The John Daly Report.

[Hogan Fan]

I'm a fan of John Daly. I can't help but pull for the guy. I just wish he would take his profession a little more seriously and put in the time on the range to find himself again.
Please post your thoughts on Big John fan or not and lets see if we can pull him out of this slump! The tour needs guys like Daly! The 95 British win was awesome!
Last year was not a good year for BIG John....
Daly stats for 2006
Events - 21
Cuts made - 8
Top tens - 0
Money list 193
Drive Dist - 307.1 - 5th
Accuracy - 52.48 - 190th
GIR - 60.88 - 184th
Putt Avg - 1.79 - 129th
Money - $192,134
Also earned $80,000 Merrill Lynch Shootout, $25,000 Skins Game, $170,000 Target World Challenge bringing total to $467,134

He is playing this season on a minor medical extension from an injured finger.
Finished 28th at the Sony this year and missed the cut this week by 3 strokes after an opening 69.
So far this year he has shot rounds of 69,68,71,68-69,75
Come on Big John! Get it together

[Q.Q.Quillume]

I think Long John will have another dismal season on the PGA Tour in '07. My prediction does NOT mean I'm pulling against him, just being realistic.

[Clubswinger21]

He's showing signs of consistancy and I really thought he'd be around for the weekend. I dont know why he's endorsing the maxfli ball, but at least he ditched his Dunlop gear for taylormade equipment. I agree that the tour needs guys like JD, love him or hate him, aside from Tiger and Mike Weir playing in Canada, he probably draws the largest crowds in golf. People come to see JD play and thats keeping the PGA tour alive. Its all up to him though, his drinking, smoking, eating and generally unhealthy life style gets in the way of his career. As long as he puts recreation in front of golf, he wont win more than 1 or 2 times, at the most before he dies of a heart attack when he's 50. I mean the guy cant even pick up a bottle of water when everyone knows staying hydrated is an important part of golf.. I dont know why his MD doesnt just say if you keep this up you'll be dead in 10 years. Im not saying i want that to happen, but the way he's going its bound to.

[aquacooled]

I like the guy, I really do.. Matter of fact I wanted to buy his book to put a couple of bucks in his pocket. Oh ya clubswinger21 whenever I read JD in your post here I couldnt help but think Jack Daniels, sorry someone had to say it. Anyway I hoping that Taylor Made will get on him to put a little more time into his game.

[BASHERBAKER69]

Hi

i think that john will make top125 on the money list

what else will he do if he can't keep his card-playing golf stops him from self destructing

bb69

[Clubswinger21]

  aquacooled said:

I like the guy, I really do.. Matter of fact I wanted to buy his book to put a couple of bucks in his pocket. Oh ya clubswinger21 whenever I read JD in your post here I couldnt help but think Jack Daniels, sorry someone had to say it. Anyway I hoping that Taylor Made will get on him to put a little more time into his game.

Strange, since those are his initials and a nick name that alot of announcers, and fellow tour players call him by.

[neudi]

  Hogan Fan said:

I'm a fan of John Daly. I can't help but pull for the guy. I just wish he would take his profession a little more seriously and put in the time on the range to find himself again.

The one important thing you forgot is that his wife was in jail for 6 months out of that year, so his mind wasn't all with it...but he is now getting rid of her so he should play better now.

[BenHoganForever]

Yeah, one thing you should know about John Daly is just how much talent this guy had. I think he was off scratch/-1 at 13 which is up there with Woods at the same age, which puts him in a talent bracket way ahead of most PGA pros around at the minute, back then. He could have gone on to produce great things in golf, no doubt.

Don't worry too much though, financially, hes secure for the rest of his life. Awesome talent, too many demons.

[neudi]

hes financially stable b/c of ford...he'll be wearing the ford logo till the day he dies b/c they paid off all his gambling debts :o

[Clubswinger21]

  BenHoganForever said:

Yeah, one thing you should know about John Daly is just how much talent this guy had. I think he was off scratch/-1 at 13 which is up there with Woods at the same age, which puts him in a talent bracket way ahead of most PGA pros around at the minute, back then. He could have gone on to produce great things in golf, no doubt.

well said

[aquacooled]

  Clubswinger21 said:

Strange, since those are his initials and a nick name that alot of announcers, and fellow tour players call him by.

why is that strange?? John said it himself, he loves Jack Daniels..

[jrbechthold]

John Daly is fun to watch... I love events where they have him miked up - skins games etc. - he is just fun to watch and listen to.

I too hope he can silence some demons and get back to playing some good golf.

[muskegman]

It's a shame that JD hasn't taken better care of himself. He seems like a nice guy and his working man persona will always be something people can identify with. Unfortunately his place as a role-model hasn't been cemented since he hasn't overcome his demons.

Having said all of that, I'm still a fan. I wish him well for 2007.

[Hogan Fan]

John Daly missed the cut at the FBR .
He shot a 1 over par 72 in round one that included
1 eagle, 2 birdies, 3 bogeys and a double bogey.
In round two he shot par 71 with 6 birdies and 6 bogeys.
He's only made one cut out of three tournaments this year.

[Q.Q.Quillume]

  Hogan Fan said:

John Daly missed the cut at the FBR

Well, at least Long John was consistently inconsistent: 6 birdies, 6 pars, 6 bogeys. Yikes!

[ipark1303]

JD is not himself ... and I worry if he can make a comeback at this point of his career....
It's sad because he has still so much game left!!

[BASHERBAKER69]

Hi ipark1303

i don't think that John Daly is a journeyman like some of the other pros-its #### or bust everytime he goes out unfortunately.

he has so many commitments now off the course i don't see how he'll be consistent on the course especially with his habits that he's told us all about.

i predict a 125 place on the US tour money list still though. Did you know that he made 9 million dollars off the course last year?

i remember the British Open last year when he plonked his drive ob on the 18th and then hit his 4th shot ob again from the fairway and eventually made an eight to miss the cut by 1 shot!!..i couldn't believe that.. i thought that it was very sad.

maybe he should look to Christianity like Tom Lehman did which helped to turn his game around!!

bb69

[jrbechthold]

It would be a great thing to see JD turn his life around - a success story off the course that would more than likely lead to success on it.