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Golf: The Open 2004: Gripping tale of bumpy road from Crooked Stick; BOOK REVIEW John Daly: The Biography By Gavin Newsham (Virgin Books, pounds 9.99) 4SportsBooks.co.uk price: pounds 6.99.(Sport)
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Few sportsmen have exploded onto the world stage quite as spectacularly as John Daly, the golfer from California with the dodgy haircut and the 'grip it and rip it' philosophy so often adopted (though not necessarily executed) by the average Sunday morning hacker.
The manner of Daly's arrival in the big time nearly 13 years ago is the stuff of Hollywood. It started with a phone call at 5pm from the USPGA which advised him that he was the 'first alternate' choice to play in the PGA Championship in Crooked ...
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