Comments on: The Daly Show (Again)

By: Jim Marshall

Jim Marshall — Thu, 19 Jul 2007 04:24:01 +0000

What a great article. Maybe he is a bit of an embarressment to golf at the moment, but it is fascinating how people might use him as an example of golf "not being a real sport" (smoking, drinking athletes etc), a kind of throwback to the old days of golf, when, as you say, he did kind of invent the modern game.
My favourite Daly moment was when he told the Captain of Huntingdale's (Home of the Australian Masters) wife to "F*** off you old cow" after she objected to his behaviour. That was about the same time he blew $1.5 million in one sitting at the Melbourne casino.
What a man.

By: golf snob

golf snob — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 04:20:54 +0000

Bubba Watson has some similarities to Big John on the golf course the way he hits it and his course management (or lack of one), and he is still 2 majors and too many DSQ's to mention away from matching his on course heroics. But off the course you never hear anything about Bubba, unlike that 'travelling circus' personal life that keeps fans so enthralled with JD. Whether it's belting golf balls a million miles, or belting caddies in the carpark, Daly is never far from the headlines. Throw in 4 public and bitter marraige breakdowns, alcohol fuelled rages, and some memorable on course meltdowns (hitting a moving ball on the green in a US Open, taking a 21 on a hole in Australia after getting obsessed with a water carry and hitting ball after ball into the drink) and he really is a walking headline. As Tachus said, there's only John Daly.

By: Tachus

Tachus — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 15:57:59 +0000

JD is one of my favorite golfers and a fan favorite. I think people like Daly because his swing is controlled chaos like everybody wants. While every other player on the tour wants to get it in the fairway with a 3 wood, Big JD pulls the big stick and rips it past the competition. Everybody says that Bubba Watson is taking Daly's spot, but the fact of the matter is that there is only ONE John Daly...

By: yellowlabs

yellowlabs — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 14:49:12 +0000

Great read! This article/blog should be a feature in Golf Magazine or Golf Digest to be shared with all golfers.

My compliments to the writer!

By: golf snob

golf snob — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 05:33:26 +0000

Daley still is, and always will be, the man. He's the last of his breed. A golfer with personality who brings genuine excitement to proceedings every time the course. You just never know what you're gonna get, but that's all part of the fun.

The sport of golf will be much worse off when Big John is not out there any more.

By: Q.Q.Quillume

Q.Q.Quillume — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 22:39:01 +0000

re: "But while most of us probably want to either yawn or vomit at the prospect of more exposure of big John, . . . ", I think I'll probably yawn AND vomit . . .

By: Golfer 42

Golfer 42 — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 17:05:32 +0000

You hit it on the sweetspot again. Looking forward to reading you again.

By: JP Bouffard

JP Bouffard — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 15:36:35 +0000

Many believe as you do. It's a shame we can't ever know for sure, though, because, to paraphrase Forrest Gump, talent is as talent does. Peter Jacobsen has said that he believes Daly hits it more purely than anyone on tour.

By: Erik J. Barzeski

Erik J. Barzeski — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 15:20:25 +0000

I've always believed that John Daly has more raw talent than Tiger Woods, perhaps substantially. Tiger just works at it more than perhaps anyone else, and has the mental makeup to do what he does.

When I think of John Daly, I only think "what a waste."