Leicester ‘fan’ Daly admits he wasted his talent

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As Leicester’s improbable Premier League title challenge came to glorious fruition last week, it was inevitable that comparisons would be sought in other sports.

Was their 5,000-1 success a bigger shock than Buster Douglas beating Mike Tyson, Foinavon winning the 1967 Grand National or Greece winning the European Championships in 2004?

In golfing terms was it a bigger surprise than world number 396 Ben Curtis winning the 2003 Open, or ninth reserve John Daly winning the 1991 US PGA Championship after driving through the night to take up his place in the tournament?

As if by magic, Daly happened to be preparing for his Champions Tour debut just days after Tottenham’s draw at Chelsea confirmed Leicester as champions and the two-time major winner was happy to jump on the bandwagon.

“I was fixing to say, it’s like me winning the PGA in ’91,” Daly said ahead of his appearance in the Insperity Invitational at The Woodlands in Texas, where he finished 17th.

“That’s great that they [Leicester] did that, it just shows that it doesn’t matter how much you pay one player on one team, it doesn’t make them the best.

“So my hats off to them for winning it all because they’re like the underdogs, and that’s what I’ve always …

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