John Daly’s Son Reveals One Thing Not in His ‘Blood’ That Tiger Woods and Son Have What's better—risk or strategy? Jon Daly's son says, "Laying up isn't in our blood" but Tiger Woods and his son prove

John Daly made his name as one of golf’s most fearless bombers, famous for taking aggressive routes and driving the ball like never before. At Oak Tree in the ’91 PGA, he stream-rolled the field with his prodigious length, unhesitatingly attacking pins. His ‘grip it and rip it’ ethos is well-known, and this is the very thing his son, John Daly II —who is set to compete in the 2025 US Amateur Golf Championship—is trying to embrace.

In golf, the difference between making birdie and blowing up a hole often comes down to one critical decision: to lay up or go for it. For those who don’t know, laying up means deliberately hitting a controlled, shorter shot— usually on a par-4 or par-5. This is mostly done to avoid hazards and set up a manageable approach, something which reflects smart cours