Daly Set to Return to Aussie Open

Much like a recovering alcoholic making amends with those they’ve wronged, John Daly is returning to an event where he had one of his more magnificent meltdowns, the Australian Open.  For those of you not familiar with Daly’s history at said event, the formerly rotund long-ball masher received a suspended fine at last year’s tournament, his punishment for taking a spectator’s camera and smashing it into a tree on the 9th hole at Royal Sydney.

John Daly (Image: Zuma Press)

But last year’s incident wasn’t the only transgression on Daly’s record while playing in Australia.  In 2002, at the Australian PGA Championships, Daly threw his putter and ball into a greenside pond following a triple-bogey 7, then failed to sign for a 78 on his scorecard, thus disqualifying him from the tournament.  All of which prompted Daly to verbally abuse an official, for which he received a fine by the Australasian PGA Tour.  He later wrote a letter of apology to the official.

While Daly’s game hasn’t been anything to write home about, there’s one thing the Australian fans can count on from the human train wreck big hitter on tour…he’s sure to make the Australian Open more than memorable.