As of right now, John Daly is -5 through 11 holes and has first place all to himself on the first day of the British Open. Daly just made eagle 2 on the par 4, 383 yard 11th hole to go one shot ahead of Paul McGinley. He won the PGA in 1991, after getting into the tournament as the 9th alternate, and the British in 1995.
To take a line from Napoleon Dynamite, John Daly is basically the greatest golfer ever. He's been divorced several times (it was a chapter in his book that made "All my ex's wear Rolex's" famous), he smokes several packs of cigarettes (even in tournaments) per round, and his swing is a miracle of modern physiology. There's no way a man that size should be able to nearly hit the ground with the head of his club on the backswing.
Wikipedia has some great John Daly lines as well:
-Daly does not fly to tournament sites, but instead travels in a personal recreational vehicle. Daly's career has been interrupted from time to time by off-course personal incidents: He recorded an autobiographical album titled My Life, featuring guest performances by Darius Rucker, Willie Nelson, Johnny Lee, and Daron Norwood. He will being doing background vocals on an upcoming Kid Rock album entitled 'Rock And Roll Jesus'.
-Daly once claimed that he drank a fifth of Jack Daniel's every day during the year he was 23 years of age, and the various reported incidents include being removed from a British Airways airplane by airport security for harassing a flight attendant while drunk. He has entered into various alcohol addiction programs, including the Betty Ford Clinic, at least three times, and has experienced three divorces since becoming a professional golfer.
-Despite prodigious consumption of cigarettes and Diet Coke, Daly has never conquered his weight problem; he refused to partake in the British Open Champions Dinner because "You can't get this fat boy into a suit." He has admitted the only reason he does not lift weights is because the health club does not let him smoke there, and he would get sick after he worked out.
-On June 8, 2007, Daly and his wife Sherrie got into a fight at a restaurant in Memphis, Tennessee, site of that week's tour stop, the Stanford St. Jude Championship. Daly claims that later that night his wife attacked him with a steak knife. He showed up for his 2nd round on Friday afternoon with cuts and scrapes across his face. Authorities were contacted by him and came to his house, but his wife had already fled the scene and taken their children with her.
Everyone needs a role model; JP may have found his.
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