How Golfer John Daly Helped a Family Through Tragedy (Re-Spin)

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🗓️ 25 November 2021

⏱️ 32 minutes

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When an unknown 25-year-old named John Daly showed up at the 1991 PGA Championship literally the night before - as the ninth alternate - he pulled off biggest upset in golf history and became an instant icon. That was 30 years ago. What’s less well known, but no less significant, is the story of another man who attended that tournament. During the first round, Tom Weaver, a spectator and father of two, was struck in the chest by lightning and died at the scene. ESPN’s Bob Harig shares the story of Tom Weaver, and the gift the Daly sent his family afterwards, that lives on to this day, as we re-spin this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey guys, it's Pablo here. A very happy Thanksgiving. And on the occasion of this holiday, we wanted to revisit a story that we did last spring that is all about giving and gratitude.
0:17.5	It's about the unlikely rise of John Daly, this iconoclastic golfer that, let's be honest, you probably don't love for valid reasons.
0:25.8	But for one family, he is so much more than that.
0:32.2	It is Thursday, November 25th.
0:35.6	This is ESPN Daily.
0:44.2	This won't take long.
0:46.4	All being equal, I hope he makes it.
0:48.8	I really do end on a good mode.
0:50.2	I get it. In 91, I was nobody, to be honest with you.
1:01.3	Nobody knew who John Daly was.
1:03.6	I can honestly say my life changing four days,
1:06.7	and that doesn't happen to too many people.
1:09.2	It's a miracle.
1:12.9	It has been over 30 years since one of the biggest upsets in sports history
1:17.8	when an unknown 25-year-old named John Daly
1:20.4	showed up at the 1991 PGA championship, literally the night before,
1:25.3	as the ninth alternate, and became an instant icon.
1:30.3	Today, we look back at Daly's Miracle Victory and how its ultimate legacy is not what happened on the golf course or in front of cameras,
1:37.3	but something that's endured more quietly and lives on to this very day.
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2:02.5	I've been a runner my whole life.
2:03.7	I've survived in New York City, Marathon.
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