John Daly (golfer)

John Daly
Personnel
Nation:	United States
Nickname:	Wild Thing, Big John, Long John
Career data
Professional since:	1987
Current tour:	PGA Tour Champions , PGA TOUR , European Tour
Tournament wins:	19th
Major wins :	2 (1991, 1995)

John Daly (born April 28, 1966 in Carmichael , California ) is an American professional golfer . He has won two majors so far and is known for his extraordinarily long tee-offs, hence his nickname "Long John". He is one of the most popular golfers in the United States because of his unconventional style of play and lifestyle.

Daly won the PGA Championship in 1991 in Crooked Stick and the Open Championship in 1995 in St Andrews , Scotland , as well as the BMW International Open in Munich North-Eichenried with a new course record in 2001, and most recently the Buick Invitational in Torrey Pines in early 2004 in the jump-off against Chris Riley .

On his first major appearance, he drank beer from the paper cup and smoked a chain. Since then, he has been considered the enfant terrible of golf. Daly is addicted to alcohol and has taken several drug rehabs. He is also addicted to gambling . According to his own statements, he has so far gambled away 50 to 60 million US dollars.

Wins on the PGA Tour

• 1991 PGA Championship
• 1992 BC Open
• 1994 BellSouth Classic
• 1995 The Open Championship
• 2004 Buick Invitational

Major championships are in bold .

Results at major championships

Tournament	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
The Masters	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T19	T3	T48	T45	T29	DNP	T33	T52	CUT
US Open	CUT	DNP	DNP	T69	DNP	DNP	CUT	T33	CUT	T45	T27	WD	T53	68	WD
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	75	T14	81	1	T67	DNP	CUT	DNP	CUT
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	1	82	T51	CUT	CUT	CUT	T29	CUT	DNP	CUT

Tournament	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
The Masters	DNP	T32	DNP	CUT	CUT	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
US Open	DNP	T70	DNP	DNP	T75	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	CUT	CUT	T72	CUT	T15	CUT	CUT	CUT	T27	T48	CUT	T81	DNP	CUT	CUT
PGA Championship	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	T74	CUT	T32	CUT	WD	WD	CUT	T18	DNP	CUT	CUT

Tournament	2016	2017	2018	2019
The Masters	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	CUT	CUT	CUT
US Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	CUT	CUT	DNP	DNP

DNP = did not take part
CUT = cut not made
"T" split placement
WD = withdrawn
Green background for victory
Yellow background for top 10.

Other tournament victories and team competition successes

• 1987 Missouri Open
• 1990 Ben Hogan Utah Classic ( Ben Hogan Tour ), AECI Charity Classic (South Africa), Hollard Royal Swazi Sun Classic (South Africa)
• 1993 Dunhill Cup (team competition in Scotland with Fred Couples and Payne Stewart )
• 2001 BMW International Open ( European Tour )
• 2002 Champions Challenge (with Pat Perez ); Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge (with Rich Beem and Jim Furyk )
• 2003 Callaway Golf Pebble Beach Invitational
• 2003 Kolon Korean Open ( Asian Tour ); Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge (with Mark Calcavecchia and Peter Jacobsen )
• 2006 TELUS Skins Game
• 2007 TELUS Skins Game
• 2014 Beko Classic

See also

• List of winners in major golf tournaments

Web links

Commons : John Daly  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website
• Player profile on the PGA Tour
• Player profile on the European Tour
• “The way of self-destruction” , FAZ , January 2, 2009, with video and photo series