John Daly has a unique way of living his life; he drinks diet coke instead of water and smokes around 40 cigarettes a day. Thus, everybody around him was concerned for him when the golfer collapsed in the middle of a tournament. 

“I had my arm around him when he went down,” said Will Dottley. Dottley, a professional golfer, was playing alongside Daly when the two-times major winner fainted during the tournament. “He had no pulse and wasn’t breathing for close to three minutes,” Dottley added. 

Dottley further added that a nurse, who was present in the audience at the right time, had to give Daly CPR to bring him to breathing. The golfer added, “It was kind of a miracle.” 

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Soon after, he was taken to hospital by ambulance. Since Daly got medical attention right away, no more damage was done.

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How did John Daly respond to his collapse during the tournament? 

“I was having a great time and then suddenly… BOOM! I’m falling down,” Daly reminisced. “The next thing I know, I’m in an ambulance. It’s scary.” 

He received medical help in no time, and it helped him get back on his legs again. The medical reports revealed that Daly had a collapsed lung which caused Daly found trouble breathing during the event. 

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In Daly’s agent’s opinion, a rib injury that happened during a 2007 PGA event might have caused lung collapse. However, Daly had a different theory. According to him, the sudden change in his swing motion is likely the reason for the situation. He had to change it recently due to an injury to his right hand. 

Nevertheless, what was shocking about the whole situation was the golfer went back to the tournament on Sunday to play within less than 24-hrs after his near-to-death experience. 

A similar thing had happened with Daly before when he suffered a stroke during a house party. The golfer got out of the hospital a day after the event and had gone straight back to smoking and drinking.

John Daly lives his life on his own terms. Neither a stroke nor a lung collapse can stop making him what he loves to do. What do you think about his carefree lifestyle?