EDISON, N.J. – According to John Daly’s manager, the two-time major champion is recovering from a collapsed lung he suffered while playing a local tournament in Canton, Miss., on Saturday.
Daly collapsed on the 18th tee at Deerfield Country Club and was taken by ambulance to Baptist Medical Center in Jackson, Miss.
“Daly has fought a lingering rib injury since 2007 which recently has been causing severe pain and has affected his breathing,” his manager Bud Martin with Wasserman Media Group said in a statement. “He has been discharged from the hospital.”
Deerfield club pro Leigh Brannan told the Associated Press that Daly was having trouble with the heat and had some difficulty breathing before being taken to the hospital.