Golf legend John Daly makes light of recent health scares: Ive only been dead 11 times

John Daly has admittedly lived an interesting life both on and off the course. Earlier this week, ahead of The Galleri Classic, the two-time major winner reflected on his lengthy career when shown a picture of his rookie tour card from 1992. “I didn’t think I’d been out here for three decades,” Daly said in a video shared by the PGA Tour Champions.“I’ve only been dead 11 times.

I’m like Lazarus.I just keep coming back from the dead.“That’s when I could actually play the game.” He made the comment about his health about two months after he underwent emergency surgery on his hand.He shared a post from his hospital bed in January, adding that the surgery was a success and that he would “be back playing in no time!”He returned this month in time for the Champions Tour’s Hoag Classic in California. “It’s been a little brutal, but the hand’s about 80%,” he said at the time in a video, via ESPN.

Daly revealed he has undergone 16 surgeries in the last four years due to tangled tendons.In a recent podcast appearance, Daly also opened up about being diagnosed with bladder cancer. “It was scary,” he said during an appearance on the “Like a Farmer Podcast.” “I was peeing blood, pukin’ blood.… I thought my back was killing me, and I didn’t know.

And I went in Little Rock, got a checkup and everything on my back and then, was it a neurologist? Doctor saw it and said, ‘You gotta come back.’”He underwent surgery and has been in remission for four years. Despite all his health setbacks, Daly had a positive message about life for his younger self when looking back at his rookie picture.  “Hey, great life.”...