John Daly reportedly is considering taking his act – drinking, gambling, missed cuts, high scores -- to Europe next year. One has to believe that his interest in the European Tour is directly related to the fact that he no longer is competitive in the U.S. making just five cuts in 16 tournaments this year and winning a meager $56,017. The former PGA and British Open champion, who is now ranked number 737 in the world, is becoming a caricature of himself known more for his off-course antics. Golf fans still turn out to see him perhaps as much to see his prodigious drives, but also to see if he will have a meltdown. Daly has been living off sponsor exemptions but even those started drying up after he spent part of a rain delay at the Pods Championship in the Hooters beer tent and returned on Saturday after missing the cut. Former swing coach Butch Harmon fired him as a student and he lost his invite to Arnold Palmer’s tournament for missing the pro am. He also showed up playing golf with an Arkansas TV reporter wearing blue jeans and no shirt over his humongous gut, which made for an entertaining You Tube video. It will be interesting to see how Daly’s European vacation turns out.
Hitting range balls while wondering whatever happened to Ed Fiori.
2 comments:
He doesn't like to fly does he? There are more than a few European Tour events that are not on the continent. Maybe he'll boat over and buy a motor home for Europe. He should be able to handle that with his Winn Grip contract, right?
I can see the Europeans lining up at Hooters for his autograph. Not!
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