VINE: John Daly whacks four balls into Lake Michigan, his club follows, kid fishes it out
Ah, John Daly.
You're the gift that keeps on giving
The most colourful man in golf (literally and figuratively) can always be relied on to do something spectacular.
Or at least wear something spectacular. Or smoke something spectacular [let's leave it there, shall we? - SportsJOE lawyer].
But even by his standards this is pretty special.
Daly was a respectable one over par for his opening round of the US PGA on Thursday and was even par after six holes of his second round on Friday.
Then came the meltdown.
On the par three seventh Daly hit a 10 (TEN) including FOUR balls into Lake Michigan.
Perhaps unsurprisingly his club then followed his golf balls into the drink.
John Daly just whacked four balls into Lake Michigan. Then his club followed. Sensational stuff.
— Ewan Murray (@mrewanmurray) August 14, 2015
It's hard not to have some sympathy for Daly.
Let he who has not hit four golf balls in a row into the water cast the first five iron (into the water).
Unsurprisingly Twitter reacted with glee...
Make this man the next Ryder Cup captain! https://t.co/rC3PRzArSH pic.twitter.com/NYZofzTaH5
— Michael Shamburger (@mshamburger1) August 14, 2015
The master of the mushroom cloud graphic, Mr. John Daly himself. #Ejected pic.twitter.com/KNjxnSsWe4
— No Laying Up (@NoLayingUp) August 14, 2015
Here's the shot-tracker for John Daly's septuple-bogey: pic.twitter.com/ceXol7qQwQ
— Jason Sobel (@JasonSobelTAN) August 14, 2015
John Daly's 10 during today's round is the 17th time in a PGA Tour-sanctioned event that he's posted a single-hole score in double-digits.
— Jason Sobel (@JasonSobelTAN) August 14, 2015
Thankfully a resourceful youngster (albeit one with access to a speedboat) was on hand to fish the club out of the water and get himself a memento.
