JOHNSON — John Daly II walked briskly up the 18th fairway, trailed by a gallery of more than 20 supporters.
Daly, the son of 2-time PGA major winner John Daly, was certainly going to have his name engraved on the silver Southern Amateur trophy with a 5-shot lead on the final hole at The Blessings Golf Club on Saturday.
Still, he admitted that he had a little extra bounce in his step.
“It was really cool,” Daly said following his epic final round. “I was just hoping my shot wasn’t in the bunker. But it was really cool.