In his 14th start on the PGA Tour Champions, Weir snapped a winless streak that had stretched to 13 years, six months and two days.
In February, Mike Weir was in position to win for the first time—anywhere—in more 13 years. He led by four shots through eight holes during the final round at the Cologuard Classic in Tucson, Arizona, but Kevin Sutherland tracked him down to snatch away the victory and keep Weir’s winless streak alive.
On Sunday, at the Insperity Invitational at The Woodlands, Texas, Weir didn’t let another one slip away.
In his 14th start on the PGA Tour Champions, Weir snapped a winless streak that had stretched to 13 years, six months and two days.
John Daly briefly held a two-shot lead after he eagled the par-5 13th hole but Weir eagled the same hole a few minutes later, knotting things up at 10 under. Those two dueled from there but after smoking a drive on 18, Daly, playing a hole ahead of Weir, came up short on his approach shot and splashed down in the lake in front of the green. He would close with a double bogey 6 and a final-round 69.
Weir, who stuffed several approach shots on Sunday, did so again when he needed to the most on the final hole. He then two-putted for par to seal the win by two over Daly, Tim Petrovic and David Toms.
Toms was trying to make it an LSU double on Sunday. Just a couple hours earlier, Sam Burns earned his first PGA Tour win at the Valspar Championship. Toms, a mentor and friend to Burns, shot a final-round 71.
The Insperity was reduced from 54 holes to 36 with most of Friday and Saturday impacted by heavy rain. It was the first Champions event to get cut to 36 holes since the 2018 Principial Charity Classic in Des Moines, Iowa. Second-round leader Tom Lehman was declared the champion there after thunderstorms throughout the final day.
Victor Perez had some trouble Saturday during the third round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational on Bay Hill’s sixth hole.
ORLANDO – There was nothing out of the ordinary during the first five holes of Victor Perez’s third round on Saturday in the Arnold Palmer Invitational.
Then things went nutso.
It all started going sideways for Perez on the par-5 6th hole that hugs a large lake. Perez hit his first ball into the ball. Then hit another ball into the water. Finally, after finding land from the tee box with his fifth shot, he hit another ball into the water.
After taking his third penalty drop, he found a greenside bunker with his eighth shot. He needed three more shots – a putt just inside four feet ending the disaster – to make a sextuple-bogey 11.
It wasn’t the worst score ever taken on the hole. Not by a long shot. In 1998, John Daly carded an 18.
To Perez’s credit, he stepped to the tee of the next hole, the 201-yard, par-3 seventh, and hit iron to 18 feet and made birdie.
So that’s 11-2 on the scorecard, folks.
Perez was 6 over for his round after the seventh hole and 5 over for the tournament.
The pgatour.com scorecard showing the 11 that Victor Perez posted on the par-5 sixth hole during the third round of the 2021 Arnold Palmer Invitational.
Sometimes, even the greatest golfers can have a bad hole. See who has had the worst.
You think that snowman that just went on your scorecard looks bad?
There have been far worse scores posted – even from the professionals on the PGA Tour.
This list takes a closer look at the highest numbers ever posted in official events. Some of the names may surprise you, some may be golfers you’ve never heard of and some of these are likely to make you say ‘Oh, yea. I remember that.’
This list is based on data from the PGA Tour. Without further adieu, these are the 20 highest single-hole scores in history and names of the pros who own them.
John Daly holds a lead for just the second time during a tournament since joining the PGA Tour Champions in 2016.
BOCA RATON, Fla. — Sometime Saturday morning, before John Daly arrives at The Old Course at Broken Sound, the enigmatic and eccentric golfer will stand in front one his closets in his RV and decide which one of the 300 or so pants he travels with to wear.
First, Daly said, he will pull out a shirt and then choose a matching pair of slacks.
“What’s great about this stuff is you can dress in the dark because you’re pretty much going to match any shirt,” he said Friday after shooting an 8-under 64 to share the first-round lead with Jim Furyk at the TimberTech Championship.
Daly, who holds a lead for just the second time during a tournament since joining the PGA Tour Champions in 2016, went with a psychedelic pattern of exploding lime greens, purples, yellows and pinks on a black background for Round 1.
Daly, who drives his RV to most tournaments, had no trouble picking out Anna without spectators allowed on the grounds because of the coronavirus pandemic. But if for any reason he could not, he certainly heard her cheering on her man after his eight birdies and an eagle on No. 18 (his ninth hole of the day). Daly also had two bogeys.
The wildly popular Daly would have been basking in the adoration as he conquered 6,807-yard The Old Course.
“It would have been crazy out here if we had a lot of fans,” he said.
Crazier than his outfit? Probably not. But Daly would not have been difficult to find in pants that look like they were lifted from the cover of a Cream album. One thing that is different with him, though, is the shaggy gray beard Daly started growing when he was diagnosed with bladder cancer about two months ago.
John Daly finishes his round on the ninth hole at the PGA Tour Champions TimberTech Championship in Boca Raton, Florida. Photo by Richard Graulich/Palm Beach Post
“If it gets too bad, I might have to trim a little bit, but I’m going to keep it,” he said. “It may be down to the ground before this thing gets over with but that means I’m still living.”
Daly, who uses a cart, said he is constantly tired. He said he is trying to drink the right stuff but “it’s hard to take Diet Coke away from me.” He said Friday he was “proud” of himself for “only” smoking six cigarettes during the round. “Usually I smoke a pack and a half.” He’s trying to cut back, “but hell, who knows. Can’t quit instantly.” He said his next chemotherapy treatment is in about a month.
Daly later got emotional when talking about his cancer. His eyes watered and his voice cracked when he mentioned the support he has received from the players and caddies.
“They’re awesome, they’ve been great,” he said.
And probably surprised to see Daly’s name at the top of the leaderboard. Daly won once on the Champions tour, in 2017, and has just 10 top-10 finishes in 77 starts. And The Old Course does not exactly fit the game of player who likes to boom his driver.
Daly said he used seven 3-woods and seven drivers during the first round. On the 507-yard 18th, he hit a driver and a 7-iron to about 12 feet before sinking the eagle putt. He drove it onto the fringe on the 290-yard par-4 7th hole and made a short birdie putt.
“I just hit it really good,” he said. “The bad drives that I did hit, I could find it. I just putted really, really good.”
Like the old saying goes: “Drive for show, putt for dough.” And Daly is one of golf’s all-time showman, with the threads to match.
And six weeks ago, the 54-year-old Daly announced he had been diagnosed with bladder cancer.
Daly’s life remains as unpredictable as a soap opera, material he can use in one of his country songs.
This week, you will see Daly on a golf course, playing in the TimberTech Championship at Broken Sound Club. Even during a global pandemic, Daly makes more news in a summer than most athletes do in their lifetime, which helps explain why he remains one of the game’s most popular players.
But Daly’s popularity won’t help him on The Old Course – fans aren’t allowed this week because of COVID-19 concerns. Nobody will be screaming when he grips it and rips it.
“It’s been weird,” Daly said this week. “I miss ‘em, I miss ‘em dearly. I thrive on them. Whether you are playing good or bad, they try to pump you up.”
John Daly was in his usual sartorial splendor at The Old Course at Broken Sound on Wednesday as he prepared for the TimberTech Challenge. Photo by Scott Halleran.
At least Daly has someone he can croon with in the locker room. Colt Ford, a former pro golfer turned country music star, was given an exemption into the TimberTech Championship. Daly said he and Ford recently finished a video entitled “Red, White and Boozed.”
You don’t have to make this stuff up with Daly.
He’s been entertaining us since the 1991 PGA Championship, when as the ninth alternate he won by hitting the ball miles past everyone else. Kind of like what Bryson DeChambeau is doing these days.
Daly went on to win the 2005 British Open and three other PGA Tour titles while earning more than $10 million. But he is known more for his affinity for gambling and drinking, as well as his sartorial choices.
Daly won an interesting wager when buddy Fuzzy Zoeller bet Daly $150,000 he wouldn’t make it to his 50th birthday. The recent cancer diagnosis is a reminder that nobody lives forever.
Daly said the news hit him hard, and his first chemotherapy treatment hit him harder.
“The only positive is this cancer is treatable, but I’m probably looking at chemo for the next five to seven years,” Daly said. “The first chemo kicked my butt. I’m just praying maybe they got it.”
It didn’t get any easier when doctors told Daly what adjustments he would have to make with his life. It was almost like they told him to stop being John Daly.
“Everything I love to eat and drink causes the stones that causes the cancer,” Daly said. “Alcohol. Beef. Milk. Diet drinks. I’ve tried to cut back on the smokes. Thank God I don’t like energy drinks because they’re the worst.”
His four seasons on the PGA Tour Champions haven’t gone as well as he envisioned. In 77 starts, he has a victory and 10 top-10 finishes while earning $1.7 million. This year, he ranks 58th in the Charles Schwab Cup money list with a top 10 in 11 starts.
Daly won his second major on The Old Course in Scotland, but odds are he won’t duplicate that feat at The Old Course in Boca Raton. In three starts here, he has finished 73rd, 39th and withdrew in 2017 when he was struggling in the final round.
“It’s not a course that favors me because I can’t hit driver a lot,” Daly said.
Yet if fans were allowed this week, no doubt they would be flocking to Daly. Asked to explain his popularity, he knows it goes beyond his golf game.
“My swing is a little longer than most,” he said. “I’ve never lied to my fans. When I screw up, I take the blame. I’ve always been honest with them. You have to be if you want to keep your fans.”
John Daly was at the second and final presidential debate on Thursday and caught up with USA TODAY Sports during the after party.
On Thursday night, after attending the second and final presidential debate, golfer John Daly was willing to answer questions about the experience. Only one problem:
“At after party loud as (expletive) kid rock singing,’’ he texted.
So the texting continued with the colorful, two-time major winner who is a staunch supporter of President Donald Trump.
Before Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden took the stage at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn., Daly and Kid Rock created a small stir when they took their seats inside the Curb Event Center, where the debate was held.
Daly, who showed up in a red-white-and-blue, stars-and-stripes blazer, said he was there at the invitation of the president.
“Trump is my friend I’ve known since 92 so I call him DADDY TRUMP,” Daly texted.
Before the debate, Daly said, he “got to hang’’ with the president for about 10 minutes.
“He…praised me so nice at roundtable in front of some great business people raised at least 8 million today so cool.’’
What were the highlights of Trump’s remarks at the roundtable?
“His love for our country he just wants to help people.’’
Daly did not sound concerned how Trump’s remarks might sit with a divided country.
“He’s the president if 51 percent love him than he’s awesome which he is.’’
And Daly’s prediction for Election Day on Nov. 3?
“Trump wins and it ends cause he’s like me and Jesus we love everyone.’’
John Daly and Kid Rock were special guests of President Donald Trump at Belmont University in Nashville on Thursday night.
John Daly and Kid Rock were among the special guests of President Donald Trump at the final presidential debate at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee.
Practicing social distancing, Daly was seated three seats away from Kid Rock at the Curb Event Center on Thursday night. Daly was sporting a USA flag on his sport coat with the stars on the right side and stripes on the left.
Daly and Rock didn’t initially have masks on but put them on after being asked to do so.
Daly and Trump are good friends. In August 2019, the two played a round of golf President Trump at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster. Daly later tweeted he is “proud to be an American, especially with this man leading our country. One of the greatest days of my life!”
John Daly and Kid Rock put on masks after being asked to wear them at the final presidential debate between U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden at Belmont University in Nashville on Oct. 22, 2020. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
“(My urologist) said there’s an 85 percent chance it comes back. So I’ve got to go back and see him in three months. They will probably have to cut it out again,” Daly said, according to Golf Channel. “It’s probably going to come back, and then another three months that you don’t know. You just don’t know.”
Cameo is a website and app that allows you to request personalized messages from all your favorite celebrities, including several PGA Tour and LPGA pros.
Launched in 2017, Cameo has increased in popularity over the years with more than 30,000 celebrities currently on the platform.
Fans can request a birthday wish, joke, advice and much more.
Among the golfers, prices can range from $750 for a message from John Daly to $110 for Golf Channel’s Blair O’Neal to $5 for trick-shot artist Mathias Schjoelberg.
Luke Donald, Sergio Garcia, David Duval and Graeme McDowell are among the roster of golfers you can choose from. McDowell is using Cameo for good: His page says all proceeds go to the G-Mac Foundation.
The platform has a new feature where you can direct message your favorite celebrity for a fee. Not every celebrity has to opt-in to this feature, but it is generally less expensive than the traditional video messages.
Nothing about a John Daly hole-in-one is going to be boring, from the attire down to the colorful language used to describe it.
Nothing about a John Daly hole-in-one is going to be boring, from the attire down to the colorful language used to describe it. From that standpoint, his most recent ace – caught on camera during a recent charity pro-am – doesn’t disappoint in the least.
Daly holed out Sunday on the par-3 11th hole at the Bone Frog Open, a charity pro-am at Federal Golf Club in Glen Allen, Virginia, benefitting the families of fallen Navy SEALS.
Unsurprisingly, Daly was without a hat or shoes and in colorful shorts with his shirt un-tucked. Federal Club golf professional Josh Price caught the swing on camera followed by the celebration that took place afterward among the group.
After the high-fives, Daly can be heard declaring that the shot “makes 11 of those mother–,” catching himself as he realized he was being filmed.
