TMZ has grabbed ahold of a court document where noted sizable golfer/drinker John Daly is suing the Hippo Golf Company for using his name as a trademark for a golf club they were selling without his permission.

Legalese documents (direct PDF link) are no fun to parse, so here’s the summation: Daly had an endorsement deal with Hippo Golf that they could use his name and picture in advertisements to sell golf clubs, and that was basically the extent of the agreement. There was no deal in place for them to use his trademarked signature as a golf club, which Hippo Golf sold in 2002. Read more…