John Daly

John Daly's Peak: 1991 form rates 83 overall among the all-time greats, a Feast or Famine profile built around power graded S+, which tops every other attribute on the card.

• Power sits at S+ for Daly, among the very best in the pool across the legends pool: no one else in the pool rates higher. How far the ball goes off the tee — long hitters shorten every hole.
• Accuracy D — a genuine liability in the legends pool; nearly the whole pool rates higher. How often the ball finds the fairway and stays out of trouble.
• At A, Daly's iron play rating is a touch below tour-average (32nd percentile of the legends pool) — 17 of the other 25 players in the pool rate higher. Precision from the fairway into the green — the single biggest driver of low scores.
• Short Game A- — a mild soft spot in the legends pool; 17 of the other 25 players in the pool rate higher. Scrambling around the green — chips, pitches, and bunker shots that save par.
• At A, Daly's putting rating is modestly above average (68th percentile of the legends pool) — 8 of the other 25 players in the pool rate higher. Holing putts, especially the ones inside ten feet that turn pars into birdies.
• At B, Daly's course iq rating is the clearest weak point in the profile (0th percentile of the legends pool) — this is the single lowest mark in the pool. Course management and shot selection — playing the smart shot, not just the bold one.
• At A-, Daly's nerve rating is a genuine liability (12th percentile of the legends pool) — nearly the whole pool rates higher. Composure in contention — how a golfer performs with the tournament on the line.
• Consistency D — a genuine liability in the legends pool; this is the single lowest mark in the pool. How tightly a golfer's scores cluster around their average, round after round.
• Engine sits at C for Daly, a genuine liability across the legends pool: nearly the whole pool rates higher. Stamina and durability across a long season — fewer withdrawals, less late-year fade.

Feast or Famine. High ceiling, low floor: length off the tee that is not matched by a tight round-to-round spread, so this profile swings hard in both directions.

The closest attribute profiles in the legends pool belong to Fred Couples (82% similar), Phil Mickelson (78% similar) and Seve Ballesteros (76% similar) — three builds that would feel familiar to play.

• Fred Couples,
• Phil Mickelson,
• Seve Ballesteros

This profile's course fit lines up best with Masters Tournament (Major), The Sentry (Marquee) and WM Phoenix Open (Tour event) — the three events on the schedule that reward this exact mix of attributes the most.

• Masters Tournament — Major
• The Sentry — Marquee
• WM Phoenix Open — Tour event

Legends aren't priced for Salary Cap — John Daly unlocks wholesale, gold-accented, alongside the rest of the Peak: 1991 pool inside Legends mode, where every build gets the same nine zones and no budget to manage.

1991: PGA Championship at Crooked Stick as the 9th alternate (led from Friday, won by 3), Rookie of the Year; 1995 Open at St Andrews (playoff over Rocca). Power 11 — 'grip it and rip it': led the Tour in driving distance 11 of 12 years 1991–2002 and was the first to average 300 yd (1997), a class beyond his era. Soft hands and a genuinely good putter; sprayed it, played it before he thought about it, missed cuts and off-course life cap consistency 3 / engine 4. Ratings on this card are editorial judgment, not official statistics — see the methodology page for how they are derived.

Every rating on this page is a 1–11 editorial judgment, not a live statistic — see how ratings and the season simulation work.