are still with him....Then, there's the authenticity argument. Anyone who reads this blog knows that I have a thing for athlete endorsement fraud—when athletes get paid to endorse one product or service but are caught using the competitor. That part of me that loves that this happened at a Hooters. If the guy is going to have some drinks and perhaps have some wings, he's doing it at the place that sponsors him. It would have been pretty easy for Daly to do this exact same thing at a Buffalo Wild Wings.

Don't you we could all go through life cloaked in authenticity? Even though Hooters hasn't commented yet, plenty of CNBC's readers think keeping Daly on as an endorser of their brand is not at all bad for business. A overwhelming 84% of readers polled said that Hooters shouldn't dump the big hitter. (ED: Corrected. Who's not Nate Silver?)

But if he does get the boot, the world should brace itself for the bender to end all benders.

Will They Drop Daly for Being Drunk? [CNBC]

"The bus driver called 911 because my eyes were open," Daly said. "I said, 'What's going on?' He said, 'We thought you were dead.' Anybody who knows me ... when I'm tired, I sleep with my eyes open. They know it takes awhile to wake me up."

Daly doesn't deny that he had a few drinks that evening, but hates the perception that he was tossed out of Hooters like some portly, drunk washed-up golfer. And he also hates that Hooters is going to take a PR hit because of this incident: "I've never had an incident at Hooters. I hate that their name is brought into it this way. They'll probably have to terminate me because of the negative publicity."

I've contacted Hooters PR to see if they are planning on "terminating" Daly from patronizing any of their locations, but they've yet to respond. If they do permanently ban him, would that be the lowest point in John Daly's life prompting him to finally clean up his act? Your move, Hooters.

Daly says sleep habit led to night in jail, but no arrest and no Hooters ejection [ESPN]

PHOTO: Golf.com

Can the John Daly "Intervention" episode please happen? That thing would be better than the one with the girl who liked to huff keyboard cleaner.

Golfer held in Winston-Salem to sober up [News-Record.com]

The first players are finishing their rounds at Oakland Hills Country Club outside of Detroit. Somewhere on his island kingdom in Florida Tiger Woods is not even bothering to watch. Meanwhile golf fans who are stuck at their desks would do anything to be able to skip out of work and listen to the dulcet tones of Ernie Johnson and Benjamin Franklin/Verne Lundquist on TNT. So far two people you've never heard of are in the clubhouse at -2, Robert Karlsson and Jeev Mikha Singh.

If you've been watching at all you know how miserable the rough is. Any shot that isn't in the fairway is a complete disaster. Prior to teeing off some called it the hardest course they'd ever seen. Even still, the weather is perfect, and the scores haven't been bad. Unless you're Bradley Dean and you put up an 86 +16. Ouch.

Other notables that are hanging around the top of the leaderboard include: Sergio Garcia at -1, the newly svelte Phil Mickelson at even (in typical Phil fashion with five bogies and five birdies), Anthony Kim at even, and, even though he's only through five holes, Padraig Harrington is already at -3. John Daly is sober and at even par through four holes.

PGA Championship Leaderboard [CBS]

I was 14 the first time I got falling-down drunk. I was attending summer golf camp at the University of Arkansas. It was 1985, and a preternaturally talented young golfer named John Daly was my camp counselor. This was six years before Daly won the PGA Championship as a rookie. He would also become famous for his drinking, but in 1985 he was still just a big kid, five years older than I was but not especially more mature.

One night he acquired a bottle of Canadian whiskey, and somehow we persuaded three girls from the tennis camp to join us in his dorm room. Not bothering with glassware, we passed the bottle around until it was empty. I remember eating some watermelon Daly had bought. The evening ended when I regurgitated the whiskey and melon onto one of the girls. Daly and another player on the Razorback golf team deposited me into the well of a shower, where I fell into a dead sleep.

You win, John Cloud. You win.

Should You Drink With Your Kids? [Time]

After swing coach Butch Harmon said Daly was more interested in drinking and having a good time than he was in being a good golfer. Daly, who is more interested in drinking and having a good time than being a good golfer, took offense. Now he's finally firing back from England. Sort of.

"Most of that stuff started with Butch Harmon," Daly told the AP. "His lies sort of destroyed me for awhile. He should be a real man and get his facts straight."

Which lies would that be? Because if John Daly doesn't like drinking, chasing bad women, gambling, eating, and not taking golf seriously, then why do we care about the 600th best golfer in the world? Anyway, here's to hoping Big John is in the running tomorrow. I know I'll be rooting for him.

Daly still angry over Harmon's "drunk" comments [Golf.com]

In this interview with "OzarksFirst," Daly studiously ignores the "no shirt, no shoes, no interview" that has governed the universe of non-locker-room sports journalism for decades, and he even breaks out a cigarette.

You might think there's something wrong with Mr. Daly. We say it's just a matter of a man knowing his target audience.

Interview With John Daly [OzarksFirst]

Either that, or he and the playful helper are recreating that scene in "Spies Like Us" when Chevy Chase feels up Donna Dixon.

John Daly Gets Chest Physical Therapy [AOL Video]

(UPDATE: AOL, which had this in the first place, points out that Daly is working his can off this week. Well, not literally.)

John Daly woke up Wednesday morning on the front lawn of a junior high school, surrounded by empty tequila bottles and wearing a bra for a hat. Then he got a phone call letting him know that his pants were flying from the flag pole. /Fixed.

We mentioned Wednesday that Daly's coach cut him loose, but with Daly the fun just never stops.

Daly, who received a sponsor's exemption, played a Monday pro-am at Bay Hill and said he was asked to play the Wednesday pro-am, too. He requested a morning start, then called Tuesday to find out his tee time. A woman in the tournament office told him 9:47 a.m., which instead was his starting time for the first round.

But Daly also took down Nick O'Hern and Ryuji Imada as well. The two were alternates, and were called for the morning round when Daly didn't show. But since they weren't around, they were also disqualified.

It's not his fault! I blame Daylight Savings Time! Well, they'll all be sorry when the First Annual John Daly Invitational tees off next year.

'I Just Wish Butch Had Called Me' Daly Says [MSNBC]