| 1991 PGA Championship | |
The world of golf was introduced to a rip-roarin', golf-ball-smashin' folk hero in 1991, when he was still young, mulleted and mustachioed: John Daly. Long John Daly, grippin' it and rippin' it.
Daly won the 1991 PGA Championship at Crooked Stick Golf Club by bombing drives farther than anyone could remember seeing before, and by shirking off the pressure of chasing not just his first major championship title, but his first PGA Tour win.
Daly didn't even have time to get in a practice round, but he opened with a 69. After a second-round 67, Daly took the lead. He also gained his first notariety along with the lead, all the attention focusing on the little-known, long-hitting Arkansan. Daly's have-to-see-it-to-believe-it backswing drew everyone's attention, even that of Jack Nicklaus.
Seeing Daly here for the first time, Nicklaus remarked: "Good gracious, what a coil, what an unleashing of power. I don't know who he reminds me of. I haven't seen anybody who hit the ball that far."
Most observers thought Daly would soon crumble, but he carded a 69 in the third round and finished the day with a four-stroke lead over veteran Bruce Lietzke.
Daly and Lietzke played in the final pair together in Round 4, with Lietzke being outdriven by 50 yards every time. Before the round, Lietzke surmised that hitting first into every green might allow him to put some pressure on the unproven Daly.
It didn't work. Lietzke shot 70 in the final round, but Daly had a 71 and a 3-stroke victory. Daly remains one of the most popular champions in tournament history.
1991 PGA Championship Scores
Results from the 1991 PGA Championship golf tournament played on the par-72 Crooked Stick Golf Club in Carmel, Indiana:
| John Daly | 69-67-69-71--276 | $230,000 |
| Bruce Lietzke | 68-69-72-70--279 | $140,000 |
| Jim Gallagher Jr. | 70-72-72-67--281 | $95,000 |
| Kenny Knox | 67-71-70-74--282 | $75,000 |
| Bob Gilder | 73-70-67-73--283 | $60,000 |
| Steven Richardson | 70-72-72-69--283 | $60,000 |
| David Feherty | 71-74-71-68--284 | $38,000 |
| Raymond Floyd | 69-74-72-69--284 | $38,000 |
| John Huston | 70-72-70-72--284 | $38,000 |
| Steve Pate | 70-75-70-69--284 | $38,000 |
| Craig Stadler | 68-71-69-76--284 | $38,000 |
| Hal Sutton | 74-67-72-71--284 | $38,000 |
| Jay Don Blake | 75-70-72-68--285 | $24,000 |
| Andrew Magee | 69-73-68-75--285 | $24,000 |
| Payne Stewart | 74-70-71-70--285 | $24,000 |
| Nick Faldo | 70-69-71-76--286 | $17,000 |
| Ken Green | 68-73-71-74--286 | $17,000 |
| Wayne Levi | 73-71-72-70--286 | $17,000 |
| Sandy Lyle | 68-75-71-72--286 | $17,000 |
| Rocco Mediate | 71-71-73-71--286 | $17,000 |
| Gil Morgan | 70-71-74-71--286 | $17,000 |
| Howard Twitty | 70-71-75-70--286 | $17,000 |
| Seve Ballesteros | 71-72-71-73--287 | $11,500 |
| Chip Beck | 73-73-70-71--287 | $11,500 |
| Mike Hulbert | 72-72-73-70--287 | $11,500 |
| Jack Nicklaus | 71-72-73-71--287 | $11,500 |
| Fred Couples | 74-67-76-71--288 | $8,150 |
| Rick Fehr | 70-73-71-74--288 | $8,150 |
| Jim Hallet | 69-74-73-72--288 | $8,150 |
| Mark McNulty | 75-71-69-73--288 | $8,150 |
| Loren Roberts | 72-74-72-70--288 | $8,150 |
| Billy Andrade | 73-74-68-74--289 | $6,000 |
| Mark Calcavecchia | 70-74-73-72--289 | $6,000 |
| David Edwards | 71-75-71-72--289 | $6,000 |
| Steve Elkington | 74-68-74-73--289 | $6,000 |
| Dan Forsman | 73-74-68-74--289 | $6,000 |
| Davis Love III | 72-72-72-73--289 | $6,000 |
| Jodie Mudd | 74-71-74-70--289 | $6,000 |
| Greg Norman | 70-74-72-73--289 | $6,000 |
| Corey Pavin | 72-73-71-73--289 | $6,000 |
| Tom Purtzer | 69-76-71-73--289 | $6,000 |
| Doug Tewell | 75-72-74-68--289 | $6,000 |
| Ed Dougherty | 75-70-69-76--290 | $4,030 |
| Wayne Grady | 72-70-71-77--290 | $4,030 |
| Scott Hoch | 71-75-72-72--290 | $4,030 |
| Craig Parry | 73-70-76-71--290 | $4,030 |
| Lanny Wadkins | 71-74-72-73--290 | $4,030 |
| Keith Clearwater | 72-72-76-71--291 | $3,175 |
| Brad Faxon | 72-71-76-72--291 | $3,175 |
| David Frost | 74-70-75-72--291 | $3,175 |
| Ian Woosnam | 67-72-76-76--291 | $3,175 |
| David Graham | 72-73-73-74--292 | $2,725 |
| Tom Kite | 73-72-75-72--292 | $2,725 |
| Mark McCumber | 74-72-71-75--292 | $2,725 |
| Eduardo Romero | 72-75-73-72--292 | $2,725 |
| Tom Sieckmann | 68-76-74-74--292 | $2,725 |
| Fred Funk | 71-69-72-81--293 | $2,538 |
| Nolan Henke | 74-70-75-74--293 | $2,538 |
| Blaine McCallister | 71-76-77-69--293 | $2,538 |
| Lindy Miller | 72-72-77-72--293 | $2,538 |
| Dave Barr | 75-72-76-71--294 | $2,463 |
| Jeff Sluman | 73-73-74-74--294 | $2,463 |
| Gene Sauers | 75-71-70-79--295 | $2,400 |
| Joey Sindelar | 74-73-71-77--295 | $2,400 |
| Bob Wolcott | 73-71-79-72--295 | $2,400 |
| Dillard Pruitt | 72-75-73-76--296 | $2,313 |
| Bob Tway | 73-71-78-74--296 | $2,313 |
| Mark Wiebe | 72-73-73-78--296 | $2,313 |
| Scott Williams | 70-77-76-73--296 | $2,313 |
| Denny Hepler | 71-75-75-76--297 | $2,225 |
| Lonnie Nielsen | 74-71-74-78--297 | $2,225 |
| David Peoples | 74-73-75-75--297 | $2,225 |
| Phil Blackmar | 73-72-82-71--298 | $2,138 |
| Billy Ray Brown | 69-75-79-75--298 | $2,138 |
| Hale Irwin | 70-76-74-78--298 | $2,138 |
| Don Pooley | 72-74-72-80--298 | $2,138 |
| Kenny Perry | 72-73-79-76--300 | $2,075 |
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