Daly to script his life for screen
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December 9, 2009, Wednesday
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NOW that John Daly has his weight problem sorted out, he figures a movie about his up-and-down career - and life - might not be far behind.
Just before heading out for a practice round ahead of the Australian PGA, the slimmed-down Daly, who has lost 52 kilograms, regaled an early-morning media conference yesterday with his cinematic plans based on a new book he would write himself.
He nominated King of Queens actor Kevin James as the actor who might play him before his weight loss, and ahead of February's lap-band surgery.
And who'd play the now 84-kilogram Daly?
"I just saw Matt Damon, how he swung a golf club, and I thought if I ever made a movie, I want him to be me," Daly said. "The tough part is who would play me at 290 pounds. Now Kevin James, he's my bud, but he'd be good."
When asked what the main story line might be, he said: "It would just be the life, it would be the whole thing. the guts of it all."
"The problem is who is going to play all the ex-wives?" added Daly, who has four ex-wives, to laughter. The most recent book about his life, "John Daly, My Life in and Out of the Rough," was published in 2006.
Daly's trip Down Under this year has been better than last, when he failed to qualify for the weekend in all three Australian events, the Open, PGA and Masters.
He made the cut at last week's Australian Open, then shot 78 in the third round at New South Wales Golf Club. But he rebounded with a 1-under 71 in the final round and finished tied for 28th, 17 strokes behind winner Adam Scott.
"I feel I got a lot more out of last week that I thought I would," Daly said. "I hit my irons better. The short game is not real good but there are some good things coming out of it."
The course at Coolum was the scene of one of Daly's most famous meltdowns.
In 2002, after taking a triple-bogey 7 on his last hole, Daly threw his putter and ball into a greenside pond and later failed to sign for a 78 on his scorecard, disqualifying himself from the tournament. He was later fined US$5,600 by the Australasian PGA Tour and was ordered to write a letter of apology to a tour official he verbally abused.
Just before heading out for a practice round ahead of the Australian PGA, the slimmed-down Daly, who has lost 52 kilograms, regaled an early-morning media conference yesterday with his cinematic plans based on a new book he would write himself.
He nominated King of Queens actor Kevin James as the actor who might play him before his weight loss, and ahead of February's lap-band surgery.
And who'd play the now 84-kilogram Daly?
"I just saw Matt Damon, how he swung a golf club, and I thought if I ever made a movie, I want him to be me," Daly said. "The tough part is who would play me at 290 pounds. Now Kevin James, he's my bud, but he'd be good."
When asked what the main story line might be, he said: "It would just be the life, it would be the whole thing. the guts of it all."
"The problem is who is going to play all the ex-wives?" added Daly, who has four ex-wives, to laughter. The most recent book about his life, "John Daly, My Life in and Out of the Rough," was published in 2006.
Daly's trip Down Under this year has been better than last, when he failed to qualify for the weekend in all three Australian events, the Open, PGA and Masters.
He made the cut at last week's Australian Open, then shot 78 in the third round at New South Wales Golf Club. But he rebounded with a 1-under 71 in the final round and finished tied for 28th, 17 strokes behind winner Adam Scott.
"I feel I got a lot more out of last week that I thought I would," Daly said. "I hit my irons better. The short game is not real good but there are some good things coming out of it."
The course at Coolum was the scene of one of Daly's most famous meltdowns.
In 2002, after taking a triple-bogey 7 on his last hole, Daly threw his putter and ball into a greenside pond and later failed to sign for a 78 on his scorecard, disqualifying himself from the tournament. He was later fined US$5,600 by the Australasian PGA Tour and was ordered to write a letter of apology to a tour official he verbally abused.
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