John Daly by Gavin Newsham
It has been said that there are only four things worth seeing in modern day golf. the first is the Augusta National course, the home of the US Masters. Second is the greatest player in the modern game, Tiger Woods, while the third is living legend Arnold Palmer. And the fourth? Well, the fourth is the awesome, 'killer swing' of John Patrick Daly. Rewind to August 1991 and the USPGA Championship at Crooked Stick, Indianapolis. Having driven through the night to get to the course, 25-year-old rookie pro John Daly tees off as an eleventh hour replacement for Nick Price and without so much as a practice round, blasts his way to a spectacular and entirely unexpected victory. That triumph, achieved with a combination of brutal ball striking and a rare subtlety should have signalled the start of the big time for Daly. Instead, it prompted a shocking descent into alcoholism, gambling addiction and more incidents and accidents than most people would encounter in one - maybe two - lifetimes. Since Crooked Stick, Daly has been in rehab twice, fought with fans, clocked up three ex-wives and blown USD10 million on a three-year gambling spree. He has trashed his house, wrecked hotel rooms and spurned multi-million dollar sponsorship deals rather than give up drinking. He has witnessed his world ranking plummet to 578 and seen his game deteriorate to the point where he's broken down in tears on the course. Yet despite his trials and tribulations, John Daly remains the biggest draw in the game. His nonsense 'grip it and rip it' philosophy has struck a chord with golf fans the world over and his length off the tee is truly the stuff of legend.
'A moving and well-written biography' The Sunday Times; 'Meticulously researched and crucially, highly readable' Observer Sports Monthly
Gavin Newsham is the sports editor of Maxim, the world's biggest-selling men's Lifestyle magazine. Previously, he has been the features writer at FHM, and senior writer at 90 Minutes football magazine. He has written extensively on sport for a variety of publications including the Guardian, the Observer, Total Sport, Loaded, Goal and Time Out.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780753508732 |
| ISBN 10 | 0753508737 |
| Title | John Daly |
| Author | Gavin Newsham |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Ebury Publishing |
| Year published | 2004-06-10 |
| Number of pages | 268 |
| Prizes | Winner of British Sports Book Awards: Best New Writer 2004 |
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