Daly’s missed putt ends classic duel
What a fantastic day of golf at Harding Park on Sunday! Tiger, JD, Monty and Sergio all vying for the $1.3 million pay day. The Tiger – John Daly slugfest on the first hole of the playoff was a classic demonstration of driving perfection. More in Daly’s missed putt ends classic duel. A quote:
John Daly versus Tiger Woods? Man, that’s the best matchup since Predator versus Alien or King Kong versus Godzilla.
The Daly-Tiger bout was considerably more lopsided than the latter two. Be honest, you wouldn’t have bet your entire collection of Debbie Boone CDs on Daly. He was the underdog. Here’s the catch: Daly was the fans’ favorite (although it was a close call, since San Francisco and Harding Park qualify as a home game for Woods, who played two years of college golf at Stanford before turning pro) and, oh yeah, Woods was scraping by without his A-game.
It was a great matchup, much more interesting than Woods versus nice guy Ernie Els; Woods versus go-for-broke, never-won-the-big-one-until-last-year Phil Mickelson; Woods versus world No. 2 Vijay Singh, who does not stir much emotion in the public; or Woods versus Retief Goosen, who can still walk down a street in New York City without being recognized.