Unkind caricatures abounded, with some muttering that he looked more like a used car salesman than a champion-in-waiting. Come Sunday night, having won by three, he was depicted less as a redneck than as the gloriously unaffected, grip-it-and-rip-it symbol of the game’s future. It is less distressing, though, when you understand just how little Daly cares for outside perceptions of who and what he is. Daly is fond of recounting a story where, on seeing Woods head to the gym, he asked him to come out for a drink instead. Woods, while declining the offer, reputedly replied: “If I had your talent, JD, I would be doing exactly what you’re doing.” For one day, Daly tapped into that prodigious well of talent once more.

Source: The Star May 19, 2022 20:20 UTC