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 John Daly will bring his colorful personality and pants to Harbour Town Golf Links April 12-18 for the 42nd edition of the Verizon Heritage. Daly was granted a sponsors exemption to play in the tournament.
PGA Tour veterans Chris DiMarco, Rocco Mediate and former Clemson golfer and PGA Tour rookie Brent Delahoussaye have also been awarded sponsors exemptions.
This will be the seventh Verizon Heritage for Daly. He is a five-time PGA Tour winner and two-time major champion. Daly won the 1991 PGA Championship and the 1995 British Open. Daly, who makes his home in Dardanelle, Arkansas, has recently made headlines with his Golf Channel Reality Show “Being John Daly." Daly received one of the Restricted Sponsor Exemption spots.
DiMarco, an All-American and SEC Player of the Year as an undergraduate at the University of Florida, has won three times on the PGA Tour as well as better than $20 million.
Mediate has enjoyed five first place finishes in his more than two decades on the PGA Tour, earning more than $15 million. He made headlines all over the world in 2008, when he almost became the oldest U.S. Open champion at age 45. He lost in a playoff to Tiger Woods at Torrey Pines Golf Club. After both shooting a 71 in the 18-hole Monday playoff, Mediate lost in the first sudden death hole.
Delahoussaye turned pro in 2005 after a playing golf at Clemson University. The Louisiana native now makes his home in Greenville, SC playing out of the Thornblade Country Club. He finished T8 at the 2009 PGA Tour Qualifying School to earn rookie status on the 2010 PGA Tour. Delahoussaye has played in four Tour events this season and received one of the two Q-School/Nationwide Sponsor Exemption spots with one still remaining.
This foursome adds to an already fine field that includes defending champion Brian Gay, Stewart Cink, Lucas Glover, Jim Furyk, Rickie Fowler, Sergio Garcia, Mike Weir, Paul Casey, V.J. Singh, Trevor Immelman and K.J. Choi.
Tournament badges are on sale now for the 42nd annual Verizon Heritage. Visit www.verizonheritage.com or call (843) 671-2448 for more information.
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