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Tiger Woods Walks on Water; John Daly Is Not Impressed

Ryan WilsonPosted Aug 20th 2008 9:30AM by Ryan Wilson (author feed)
Filed under: Golf, PGA

Apparently, Hank Haney wasn't screwing around when he said Tiger Woods is doing just fine. Based on this hidden video EA Sports commercial pimping Tiger Woods '09, it looks like the world's best one-legged golfer is getting around swimmingly.



You Been Blinded's HG writes that Tiger's next miracle will include resurrecting David Duval's career. (There was some discussion about helping Michelle Wie win an LPGA event but that was deemed impossible).

Pretty impressive, I suppose, but John Daly can turn water into a beer helmet, a handful of tees into a pack of smokes, and five loaves of bread and two small fish into anything on the Cracker Barrel menu. Which, I guess, is why he's known as the "drinking man's Jesus."

An Afternoon With John Daly (Including His Sunday 'Diet' and the 'Wal-Mart Crowd')

Will BrinsonPosted Aug 18th 2008 1:00AM by Will Brinson (author feed)
Filed under: Golf, PGA


Notes from the FedEx Cup at the Wyndham Championship in Greensboro.

On Saturday, I heard from a very reliable source that John Daly's intake during Monday's Wyndham Pro-Am included (over 18 holes): 21(!) cigarettes, eight Diet Cokes and four bags of M&M's.

My response was, initially: "Get the #%^@ out" and secondly, "Okay, now I have to actually follow Daly on Sunday and write this all down."

Yeah, a pretty repulsive way to spend an entire Sunday afternoon, right? Well, I've had worse. Until today.

What follows is kind of like a "Where's Waldo?" game for cigarettes and Diet Coke. Don't bother looking for any water -- I'm pretty sure Daly hasn't had a sip of water since at least 2002. Originally, I was going to post a picture of every cig and every Diet Coke, but ...

It wouldn't be a Daly round if I didn't have to fight through what some anonymous people referred to as "the Wal-Mart crowd". And by "fighting" I mean "taking tons of pictures of people in jorts (jeans + shorts - belt) and Mason Crosby jerseys". And the fans, folks, are way, way more entertaining at this stage of his career.
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Short Course or Not, John Daly Is Going to Warm Up That Big Dog

Will BrinsonPosted Aug 17th 2008 3:15PM by Will Brinson (author feed)
Filed under: Golf, PGA

Notes from the tail end of the FedEx Cup run at the Wyndham Championship in Greensboro.

John Daly told me at Hooters on Wednesday night that he didn't plan to use driver anymore than three times per day at the Wyndham Championship. Of course, that's not going to stop him from making sure he's ready to use it on the practice tee. The big dog is, naturally, fueled by cig smoke. (Sorry for the quality of the digital zoom, but the range was slammed early with jorts -- a.k.a. jean shorts -- galore and I had to go the far end to get a look.)



And yes, careful YouTube viewers, that was in fact the ball bouncing out the back of the driving range.

John Daly Works With Lefty's Old Swing Coach, Still Misses Cut at PGA

Ryan WilsonPosted Aug 8th 2008 8:47PM by Ryan Wilson (author feed)
Filed under: Golf, PGA, PGA Championship

I suppose somebody somewhere considers this progress: John Daly, dumped earlier in the season by renowned golf coach/egomaniac Butch Harmon, has joined forces with Rick Smith, the guy Phil Mickelson canned to work with Harmon. It's all very incestuous, but Daly's from Arkansas so I'm guessing he's cool with it.

Anyway, Daly met with Smith last Sunday and the two are working together during the PGA Championship. And it looks like they'll have even more time this weekend to hone John's game, because Daly just finished slamming his RV's version of a trunk.

On the upside, Big John shot two rounds in the 70s (74 on Thursday, 75 today), and missed the cut by thismuch*. Long term, it sounds like the Smith-Daly marriage could go a little better than the Harmon-Daly fling:
Sunday, and the two of them are working together during the PGA Championship. "I don't have any business dealing with John's personal life, nor do I want to," said Smith, who recently added Chris DiMarco to his roster of students. "But if John wants help with his golf swing, I'm happy to do it.

He's got unbelievable ability, as everybody knows, and I really think he wants to play better. I like John as a person, because he has a big heart. And I like his ability, which involves more than just hitting the ball a mile. He's got great hands, a wonderful touch around the greens."
No idea what to expect from Daly for the rest of '08, but if he's able to make a few cuts, it'll be a good start.

* thismuch = one stroke

Phil Mickelson Opens With Just Two Pars in Nine Holes at PGA

Shane BaconPosted Aug 7th 2008 12:59PM by Shane Bacon (author feed)
Filed under: Golf, PGA, PGA Championship


Some might consider that a deceptive headline. See, the point of it is to get people to think "Oh Wow, Phil Mickelson must really be struggling out on the golf course today!" when in fact, it's just a funny way of explaining Lefty's first nine holes.

Starting on number 10 today, Mickelson opened with two bogeys, made a birdies, followed that with consecutive pars (boo consistency!) and then made two bogeys and two birdies to finish up his outward nine. In a more successful way than John Daly and Michelle Wie, Lefty has a great gift of making a scorecard look like a strand of multi-colored Christmas lights and still posting a number around par. He's even par through 13 holes so far at Oakland Hills.

Robert Karlsson, Jeev Milkha Singh and Sean O'Hair are all tied for the lead at two-under with Anthony Kim and Sergio Garcia both lurking (and playing together) at one-under.
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Americans Obviously Better Off Without Tiger Woods on Ryder Cup Team

Ryan WilsonPosted Aug 7th 2008 12:07PM by Ryan Wilson (author feed)
Filed under: Golf

I have no idea if the Detroit Free Press's Drew Sharp actually believes what he writes, or if he was put up to this by his editor, but either way, in today's column he suggests that the U.S. Ryder Cup team will be mentally stronger without Tiger Woods.
The idea of addition through subtraction of the world's best player sounds crazy, but the Americans become less aristocratic without Tiger's special care and feeding. Whom to pair with him? How to keep him motivated?
Sharp points to comments by Kenny Perry, the guy so mentally tough that he opted out of the U.S. and British Opens to pad his Ryder Cup points total at such grueling events like the John Deere Classic, who opined earlier this season that the U.S. team "may become a tougher team" without Eldrick.

That's certainly a possibility; I mean, it's not like Woods has an exemplary Ryder Cup record -- he's 7-11-2 in five events -- but I"m not sure how losing the world's best player equates to a mentally tougher team.

If Sharp means the Americans will be better prepared for Sergio Garcia to stick it to them, then, fine, I'll concede as much. If, instead, a Tiger-less U.S. team will somehow come together and be more focused ... well, I suppose it could happen. John Daly could also win the PGA Championship this weekend.

Let's just say I'm skeptical in both instances.

Daly Being Daly > Manny Being Manny

Shane BaconPosted Aug 5th 2008 3:43PM by Shane Bacon (author feed)
Filed under: Golf, PGA Championship

If John Daly wrote a book about his 2008 season, it would include chapters on alcohol problems, atrocious golf and relationship struggles. So, you know, completely different than his other 41 years.

Heading into this week's PGA Championship, Daly is ranked 664 in the world, which I'm not certain on this, but I heard from a source is just higher than Bobby Jones on the active list. His golf game is flat out horrible, and Big John isn't scared to admit it.

``How you hitting 'em?'' Daly is asked.

``Horribly,'' he said with a laugh.

``How are you feeling these days?''

``I'm getting there,'' he said. ``I had rib surgery two months ago. I just had a cyst in my right hand and they finally got that out. Now I've got tendinitis in my left elbow.''

Wow, just the definition of health.

Cysts, tendinitis, Russia, Kid Rock, the guy has absolutely nothing going for him.

The bright spot of the week, however, is if Daly continues this "consistent" form, a PGA head professional will have a very good chance of beating a former champion of this here tournament.

(Oh, and yes, those look like jeans. Did you know his middle name is Classy?)

In Shocking Turn of Events, John Daly, One-Armed Golfer, Misses Cut in Russia

Ryan WilsonPosted Jul 25th 2008 1:07PM by Ryan Wilson (author feed)
Filed under: Golf, PGA

Yesterday, I brought you the heart-warming tale of John Daly, the one-armed golfer who had overcome physical limitations and personal demons to play in the Russian Open. After a rocky go of it at last week's British Open, Daly shot a respectable opening round 70 in Moscow.

But the feel-good story lasted less than 24 hours. Daly, who hasn't had his PGA Tour card since 2006, shot a second-round 73 and missed the cut by one stroke.

Other than the obvious reasons, Daly shouldn't be disheartened -- the course was clearly set up to put American golfers at a disadvantage -- none of the five players in the field will play the weekend. I mean, how often can you say that Wesley Horne, Ryan Carter, Luke List, Matt Laase (amateur) AND Daly didn't make a cut? Exactly.

It's not all bad news for Daly, though. CBSSports.com's Mike Freeman ranked Daly fourth on his Top 50 Sports Jerks list, ahead of such notable names as O.J. Simpson, Don King, Kennesaw Mountain Landis, Ron Artest, Tonya Harding and Pete Rose. So there's that.

As for Daly's future in professional golf, here's to hoping he takes David Duval's advice and hones his skillz on the Futures Tour. Or, worst case, he joins the Duke golf team -- there's an opening, you know -- and if anybody screams "Duke" more than John Daly, I have yet to meet him.

John Daly Risks Life to Play Russian Open

Ryan WilsonPosted Jul 24th 2008 3:12PM by Ryan Wilson (author feed)
Filed under: Golf, PGA


If I've said it once, I've said it ... well, once: John Daly seems like the type of player who would risk injury to play tournament golf. Actually, nothing seems further from the truth, even though JD one-armed his way around Royal Birkdale last week to a scintillating second-round 89.

Whatever, it wasn't enough to keep him out of this week's Russian Open.
The 42-year-old American played at last week's British Open, the tournament he won in 1995, despite a painful elbow injury before flying into Moscow to make his first appearance at the Russian Open.

"It's hurting pretty bad, but luckily the ground here is soft so I can get through the ball," Daly said after shooting a two-under-par 70, five strokes behind early leader Joakim Backstrom of Sweden in the first round on Thursday.
Reuters' Gennady Fyodorov writes that Daly, in defying doctors' advice, is "risking serious injury."

Yeah, unless "risking serious injury" is a euphemism for "so hungover he's a threat to himself and others," I'm not sure how a sore arm could be such a big deal. I suppose it could come flying off after a shot off hardpan or something, but I'm not convinced Daly's a better player with two arms, anyway.
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Winners And Losers From Open Week

Shane BaconPosted Jul 21st 2008 7:15PM by Shane Bacon (author feed)
Filed under: British Open, Golf, PGA


It might take some time to truly appreciate what went on at the 2008 Open Championship.

With the top golfer in existence not around to fist pump, it was going to take some heavy story lines to keep people interesting. Little did we know an Irishman, an Australian and a dude in pink pants would make this major better than expected.

Here are the winners and losers from British Open week.
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