'Tiger Woods Is Probably Gonna Beat Jack Nicklaus' Record' - John Daly

Daly has faith in Tiger Woods coming back and winning more Majors

John Daly and Tiger Woods pictured smiling and sharing a joke
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John Daly and his son John II won the PNC Championship at the weekend, where they defeated Team Woods by two strokes after rounds of 60 and 57 in Orlando. The 55-year-old two-time Major champion looks to have brought up a future star in John Daly II, who keeps getting better year after year in the tournament that is now box office thanks to Tiger and Charlie Woods now adding it to their schedules.

Team Woods made 12 consecutive birdies in the final round to take the Dalys close with Tiger playing competitively for the first time in 13 months and for the first time since his horrific car accident in February. Woods reminded us all of how great a golfer he is over the two days and the speed of his recovery has been nothing short of phenomenal. 

Daly was clearly impressed too, as he went on to tell the Fox & Friends TV show that he thinks Tiger will "probably" beat Jack Nicklaus' record of 18 Major championships.

“It's Tiger. You know, it's like the Ben Hogan accident, I think Ben Hogan came back and won a few Majors after that. Luckily, I don't think Tiger's was as severe as Ben Hogan's. Probably didn't have the technology to fix Ben Hogan's body like they did Tiger's," Daly said.

“But I think Tiger's gonna be fine. He looked good. He looked a little tired, but he still looked great. He'll be back, and I could see it in his eyes; he's probably gonna beat Jack Nicklaus' records and be the greatest of all time."

Woods is currently on 15 Majors so would need another four to surpass Nicklaus' total of 18. He is set to return to the PGA Tour in 2022 with a limited schedule, although we have no confirmation of when that will be. Lee Trevino recently said he knows when Woods will play next and our guesses our either Augusta or St Andrews for the 150th Open.

Elliott Heath
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Elliott Heath is our News Editor and has been with Golf Monthly since early 2016 after graduating with a degree in Sports Journalism. He manages the Golf Monthly news team as well as our large Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. He covered the 2022 Masters from Augusta National as well as five Open Championships on-site including the 150th at St Andrews. His first Open was in 2017 at Royal Birkdale, when he walked inside the ropes with Jordan Spieth during the Texan's memorable Claret Jug triumph. He has played 35 of our Top 100 golf courses, with his favourites being both Sunningdales, Woodhall Spa, Western Gailes, Old Head and Turnberry. He has been obsessed with the sport since the age of 8 and currently plays off of a six handicap. His golfing highlights are making albatross on the 9th hole on the Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa, shooting an under-par round, playing in the Aramco Team Series on the Ladies European Tour and making his one and only hole-in-one at the age of 15 - a long time ago now!


Elliott is currently playing:


Driver: Titleist TSR4

3 wood: Titleist TSi2

Hybrids: Titleist 816 H1

Irons: Mizuno MP5 5-PW

Wedges: Cleveland RTX ZipCore 50, 54, 58

Putter: Odyssey White Hot OG #5

Ball: Srixon Z Star XV