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John Daly Biography Gavin Newsham BookDescriptionIt 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 39killer swing39 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 gambli
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