John Daly: Underwear Model Gets His Slix On

Oft married and troubled PGA golfer John Daly, who has had to take a backseat to fellow golfer Tiger Woods in the "badboy" department lately, has been in the news again. Of course, a lot of people have been "taking a backseat" to Tiger Woods lately.

This time, instead of offering marital advice to Tiger Woods, threatening to retire due to subpar play,smashing cameras, or reporting attacks by ex-wives, John Daly is, get this, modeling underwear.

Talk about things that make you go hmmmm.The idea of John Daly modeling undergarments, however unsettling a picture that may paint, is clearly not as revolting as it would have been before Daly's lapband surgery last year.

The fancy drawers are being hawked on a website called www.getyourslixon.com/index_home.php. Not to be confused with golfball maker Srixon, a company focused on a different kind of balls.

When I first heard the news that John Daly had lapband surgery, my first thought was the golfer formerly known as "Long John" thought someone said "lapdance surgery" and said "which way to the operating room?!"

In the ads for Slix Closers, Daly says "when I've got my Slix on, it's all good". Let's just hope they stay closed, unlike his buddy Tiger Woods' drawers. In fact, as studies have shown that boxer shorts make a man more, shall we say, manly as far as the chance of reproduction, let's be thankful that these drawers are boxer/briefs. The world could somehow get by without any more little Dalys.

If John Daly was to split his loud, do-not-adjust-your-set, Herb Tarlek of WKRP In Cincinnati pants bending over to pick up his golf ball, let's hope Slix provides maximum coverage.

Slix are stretchy boxer/briefs made of some sort of synthetic material. They were introduced in November of last year in a direct to consumer internet business by a man named Greg Hall.

Hall was quoted in an article as saying: "Slix will make you stand a little straighter, eliminate the need to constantly adjust your underwear and literally put a spring in your step."

Glad you cleared that up, Greg. Golfers like John Daly and Tiger Woods never know when that extra spring in the step might come in handy as they beat a hasty retreat from an angry wife or girlfriend.

As for "standing straighter", neither man seems to need a lot of help in that department, if you get my drift.

The only question I have is: how will John Daly advertise his new drawers on the golf course? Seeing as how PGA and Nationwide tour golfers are practically walking billboards with all the ads on their clothes, hats and golf bags, will Daly wear his Slix on the outside of his loudmouth pants?