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John Daly skips practice at PGA Championship, opts for casino

Thursday August 9, 2007 | 16:07:15 259 words, 2020 views
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TULSA, Okla. - Only John Daly would skip practice for a major and head for the casino. Or at least he is probably the only PGA Tour player who would admit it.

Daly didn’t play any practice rounds here at Southern Hills for the 89th PGA Championship, though the Cherokee Casino people down the road closed down their course for three or four hours earlier this week for the big hitter’s exclusive use. Daly took a break from the slots and poker tables to find a little practice time.

Whatever. It worked. Daly fired an opening-round 67 here, making him the mid-afternoon clubhouse leader. Remember, Daly didn’t have any practice rounds when he won the PGA Championship in 1991.

And, typically, Daly’s superb round was exactly the opposite of what many experts said was critical at this course – course management.

Daly just bombed away.

“I was very aggressive off the tee,” Daly said after his round. “I didn’t know what else to do.”

Daly says practice rounds are over-rated. The yardage book will set you free.

“My goal is: Can I carry the dogleg? Can I carry the bunker? That’s all I need to know.,” Daly said.

Big John hit only six of 14 fairways, but hit 14 of 18 greens. The key was his putting; at one time he had six straight one-putts on the front nine.

Daly has struggled this year, both on and off the course, accepting sponsors’ exemptions just to compete, and he knows what his 67 means.

“It just seems like something’s always going wrong,” he said. “Today was a gift.”

Comments:

Comment from: Ron Mon [Member] Email
Yup, and obviously cigs, diet cokes, and chocolate gravy, not exercise, water, and healthy diet, are what get the job done in the Tulsa sauna-forest.
Permalink 08/09/07 @ 17:34
Comment from: Booger [Visitor] Email
Absolutely. More should adopt the Daly
method.
Permalink 08/09/07 @ 18:36
Comment from: Judge Smails [Visitor] Email
However, he also said that he had played this course a plenitude of times and was very familiar with it.

I'd like to see him too well, but I'm pretty sure the percentages will catch up to him.
Permalink 08/09/07 @ 20:18
Comment from: Golf Goddess [Visitor] Email
"John Daly to set the pace at Friday's PGA tourney — nation terrified."
Permalink 08/09/07 @ 20:35
Comment from: Tim McDonald [Member] Email
I wish I had used that for my headline, Golf Goddess.
Permalink 08/10/07 @ 08:01

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