Posted on 11/23/2008 10:24:22 AM PST by St. Louis Conservative
HONG KONG (AP) — John Daly shot a bogey-free 8-under 62 on Sunday in the final round of the Hong Kong Open on Sunday, a round the struggling two-time major winner ranked among the best he's had in three years.
After opening with consecutive 68s, the 42-year-old American had a 73 on Saturday to drop out of title contention. He had eight birdies Sunday to finish a stroke off the course record on the tight Hong Kong Golf Club course.
"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."
Daly, the 1991 PGA Championship and 1995 British Open winner, has not had a PGA Tour card since 2006 when his two-year exemption expired from his last victory at the Buick Invitational in 2004. He made only five cuts in 17 starts on the PGA Tour this year and earned just over $56,000. His world ranking has fallen to 788.
The American has also had a tumultuous year off the course, going through a divorce and spending a night in jail on Oct. 27 after being found "extremely intoxicated and uncooperative," police said, outside a Hooters restaurant in North Carolina.
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He’s seen his share of 19th Holes.
Is that golf-speak for the clubhouse bar? :)
Yes, the Clubhouse bars all have tabs running for Big John.
Well this is a little good news. He is pretty much at rock bottom now and can only go up. He is at last chanceville at this point.
I saw a match tourney between he and Fred Couples on the Golf Channel a week ago circa 1999. He had a great game. If he had more discipline and worked on his fitness back then he could have been a great one. Just too many demons - sad.
I was watching a little of this tourney on Sat and Sunday. A 62 is an outstanding scroe.
[The American has also had a tumultuous year off the course, going through a divorce and spending a night in jail on Oct. 27 after being found “extremely intoxicated and uncooperative,” police said, outside a Hooters restaurant in North Carolina.]
He seems to repeat that same story every year.
A couple dozen cheeseburgers, a carton of Camels, and I’m set...let’s tee it up!
Do you think that he is benefitting from a nice 12 step program?
Seve Ballesteros called John Daly the most talented player in the history of golf fairly recently on TV. Daly can do everything, too bad he’s never wanted to maximize his potential ever since he got a few bucks in his pocket. He also blows millions at casinos.
Sad and sad about Seve being sick too. I did not watch much golf until recently and when I was a kid with Nicklaus and Arnie but could not appreciate it. i only recently have seen old shows on Golf Channel showing Dalt at his peak.
Daly had the power and the touch with the short game. A real tragedy.
Did he immediately take the winnings to a casino in Macao?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rtT2z5fDlg
John Daly playing golf, shirtless and shoeless. You have been warned.
I can't remember if it was John Daly or my hillbilly cousin.
lol. Well it could’ve been worse.
I read the whole article trying to figure out what place he finished in the tournament, and it was nowhere to be seen. Wouldn’t that be an important part of the story?
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