Daly Takes Approach from Golf According to Costner, Carding 18
ORLANDO, Fla. — The calls were predictable--â€Tin Cup, Tin Cupâ€--and John Daly understood. “I still say they made that movie after me,†he said after carding an 18--yes, an 18--on the par-five, 543-yard sixth hole Sunday at the Bay Hill Invitational.
Kevin Costner had a similar experience in the movie.
“Driver in the water, three-wood in the water, three-wood in the water, three-wood in the water, three-wood in the water . . . how many was it, anyway?†Daly said of trying to cut the dogleg.
It was six, according to playing partner Paul Goydos, dealing with higher math while keeping Daly’s card in a round of 85.
Daly cleared the water on his seventh shot, but it plugged in the hazard. He took a drop, and his six-iron into the green landed in the rocks and ricocheted into a bunker. He blasted out and two-putted for an 18, then found a silver lining.
“I got a hell of a lot of practice with my three-wood,†he said.
And a birdie two on the next hole.
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