But in the last decade the “Wild Thing” hasn’t prospered in the blustery environs of Pebble Beach on the Monterey Peninsula in California.
Since 1991, John Daly has played 10 times at the AT&T National Pro-Am, and not made the cut once.
Thursday saw one of golf’s most colorful — quite literally — characters tame the conditions, however, to shoot an impressive opening round of 65.
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“He’s just the most positive human being in the world,” Daly said. “No matter what happens, everything’s positive. Me and (fellow player) Tommy Gainey were talking about it. We would like to go see him speak somewhere, just to get fired up.”
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