It was impossible not to like the Australian golfer with the beautiful swing and a big heart
John Daly needed cheering up. It was a Monday morning after a particularly bad missed cut and he was alone on a practice green before a pro-am at Woodlands Golf Club in Melbourne. Around him were regular folk – amateurs, members, 18-markers – and they were leaving him be. For though he was the star turn, the famous “Wild Thing” from America, it didn’t appear that misery required company. Plus everyone had seen his news.
Three days earlier Daly had belted a bunch of balls into a lake at The Lakes in Sydney in the second round of the 2011 Australian Open. When he had no more (balls) to give, Daly thought, ‘Right – I’m done’. He shook hands with his playing partners and “stormed off,” according to reports (though as Daly would have it, he was just walking).
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