Name: Carson Jones Daly
Claim to Fame: Host of The Voice, Last Call With Carson Daly, Total Request Live
Handicap: 9
Connections to Golf:
– Grew up in Santa Monica, Calif. wanting to be a priest, but left behind religious aspirations to try to become a pro golfer
– Once caddied for O.J. Simpson
– His step-father, Richard Caruso, owns a golf shop
– Played against Tiger Woods in American Junior Golf Association tournaments in California
– Earned a golf scholarship to Loyola Marymont University, but left the school after one year to pursue a radio career
– Won the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic Pro-Am with partner Roger Clemens in 2005.
Golf Quote: “Just dealing with some of the pressure situations. I wasn’t a great athlete. … Patience, some of the lessons in golf, definitely help you out – at least (they helped) me out – in my career. Dealing with the entertainment business, just take it one shot at a time. It can go as quickly as it came. That’s also one of lessons that golf teaches you.”
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