John Daly has been hospitalized in Florida and has undergone emergency surgery on his hand.
The 58-year-old revealed the news on Instagram with a picture from his hospital bed, and captioned the image: ‘Emergency hand surgery… thankful (it) went great and Doc McClimans for taking care of me. Be back playing in no time!’
In a separate post he added: ‘Should be hitting ’em again soon! Thanks for all the messages.’
Daly did not reveal much more about his condition but the hospital picture appears to show his left hand bandaged up.
Daly is a huge fan favorite in the golfing world and has never made any effort to disguise his hard-living lifestyle.
He is always seen with a lit cigarette on the course and says that he doesn’t drink water or eat vegetables.
John Daly has revealed he needed emergency hand surgery and is hospital in Florida
‘I drink diet coke, I like to have ice which to me is water so I get plenty of water in my diet coke,’ he said in a 2016 interview.
‘Rich Beem calls me “the camel”. I don’t drink water. I hate water. I cannot stand to drink water. I used to drink 12-20 diet cokes a day, I’d go to McDonald’s three or four times a day. To me they always had the best fountain drink.
‘I don’t eat beans, spinach, broccoli, any of that stuff. When I was young my dad would force it down me and I would throw it up.’
Recently, in an appearance on Bryson DeChambeau’s YouTube channel, he claimed he had drank ’20 vodkas’ before filming with him.
In September 2020, Daly was diagnosed with bladder cancer that he later said was benign but would need regular trips to his doctor for the next five years.
‘Oh I started drinking at nine this morning,’ Daly said into the video to DeChambeau. ‘Might be the 20th. I’ve slowed down a little bit.’
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