John Daly has admittedly lived an attention-grabbing life each on and off the course.
Earlier this week, forward of The Galleri Basic, the two-time main winner mirrored on his prolonged profession when proven an image of his rookie tour card from 1992.
“I didn’t think I’d been out here for three decades,” Daly mentioned in a video shared by the PGA Tour Champions. “I’ve solely been useless 11 occasions. I’m like Lazarus. I simply maintain getting back from the useless.
“That’s when I could actually play the game.”
He made the remark about his well being about two months after he underwent emergency surgical procedure on his hand.
He shared a put up from his hospital mattress in January, including that the surgical procedure was successful and that he would “be back playing in no time!”
He returned this month in time for the Champions Tour’s Hoag Basic in California.
“It’s been a little brutal, but the hand’s about 80%,” he mentioned on the time in a video, by way of ESPN. Daly revealed he has undergone 16 surgical procedures within the final 4 years as a consequence of tangled tendons.
In a current podcast look, Daly additionally opened up about being recognized with bladder most cancers.
“It was scary,” he mentioned throughout an look on the “Like a Farmer Podcast.”
“I was peeing blood, pukin’ blood. … I thought my back was killing me, and I didn’t know. And I went in Little Rock, got a checkup and everything on my back and then, was it a neurologist? Doctor saw it and said, ‘You gotta come back.’”
He underwent surgical procedure and has been in remission for 4 years.
Regardless of all his well being setbacks, Daly had a constructive message about life for his youthful self when wanting again at his rookie image.
“Hey, great life.”
