It is probably hard to read that headline and believe that a guy who played 42 rounds on the PGA Tour this year and broke 70 only seven times could have fired a round like that. Especially when the guy is John Daly.Big John was just one of three players all week in the Hong Kong Open to shoot an eight-under 62, which he did in the final round to jump 38 spots to finish t-17. Daly fired two rounds of 68 to open the tournament but a 73 on Saturday, that included a four-over 40 on the back nine dropped him out of the hunt. His final round brought him right back in it.
"It feels really, really good. It feels like, 'Yeah, maybe I still can play a little bit,"' Daly said. "I wasn't expecting this much this week and to shoot one of probably my best rounds in three years, I'm pretty happy with it."This is a great start for Daly on the European Tour since he said he's planning to play most of his golf across the pond this season. As much as we dog Big John around here (and how could you not after the Hooters experience), the guy is actually playing some solid golf lately. He made two of his final three cuts on the PGA Tour at the end of the season and his scoring average over his last 14 rounds is a svelte 68.86.
Now John goes from China to Australia for the Australian Masters next week and the Australian PGA the week after that. The PGA is played at Coolum, a place where Daly had an interesting encounter in 2002.
Sounds about right. The solid finish earned Daly $32,675.99, just a hair behind his $56,017 he earned the entire '08 PGA Tour season. Maybe getting a little frisky at Hooters and ending up in the slammer puts things in perspective for the 42-year-old. That or he enjoys the China Diet Coke a little better.Daly also apologized for his ill-tempered last visit to Coolum in November 2002 when he threw his putter and ball into the water after shooting a 78.
He had received a $200,000 appearance fee but was disqualified for failing to sign his card and fined $5,600 and ordered to write an apology to a tour official he verbally abused. A scuba diver retrieved the ball and putter and it has been mounted in the pro shop at the Hyatt Regency Coolum course in Queensland state.
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11-23-2008 @ 7:32PM
bigflyer said...
When he quits drinking, let me know, then I'll root for him again.
Until then he is a cardiac waiting to happen/
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11-26-2008 @ 9:00PM
Mr. 47 said...
SHUT UP!!! and HAVE a DRINK!!!!!!
11-24-2008 @ 5:11PM
GreatR said...
Hey Bigflyer.....I'm sure John gives a rats patootie if you root for him or not. He makes a nice living by most people's standards and perhaps you haven't noticed but its his life not yours. Good luck to you John....although I don't root for you any longer either its nice to see you doing better.
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11-25-2008 @ 7:41AM
bigflyer said...
NotsogreatR:
Daly is a hill billy drunk who once could play golf. He should worry about what fans think of him because he will never get another endorsement deal until he lays off the booze.
The list of companies that dropped Fatboy from endorsements is longer than your posting.
By all accounts (Daly's own in his "book" too) he has gambled away millions and beat one of his wives. You can root for him, not me.
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11-27-2008 @ 4:12AM
robert durham said...
john daly,
hmmmn everyone loved him for the way he was, he was the golfer who finally broke out of the mold of the perfect gentleman to an extent, true there have been a few others but john was far an above them in his humaness, yes it is true golfers due have problems also said to say, and all loved him for it.
as far as im concernd all he did , with the exception of beatin his wife was done by others but just hidden, from what i understand she deserved it, she took advantaged of him in his condition and got what she deserved. dont forget women ruined it in the garden of eden by eating from the tree of life
john should be nominated for saint hood
LONG LIVE JOHN DAILY
ROBERT DURHAM LOCAL 272 IRONWORKERS MIAMI, FLA.
rdbulldurham@aol.com
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