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...Collier; $9.95) is a parody of the hugely successful Where's Waldo? children's book series, in which the game is to spot the title character inside an illustrated crowd scene. The Quayle send-up has the Vice President visiting the Kennedy Space Center, Red Square and Pebble Beach Golf Course...
Fresh from the awesome display that won him the 1991 P.G.A. Championship, John Daly got ready to hit a few practice balls last week in preparation for the International tourney at Colorado's Castle Pines Golf Club. As word spread that he was on the practice tee, a crowd gathered, whistling appreciatively as he casually knocked iron shots into the far reaches of the range...
...when many touring pros act more like accountants than athletes, Daly makes fans remember that golf is a thrilling sport. Rarely pausing for more than a quick glance, Daly plays as though he were being pursued by revenuers. "Sooner or later you're going to have to hit it anyway," he says, noting that fast play helps reduce the pressure. His simple philosophy -- "I just hit it hard as I can, and if I find the ball I hit it again" -- strikes a responsive chord in galleries. Moreover, Daly is a rarity: a self-made player. He says he learned...
...huge drives. Daly takes the club farther back, turns through his swing more completely, and follows through more fully than any other touring pro, and still manages to maintain his balance. With his broad shoulders and strong legs, the result is blinding club speed. According to golf coach David Leadbetter, the average pro golf swing moves the club head at perhaps 110 m.p.h. Daly's driver may be traveling 140 m.p.h. when it hits the ball. Says golf legend Sam Snead, who also hit thunderous drives in his prime: "I never saw a man who could take a club that...
Many pros feel that Daly will have to change the very peculiarities that have made him golf's latest hero if he is to get the most out of his prodigious natural ability. It may be that Daly's swing is too complicated and his game too reliant on intangibles to carry him to the level of his idol Nicklaus. But there is something heroic in the quotable slugger's triumph, and it would be a shame to see him become one of the legion of golf technocrats who threaten to turn the sport into a boring science. There...