John Daly

The 56-year-old two-time major champion hit up Hooters on Thursday, where he was all smiles in Tulsa, Oklahoma while posing with Hooters girls outside the ...

True to form, the 56-year-old Daly sported colorful printed pants and tinted shades. Daly posts up at his big tent in the parking lot outside Augusta National each year to sell merchandise to fans — a tradition the golf legend has continued with the restaurant chain since 1997. Daly was also spotted cruising around the course with a cigarette in hand at Southern Hills Country Club in a golf cart the PGA allows him to use because of osteoarthritis in his right knee.

56-year-old golfer John Daly posted a photo from Hooters just after his first round of the PGA Championship at Southern Hills.

Daly got off to a red-hot start in Thursday's first round. Look: Here's What John Daly Did After First Round At PGA Championship John Daly wasted little time in getting to one of his favorite restaurants after Thursday's Round 1 of the PGA Championship at Southern Hills.

The former PGA champion celebrated an encouraging first round in unique style.

Ahead of the year's second men's Major, Tiger Woods recalled a story involving 'Big John' that dates back to the last time Southern Hills hosted the PGA Championship in scorching conditions in 2007. "I remember playing behind JD the first day, which was awesome," Tiger said. And one thing is for sure, you can bet the wings weren't washed down with water.

When it comes to living their life, their way, no one does it quite like John Daly.

He begins Friday's second round two-over par, seven shots behind leader Rory McIlroy, so we'll see if Daly's routine of wings and slots will catch on with his fellow players. Daly was in the first group off the tee in the first round, and he started well, birding the first and fifth holes to move close to the top of the leaderboard. And for one of golf's more colorful personalities, Daly celebrated after his first round in the most "John Daly" way.

John Daly shot a two-over 72 during the first round of the PGA Championship. Then, in quintessential form, he went to Hooters and the casino.

Next to him was a brown paper bag, two packs of smokes, an ashtray and a Diet Coke. Say what you will, but we’ll add this: There have been four other major championships played at Southern Hills in the Daly era — the 1994 PGA, the 2001 U.S. Open, the 2007 PGA and last year’s Senior PGA — and there have been reports of Daly casino visits at two of them. The restaurant’s Instagram account also shared a slightly different version of the photo and alerted fans that his son, John Daly II, would be there “later” Friday. And a casino player. And a smoker. There he was, taking a photo with a half-dozen Hooters waitresses outside the restaurant’s Tulsa location — a 15-minute drive east of the course, Google maps tells you.

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Daly, buzzed off nicotine and Diet Coke, outplaying No. 1 Scottie Scheffler in Tulsa.

His casino runs in the Tulsa area are hardly unprecedented — during the 2007 PGA, he told reporters that he played the slots and didn’t do a practice round because it was “too hot.” It was awfully hot that year at Southern Hills, to be fair. Daly, best known for his love of the wings chain Hooters, seems to have cracked some code that the rest of us are decades behind finding out about. And in true John Daly spirit, the 56-year-old has taken Southern Hills head on in much the same fashion this week.

When it comes to living their life, their way, no one does it quite like John Daly.

He begins Friday's second round two-over par, seven shots behind leader Rory McIlroy, so we'll see if Daly's routine of wings and slots will catch on with his fellow players. Daly was in the first group off the tee in the first round, and he started well, birding the first and fifth holes to move close to the top of the leaderboard. And for one of golf's more colorful personalities, Daly celebrated after his first round in the most "John Daly" way.