tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20545872.post-70064281632204583012008-02-21T08:50:00.000-08:002008-12-10T13:57:03.676-08:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sVfbnehbtS8/R72tq8wqEFI/AAAAAAAAABg/1oGAomf9yN0/s1600-h/DALY.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_sVfbnehbtS8/R72tq8wqEFI/AAAAAAAAABg/1oGAomf9yN0/s400/DALY.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5169478900667519058" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sVfbnehbtS8/R72tIMwqEEI/AAAAAAAAABY/GDlAqeIcMDg/s1600-h/BUD+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_sVfbnehbtS8/R72tIMwqEEI/AAAAAAAAABY/GDlAqeIcMDg/s400/BUD+2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5169478303667064898" /></a><br /><br />John Daly passed on Q-School this year and why not? His fan popularity on tour is well documented wright? Daly knew he could use his popularity and long driving prowess to ask for and receive multiple sponsor exemptions. John Daly has no PGA tour card but these special exemptions, if he played well, could get him back on tour. Because of his major wins and tour status he could probably play in 20 or so tour events and he's always welcome overseas. So why play by the same rules when the tour is only interested in "the almighty dollar". wright? Well not so fast. Lets take a look at the record so far.<br /><br />Daly has played in the last five events making only two cuts! In the two events in which he made the cut he finished dead last...His 2008 earnings in the five events is a whopping $21 grand. But he's a fun guy wright? Here in Palm Springs, home of the hope, Daly partied with the best of them and was reported to have been chasing the fillies in the evenings. There are no race tracks down here. His Pro-am partners had fun tho, wright? Well not exactly. After a late nite on the town Daly withdrew from the tournament claiming a bad wrist. One can only speculate how he was injured. One thing is certain it wasn't from lifting a few dozen or so Bud Lites. His Pro-Am buddies forked over nearly $100,000 to play with this phenom only to end up playing the final rounds with a caddie master who is,, in my view, a better player anyway.<br /><br />Daly came to the tour after a brief stint on the Nike Tour and shocked the world by winning, in stunning fashion, his first of two major victories at the PGA Championship. He followed that up with a great win at the Open and who can forget that great bunker shot to save par and win at the Buick. He recently sought out Butch Harmon to get his game back in shape. Harmon did make it clear that John needs to get in better shape in order to compete but did John hear him? Evidently not! We would all like to see John succeed but it may take a trip to rehab to get the job done. The tour has plenty of great young players who would love some of those special exempt spots and until Daly gets serious about his life maybe they should let the young guns have a go at it.<br /><br />He has all the tools to succeed but time is running out on the former star. Get it together John, we're all rooting for you. In the meantime keep you wives and girlfriends locked up when Daly comes to town. This John is not for you...Mw<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20545872-7006428163220458301?l=desertgolfer.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>mrwright1http://www.blogger.com/profile/18446147854161164627noreply@blogger.com