John Daly hits tree root, may have torn ligaments in right elbow

guy is a bozo

Get well soon. JD has a big heart.

i had a great john daly experience that showed off is natural golf talent and his craziness. i only went to one golf tournament in my life. i'm sitting under a tree (bored) very far from tee of a long par 5. no golf balls are dropping near me, all of them landing 20-30 yards short of me. all the players are like robots basically hitting tee shot same place and identical second shots toward green. it's boring, the crowd is more fun to watch. then, wack! a ball hits the tree i'm under like a rock being thrown hard and lands 10 feet away. a couple minutes later daly walks up with caddie. he's chain smoking and holding a huge bottle of pepsi. it's a hot day. caddie rushed up to check ball. it's deep in grass, two trees about 30 yards away, with tons of branches, blocking the way to fairway/green and a looooong way to the hole. can't see the green or pole. caddie looks at the mess the ball is in. daly chugs the giant bottle of pepsi in about 4 seconds as he's walking up to the ball. the caddie gives daly a wedge thinking he's going to punch out of trouble back to fairway. daly goes "nah...3-wood. it's coming out low". i realize this maniac is going to try to reach the green by hitting it UNDER the low branches of close trees. in my mind, daly is going to hit it hard under trees and let a hard roll scoot the ball up a couple hundred yards. i stand not wanting to miss the disaster about to unfold but also to be ready for a golf ball bouncing off tree back to me. i can barely see ball down in grass. it's covered like a blanket in thick stuff. he took about 5 seconds from grabbing the 3wood to hitting it. kabooom!!. this f'n ball had astronauts on it. i don't think athletes are anything special, mostly just gym rats and genetic freaks who practiced at something 20,000 hours when young. this was a talent NOBODY has. it was like reading about babe ruth hitting longest home run in history of a stadium, when he was old, sick, drunk, and out of shape. you can't practice or take PEDs and do this. my jaw dropped as i watched this thing take off like a missile low under the trees. after it passed the trees, it then went up into the air, high, shifted to right to prepare for green landing which was slightly over to right, went up even higher like to the sun, and about 4 seconds later heard this massive low roar of all the people sitting around the green. i found out later the ball landed a foot from the hole. so i look back to where he hit the ball to see his reaction but he was already walking down fairway towards the hole as it this were routine for him. i was left laughing my #$%$ off at this beery bellied, chain smoking, pepsi chugging, babe ruth talent. tiger, phil, and all the rest don't have this guy's natural talent. if daly just drank to get a little buzz but not live crazy, he would have gone down as top 5 golfer ever. would have won 20 majors and been #1 if he took it all very seriously. but that's not his thing. hitting it like i saw it is his thing.

Good luck JD. I was hoping this would be his year.

Wow! I was looking forward to a great year John. Hang in there and like always we will be praying for a complete healing and you will continue with a great year.

I also have a good John Daly story. I took my son who was about 8 at the time to the GTE Classic here at Innisbrook. After the end of the second round there was an anouncement. The announcement was to tell the youg fans about a free golf clinic at the driving range. All kids where welcome. Two up and coming pros where there and put on an awsome Q and A and demonstrated some incredible shots. My son aswell as all the boys and girls where very excited. The two pros.....John Daly and Tiger Woods.

If your stomach continues to grow doesn't it affect your swing?

Loks like he is gaining some wight back. I hate to say it, but I think it is time for him to hang up the bag...

JD apparently stands for Joint Dislocation.

Oh darn, he wont be able to play the guitar for a while (insert endless sarcasm)

Sit back and have a few cold one's!

Always always always hammer the ground around and behind your ball to find roots. Fire the caddie, get will soon JD

Given John Daly's dedicated workout regimen he should have no trouble recovering for this injury.

Get well soon JD. See you at the Open, I hope.

The golfer's "Golfer" JD get well soon.

John looks as if he's 80 yrs old..........how's that beer and ciggy diet working for you?

Why is noone feeling sorry for the poor tree?

Couple Beers Couple pills, He be much better.

Have a beer and marlboro dog,then get back out there.

Now we know why he shot 79 in the 1st round.