He is clearly the best golfer in the world right now but he just doesn't generate the charisma and excitement of a Tiger Woods or a Nicholas and Palmer. Golf needs a colorful (no pun intended) character to reel in the casual fans.
Yea, he could use a charisma shot. But like you said, he's one of the best inside the ropes. And he tells it like he thinks it is to the media. I don't have a problem with it but like you say the casual golf fan might be turned off.
Too bad John Daly didn't win a bunch of majors. There would have been lots of fans who loved him and lots of fans who hated him.
I saw where David Toms played in the Barbsol Open this weekend. Doesn't a major winner get lifetime exemptions to all the majors?
I think I stated in another thread that I wasn't a fan of Day. When I was working tournaments for CBS I learned that a lot of members of the CBS crew weren't fans either. The Daly you encountered outside the ropes was 180 degrees opposite from what you saw inside the ropes.
I think only the Masters grants a lifetime exemption. I saw that the Open grants an exemption until you reach 60.
He received a 5 year exemption for winning the PGA Championship. He played the Tournament this week because the Seniors Tour had the week off.
The perks of winning a major championship Prestige, obviously -- you're in a limited company of players to ever win a major If you win the Masters, you're in the Masters for life, basically, and you're in the U.S. Open, Open Championship and PGA Championship for five years If you win the U.S. Open, you're exempt in the U.S. Open for 10 years, and you're in the Masters, Open Championship and PGA Championship for five years If you win the British Open, you're in the Open until you're 60, and you're in the Masters, U.S. Open and PGA Championship for five years If you win the PGA Championship, you're in the PGA Championship for life, basically, and you're in the Masters, U.S. Open and Open Championship for five years You get a 5-year exemption on the PGA Tour for winning a major, and you can pretty much set your schedule for two years You get a spot in the Tournament of Champions You get 100 Official World Golf Ranking points, which pretty much locks up a spot in the top 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking for 18 months, no matter what You get 600 FedEx Cup points You get big Ryder Cup points if you're an American or European player
