| In second year of two-year exemption for winning the 2004 Buick Invitational, two-time major champion struggled to lowest finish (192nd) on money list in 16-year career. Due to injured forefinger on right hand that forced a withdrawal at the Frys.com Open, will be granted Minor Medical Extension for 2007.
Coupled with 2006 winnings of $192,134, has x events to earn $468,764, equaling the No. 125 from 2006. If he is successful, he will play out of the Major Medical Extension category for the remainder of the 2007 season....Posted just one top-25 finish, a T17 at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship. Defeated Justin Leonard, 1-up before losing to Chris DiMarco, 4 and 3, in the second round...Did not play after finger injury suffered at Frys.com Open.
2005:
· He has finished 2nd on the PGA TOUR 2 times in 2005.
· He ranks 42nd in Money Leaders on the PGA TOUR.
Lost two playoffs to World No. 1 (Tiger Woods) and No. 2 (Vijay Singh)...Lost in a playoff to Singh at the Shell Houston Open in 10th start of season. Birdied final two holes of regulation to finish with a 5-under-par 67 to force playoff at 13-under-par. Hit tee shot on first playoff hole into lateral water hazard with 3-wood. Singh won the playoff with a par 4. Runner-up finish was third consecutive top-10 at Redstone Golf Club...The 1995 British Open champion finished T15 in St. Andrews, his best finish in a major since winning in 1995 at St. Andrews...Lost in a playoff for the second time, falling to Woods on the second extra hole at the WGC-American Express Championship at Harding Park in San Francisco. One stroke back of Colin Montgomerie through two rounds (6-under 132) and one ahead of Montgomerie through 54 (9-under 201) before finishing 72 holes tied with Woods, who began the final round two strokes back. On the second playoff hole, Daly missed a 3-foot par putt to end the playoff after a Woods tap-in par. The $750,000 check pushed him past the $1-million mark ($1,707,387) for the second consecutive season and the second time in his 15-year PGA TOUR career.
2004:
• Won the Buick Invitational at Torrey Pines in San Diego.
Rebirth of career started with first PGA TOUR victory since 1995, capped by first TOUR Championship appearance since rookie year in 1991. Most consistent season ever - with acareer-best 17 made cuts in 22 starts. Among the leaders in several categories, including Driving Distance (third), Putting Average (fifth) and All-Around (fourth)...Won for the first time since the 1995 British Open with his playoff victory at the Buick Invitational, a span of 189 starts and 8 years, 6 months, 22 days between PGA TOUR wins. Defeated Chris Riley and Luke Donald on the first extra hole by knocking a 99-foot bunker shot to within seven inches and sinking the birdie. Won after holding third-round lead for the fourth time in five tries on TOUR. Rolled in 32-foot eagle putt on Saturday to take the 54-hole lead by one over Stewart Cink. Win earned career-best $864,000 payday and made him more money than he had in any of his previous 13 years on the PGA TOUR. His previous high was $828,914 (2001). Became first winner since Steve Pate at the 1991 Honda Classic to shoot 3-over-par 75 in the final round and go on to victory. Win moved him from 299th on Official World Golf Ranking to 85th...In the fourth round of the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, recorded a double eagle on the par-5 second hole, holing out from 220 yards with a 5-iron. Marked the sixth time since 1970, when the PGA TOUR started tracking the record, aplayer has posted an albatross at the Hope. Finished T30...After winning the Buick Invitational, finished T4 at the NissanOpen, posting back-to-back top-10s in consecutive starts for the first time since finishing T4 at the 2002 Phoenix Open and solo fourth at the Buick Invitational. The lasttime he finished in the top 10 in consecutive weeks was in 1994 (T7 at the Shell Houston Open and first at the BellSouth Classic)...Added a third top-10 with a T10 at the Bay Hill Invitational...Finished T6 at the Shell Houston Open despite a first-round 76...Finished runner-up to Vijay Singh at the Buick Open, moving into the top 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking (No. 57 to 36). Entered the final round two shots behind Singh after opening 70-64-66 and took early lead with three birdies and an eagle on the first four holes. Finished with a 6-under-par 66, one stroke behind Singh...Underwent surgery on his right heel on Sept. 30 to remove bone spurs...Ended 2004 PGA TOUR season No. 43 in the Official World Golf Ranking.
2003:
• Won the Callaway Golf Pebble Beach Invitational. Shot a 3-under-par 69 Sunday for a one-shot victory, his second straight win and first in the United States in nine years.
• Won the Korean Open at Woo Jung Hills Country Club, closing with a 4-under 68 for a one-stroke victory. First victory since the 2001 BMW International Open in Germany.
• Finished in the top-10 (T9) for first time in 2003 at the Shell Houston Open.
2002:
• Slipped from 61st to 112 Tour money list, but won his 11th driving Distance crown with a record mark of 306.8 topping his own 2001 mark of 306.7.
• Daly's 11th category win surpassed the mark of Calvin Peete, who won 10 Driving Accuracy titles in his career
• One of the season highlights was return to Masters Tournament. Qualified for Augusta as No. 43 in the Official World Golf Ranking after The Honda Classic...
• T4 with Lee Janzen at Phoenix Open, two shots behind Chris DiMarco...
• Finished fourth at the Buick Invitational, two strokes behind champion Jose Maria Olazabal.
• Back-to-back top-10 finishes jumped Official World Golf Ranking to season-best No. 40, and were his first consecutive top 10s since a pair of T4s at the 1998 Nissan Open and Honda Classic
• Compiled career-best 15 consective rounds of par or better to start the 2002 season.
2001:
• Returned to old form with a career-high $828,914 in earnings.
• Finished 61st on the money list, his highest since 1995.
• Began the season ranked 507th in the Official World Ranking and reached the top 50 by the end of the official PGA TOUR season
• Closed with a 66 at the Phoenix Open to post a T9, his first top-10 since T4 in the 1998 Honda Classic
• Stood one stroke off 54-hole lead after a third-round 63 in the FedEx St. Jude Classic, best round since 63 at the 1991 Las Legas Invitational. Closed with a 73 to record a T5
• Fired bookend 66s to T4 in the Bell Canadian Open
• Final top-10 came at Invensys Classic at Las Vegas with a T7. Second-round 62 set a course record at the TPC at The Canyons
• Four top-10s match 1991 season and second only to five in 1992
• Captured European Tour's BMW International Open, first victory since the 1995 British Open.
2000:
• Played in 26 events and seemed to find some consistency at the end of the year, making four straight cuts for his best strech of the year
• With rounds of 80-73--153, missed Masters cut for the first time in eight appearances and his five-year exemption to Augusta National, earned with victory in 1995 British Open, expired.
1998:
• Joined Mark O'Meara and Tiger Woods to represent U.S. in Dunhill Cup, where he was unbeaten in four matches.
1995:
• Added second major title with victory at the British Open at St. Andrews. After holding36-hole lead, fell to fouth with third-round 73. Appeared to have one-stroke victory after closing 71, but Costantino Rocco holed 70-foot putt from "Valley of Sin" short of 18th green. Won playoff by four strokes. Became youngest active player on TOUR with two major championship titles and fourth American since World War II to win two majors before his 30th birthday, joining Jack Nicklaus, Tom Watson and Johnny Miller.
1994:
• Earned third TOUR victory at BellSouth Classic. Grabbed lead withsecond-round 64, then withstood challenges of Nolan Henke and Brian Henninger.
1992:
• Won B.C. Open by six strokes for second career victory.
1991:
• Delighted golf world with surprising victory at 1991 PGA Championship. As ninth and final alternate into field at Crooked Stick, shot opening 69 without benefit of practice round. Added rounds of 67-69-71 for three-stroke victory over Bruce Lietzke.
• Named PGA TOUR Rookie of the Year.
1990:
• Played Nationwide Tour, won Utah Classic and finished ninth on money list. |
