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economist suntribune bell canadian open thursday sept 5 2002 golf star john daly feeds off the fans in his second home staff photosteve somerville pga tour golfer john daly is in markham this week for the bell canadian open at angus glen golf club he was at the markham golf town store tuesday and met threeyearold taylor lawrence looking on is store vice president murray bozniak by mike hayakawa staff writer hes exhibited the weak nesses of every man and hes been known to live life large a cigarette smoker who has also downed a few drinks and wagered a bob or two golfing great john daly acknowledges hes had a few setbacks in his life but whenever the 36-year- old from of rogers ark appears in the public spot light he continues to attract a large gathering known for his ability to smash towering drives off the tee in a manner that defies the rudiments of the game daly came to markham this week to compete in the bell canadian open at the angus glen golf club arriving jetlagged late monday after finishing 10th in a european tour event in germany last weekend daly says he feels fortunate that his supporters have stuck with him especially considering he has only four pga victories to his credit the last of which was the 1995 british open and is currently 63rd in the world rankings the fans havent given up on me and i havent given up said daly who signed auto graphs for his admirers at the golf town in markham on tuesday afternoon things are starting to turn around for me ive worked hard on my game i have three greens around my house and ive worked hard on my short game he said no stranger to york region daly played angus glens south course links at charity events in 1999 and 2000 last year daly played the magna golf club in aurora with fel low arkansas native and for mer us president bill clinton although hes familiar with angus glens 7372yard par 72 south course which plays into dalys hands because of its long fairways he down plays that potential advan tage i played the course a cou ple of years ago and i dont remember too much about it except some of the holes are elevated he said daly also enters the event as the south course record holder after carding a 68 in a nonpga event in 2000 daly though guarantees his mark will be eclipsed when the four- day event tees off today itll be beaten trust me he said im just going to go out there and play and enjoy it i love being here in canada its like a second home to me since 1986 scome well with iis mwm 2 tues sept 3 sun sept 8 n all new fall designer fashions from exciting new suits sweaters oats weekend wear after 5 ve 25 1l seagull pewte efti our hole in one draw for fabulous prizes see you soon extended hours during the open thurssat till 1000 pm 7 days a week 159 main st unionviue 9054774077 tutuy sunday tuesday 300 wings bell canadian golf tournament g showri daily sat sept 7 stonefinger sat sept 14 toronto soul revival sat sept 21 risque bizz banquet all hall sports available teams call for reservations welcome tsc visit our website for more details wwwcolmustardscom 6545 hwy 7 e of wootcen way 2944925 ca ptu re th e a message from i the war amps check out our new page flyer stuffed full of the best in 35mm slrs point and shoot cameras digital cameras and camcorders look for it this week in selected community newspapers or download it at wwwhenryscom photo video- digital wwwhenryscom many members of the war amps champ program for child amputees have lost limbs in accidents through the playsafe program champs teach other children spot the danger before you play when you use your key tags you support war amps programs like champ and playsafe to order your 2001 key tags a spot the danger video or the new playsafe interactive cdrom visit our web site at wwwwarampsca or call 18002503030 this muige brought to you as a community service of the economisttribune m