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American golfer John Daly will be played by Kevin James in a new limited series produced by Village Roadshow, Deadline's Justin Kroll reported.
The series will be "based on the life" of Daly, according to Kroll.
This is the second time in three years that James will act in a sports movie. He also played retired New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton in Netflix's 2022 Home Team, and led a NASCAR race team in Netflix's 2021 TV show The Crew.
The show joins a series of other upcoming media projects centered on golf, including Netflix's new comedy show GOLFand sequel movie Happy Gilmore 2.