John Daly has become the love of America since he won the PGA Championship in 1991. He has been one of the most popular golfers. The victory was not the end. He also won the 1995 British Open at St. Andrews. However, unfortunate incidents can happen to anyone. In an interview older with ‘Golf Digest,’ he revealed how he almost lost his life in an accident. 

Life is a mix of good and bad

John Daly has been in the news for a turbulent life. He has had many victories, but he has also had some downfalls along the way. The interviewer asked him if he should start something upbeat and taste more flavors of life.

Maybe not upbeat, but he did something great, which might be better. Back in 1991, during the PGA Championship, a huge lightning storm killed a spectator, and it sent shudders down his spine. He immediately donated $30,000 to the victim’s two daughters. He didn’t know their name, and he never contacted them again because he was afraid that would bring back frightening memories for them.

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14 years later, he received a message that one of those girls was going to medical school and he was filled with joy. What could be better than this upbeat gesture of Daly?

The near death experience of John Daly

There have been many incidents in his life that changed things completely. But there is one incident that he can never forget. He had a near-death experience once where he almost died in an accident.

When an interviewer asked him about it, he replied, “In 1989, I was driving from a bar with my brother, Jamie, back home in Arkansas. Probably driving too fast, maybe 55 or 60 in a 45 zone. They’d just fixed the side of the road, and there was gravel. I made a sharp turn, it was kind of wet, and the back right tire just started sliding.”

“They said we slid 186 feet. It was a Blazer, and it flipped twice. I was driving, and I wound up where Jamie was sitting. He got thrown out. The steering wheel wound up almost in the back seat. If I had stayed where I was, if I’d had my seat belt on, I’d have been crushed into nothing.”

Daly further said that both he and his brother, Jamie, ended up with a few scratches. The next morning, they went to the scene and saw how the vehicle’s dashboard was in the back.

Life for Daly has been hard, there is no doubt. A lot of things have changed now. He used to be a ‘lightning rod’ in his youth. But Fuzzy Zoeller was sure that Daly won’t make it to 50. He is 56 now. America loves him. Surely, he has had his difficulties, which include his marriage which ended in 2007.

But his life is wonderful. He enjoys being around his friends and family and children. He spends time with them whenever he can.

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John Daly’s achievements will always be a milestone in the history of golf.