PGA Tour veteran Rocco Mediate said he drank on occasion during tournaments and called himself a "habitual alcoholic" during an interview with Golf Channel's Vince Cellini.
"Absolutely I have [played while drinking]," Mediate said. "Because it was just normal for me. It was just a daily ritual, let's say. You can put it in a lot of places. A lot of places. Was it every time? No. But most of the time when the pain came in, it wasn't not going to happen."
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