John Daly is thought for his easy-going perspective, mammoth drives, and his love for eating regimen cokes.
However the big-hitter didn’t have one in every of his signature tee pictures on the Hoag Basic, a match on the PGA Tour Champions.
As a substitute, Daly appeared like a 25-handicapper at an area municipal course. He shanked his tee shot on the primary gap of the match, shocking each the group and himself.
Earlier than his mishit, Daly stepped up and addressed his ball, and appeared as if he was able to hit his opening tee shot. Then the starter introduced his title on the level of handle, interrupting his pre-shot routine.
That will need to have thrown Daly off, as his tee shot didn’t go anyplace. He proceeded to make a double-bogey six on the opening gap, and went on to battle on his entrance 9.
Two extra bogies and one other double adopted as Daly went out with a 6-over 41.
However the two-time main champion steadied the ship on the again 9. He made his first birdie of the day on the par-4 twelfth after which poured in one other one on the par-5 fifteenth.
At that juncture, Daly was 5-over on the day and on the backside of the leaderboard. However he closed his day a lot better than how he started it. Daly closed with two straight birdies to shoot a 3-under 33 on the again 9, thus totaling a 3-over 75 general.
Thongchai Jaidee of Thailand shot a 9-under 62 on day one and leads Padraig Harrington and Paul Broadhurst by a stroke going into spherical two.
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