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1. 

   Tyboooo

   Jun 30, 2014 at 12:22 pm

   I wish they would quit giving him extensions. It’s not fair to the other guys out there.

   He misses cuts more than he makes them. And if he does make a cut he is never close to the top of the leader board. Time to start earning your starts.

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   jc

   May 28, 2014 at 5:29 pm

   there are lots of guys who have won a major or two and you can find them on the minor tours trying to EARN their way back in. I last saw Daly at Riviera in L.A. IT was a warm day and john is wearing a heavy windbreaker and playing like crud. Of course he missed the cut. He should just quit and run a golf course (not the bar) and sell tshirts or something.

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3. 

   qabloona

   Jul 10, 2013 at 2:43 pm

   Don’t know anything about Sobel but if you watch PGA practice sessions at pro tournaments it is obvious that the other players have a genuine fondness for Daly. Watching them on the practice putting green at any tourney and and you see any number of players coming up to him and wishing him well.Wish him well.

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   wtfci

   Jul 8, 2013 at 1:29 pm

   Honestly, call your mark if you need to react. Like I want to know every spat you have. Spare me.

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5. 

   Søren Skadhede

   Jul 8, 2013 at 3:33 am

   “Talking” via Twitter like that certainly isn’t helping anybody. Now, I’m both on twitter, FB, linkedin etc., so this is not a bashing on modern communication means. But there are some drawbacks to places like twitter and facebook. To me, the clearest analogy – particularly here with JD & JS – is road rage: you sit in your own car with closed windows and doors locked screaming at everybody. Would you seriously do that if you where on a bicycle, or pulling into the same gas station and getting out of the car?

   Thankfully, most people won’t, but very often services like twitter provide you with the same “protective bubble” as the cars does. One major difference though: the yelling in the car usually stays in the car – tweets remain and recycle…

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6. 

   PGAPankey

   Jul 7, 2013 at 10:49 am

   Regardless of who’s side you are on the fact is that Daly is taking a spot that could go to another player. These sponsors exemption spots are usually given to bigger name players in an attempt to draw fans. Totally understandable when the tournament organizers are in the business of getting more fans and bigger tv ratings. But whenever I see a story like this is always wonder about the “last guy out” who’s spot was taken by Daly. Playing in a PGATour event is a big deal for some guys, you hope that these sponsore exemptions really appreciate the opportunity. With surgery coming up it seems obvious that this wd is for good reason, but with 30+ in his career you have to wonder if a few wern’t a bit cynical.

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     Ryan

     Jul 7, 2013 at 12:56 pm

     Yeah, normally I’d side with Daly and say Sobel is being a jerk, but I mean, 38 career withdraws? Find someone else who has half that and I’d be shocked. We can’t keep doing the same, oh I feel so sorry for John, his 38th withdrawal is just as credible as the first. Sure, Sobel was being kind of a jerk, but there is a point where John Daly has to reconnect with reality and see the consequences of his actions, which frankly should mean sponsors exemptions going to up and coming kids with talent and desire like Jordan Speith or something like that. Giving them to Daly is just a waste and an embarrassment at this point.

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     c

     Jul 7, 2013 at 1:00 pm

     I dont see how John is taking someone else’s spot, the guy has won two majors and attracted huge galleries and new fans. You can say the same thing about Tom Watson, why is he playing, what is he trying to prove. I don’t think John wanted to have to WD it just happened

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   Joe Golfer

   Jul 7, 2013 at 12:33 am

   Seems like the writer of this article on GolfWRX has it right.
   Daly seems to be responding to past slights against him by Sobel.
   I don’t see anything in the current “tweets” that should set Daly off like that. He totally over-reacted, in this particular instance.
   As for Sobel, I’m really not familiar with him, so I can’t give an opinion on his reputation or if he is a “negative writer”, but his brief tweets don’t sound malicious or as Daly asserts, kicking a player while he is down.

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     Pat M

     Jun 16, 2015 at 5:15 pm

     Sobel reminds me of Rich Lerner and Chris Berman. Nobodies with a big mouth who never played the game.

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8. 

   D T

   Jul 6, 2013 at 10:46 pm

   I think it’s sad that adult men are settling their differences going back and forth on Twitter, Facebook, etc., instead of talking face to face like men. At least make a phone call. The description of a man is changing for the worst daily.

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     donald davis

     Jul 7, 2013 at 1:03 am

     I am not a fan of either jason sobel or john daly. The golf channel has become unwatchable at times. Predictions and cliches and “johnny tour pros” everywhere. Boring. Bring back John Hawkins.

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     Marty

     Jul 7, 2013 at 2:28 pm

     definition of a man, lol

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       Marty

       Jul 7, 2013 at 2:29 pm

       Oop sorry, description of a man.

       Lol

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     stephenf

     Jul 14, 2013 at 2:53 am

     Seriously. I was just thinking what a girl fight this was, but somebody will probably post and tell me that’s sexist. They’re probably right. I have a wife and two daughters at home (the only ones remaining out of five), and I don’t think any of them would fight it out with twitlanguage and phones over something like this.

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9. 

   Im nobody:(

   Jul 6, 2013 at 9:55 pm

   Poor John Daly the circus act is over:) maybe he should just fade off into the sunset:) he is taking up a spot that could be better used for an amateur player!

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10. 

    c

    Jul 6, 2013 at 8:37 pm

    Jason Sobel is a 25 handicap journalist on a good day

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11. 

    fairway fitter

    Jul 6, 2013 at 6:44 pm

    Sobel’s writing is sophomoric at best. Simply put; too many golf writers out there for GC to employ this guy.

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      Steve

      Jul 7, 2013 at 8:07 am

      Absolutely agree — Maybe he can get a job on ‘Morning Drive’ with the other yellow journalists.

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12. 

    Joey5Picks

    Jul 6, 2013 at 12:59 pm

    John Daly long ago became a circus act. A non-competitive time bomb tournaments would give a sponsor’s exemption to to draw fans. His self-destructive personality traits and lifestyle caught up with him. Personally, I have no interest in watching him play.

    While Sobel’s articles may have been critical of Daly, are they wrong? Daly has WDed 30-whatever times. It’s a fact. No malice in reporting that as it’s part of a pattern.

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