Daly's star on the rise `Take-charge' attitude recalls magic of Palmer

From: The Boston Globe | Date: June 2, 1992| Author: Jack Craig, Globe Staff | Copyright information
John Daly could be as valuable on television to the PGA in the '90s as Arnold Palmer was in the '50s and '60s. Just as the camera focused on Palmer once upon a time, CBS missed not a stroke by Daly during Sunday's closing round of the Kemper Open, reducing coverage of other golfers to do so.

Frank Chirkinian, the CBS golf producer who received a Peabody Award yesterday for his coverage of the Masters over the years, dares to compare Daly to Palmer, but he is uniquely qualified to do so ...

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