Half the man he was but Daly on course

TWO years after crashing out of the British Open at Royal Birkdale with rounds of 80 and 89 John Daly lit up St Andrews yesterday with more than just his trousers.

It is six years since Daly won a tournament, he does not have a full US tour card any more and he is 455th in the world.

He is also almost half the man he was following gastric band surgery last year that has brought his weight down from well over 20 stones to less than 14. His collection of “Loudmouth” trousers have left him in the news, though, and he showed he could still play with an opening 67 at Loch Lomond last week wearing the same pair he chose for today.