John C as golf pitchman

I'm sure this is old but its the first I have heard about it. Original source HERE

Shooting Star: John C. McGinley
How that guy from Scrubs pissed off Arnold Palmer
By ERIC WEINBERG

Hey, look! It's...that guy! The smug Dr. Cox on Scrubs, the unctuous broker in Wall Street, Michael Bolton's biggest fan in Office Space. Now John C. McGinley, a veteran of more than 50 films, has a new role on his resume--Champions Tour pitchman in television sports for the senior circuit's 25th anniversary.

How did you get the Champions Tour gig?
They wanted someone intense. I do a lot of monologues on Scrubs so they felt I could handle it.

You grew up in New Jersey and you were a ball spotter at the 1980 U.S. Open at Baltusrol.
Yeah, and I learned not to ask dumb questions. On the first hole, Arnold Palmer pulled his drive into a bunker and had a nasty fried-egg lie. When he got there, I asked, "What ball are you playing, Arnie?" He just glared at me and said, "A 'Palmer,' jackass!"

What celebs do you play with?
Wayne Gretzky, John Cusack. One night in Miami years ago John, myself and some girl were grossly overserved. We snuck onto a course and went crazy in golf carts. We slammed on the brakes on the lip of a 15-foot-deep pot bunker, and the girl got launched across the green.

So you consider golf an extreme sport?
Not at all. To me, the game is all about male bonding. My brother Mark was on the 66th floor of the second tower at the World Trade Center. He got out. The greatest quality time I've had with my dad and brothers has been on the golf course. We make a perfect foursome.