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Chain-Smoking Daly Dominates on Day 1

Posted Aug 10, 07 5:50 AM CDT in Sports 

(Newser) – John Daly, the hard-living golfer and author of the confessional, "My Life In and Out of the Rough," came out gangbusters on Day 1 of the last major event of 2007, the PGA Championship. Sustained by Diet Coke and Marlboros, the 41-year-old withstood 110-degree heat and put on a bravura putting show in the front nine.

He trails only Graeme Storm, whom Golf magazine identifies as "an obscure Englishman."  Daly has won just one tournament in the last 12 years and slipped to 423rd in the world ranking; he had played no practice rounds, opting instead to play slots at a local casino. "That guy's amazing," remarked Ernie Els.

Source Golf.com

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John Daly smokes a cigarette on the 16th hole during the first round of the Canadian Open Thursday July 26, 2007 in Markham, Ontario, Canada (AP Photo/Adrian Wyld, CP)   (Associated Press)
John Daly reacts after missing a birdie on the 10th green during the first round of the 89th PGA Golf Championship at the Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Okla., Thursday, Aug. 9, 2007. (AP Photo/Morry...   (Associated Press)
John Daly chips onto the 13th green during the first round of the 89th PGA Golf Championship at the Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Okla., Thursday, Aug. 9, 2007. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)   (Associated Press)
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