{"id":541178,"date":"2026-03-23T22:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T22:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/541178\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T22:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T22:30:09","slug":"john-daly-bellyflops-down-hill-during-golf-event-in-wild-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/541178\/","title":{"rendered":"John Daly &#8216;bellyflops&#8217; down hill during golf event in wild moment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>John Daly called himself a \u201cjackass\u201d after falling and bellyflopping down a hill at the Cologuard Classic in Tucson, Arizona, on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The two-time major champion \u2014 who appeared to evade a serious injury \u2014 poked fun at himself in an Instagram post, which included a video of the moment at La Paloma Country Club.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBellyfloppin\u2019 in the desert \ud83c\udf35 \ud83c\udfdc\ufe0f \ud83c\udfcc\ufe0f\u200d\u2642\ufe0f true buddy sliding in to save\u2014&gt; @joelcooleymusic,\u201d Daly captioned his post, referring to his caddie, Joel Cooley, who was seen hurrying down the hill to help rescue him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn today\u2019s episode of jacka**,\u201d the 59-year-old Daly wrote over the clip.<\/p>\n<p>Daly was visibly off-balance while attempting a shot near the green.<\/p>\n<p>After hitting the ball, he slid down the hill on his stomach and was no longer in sight in the video. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow you see\u2026 me now you don\u2019t\u2026 wait for it,\u201d he added in an Instagram Story with the hashtag \u201cskillz.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.83300781;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38869049\" width=\"491\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/daly-3.jpg\" alt=\"PGA Tour player John Daly called himself a jackass after falling and bellyflopping down a hill in at the Cologuard Classic in Tucson, Arizona on Sunday, March 22, 2026.\" class=\"wp-image-38869049\"  \/>PGA Tour player John Daly called himself a jackass after falling and bellyflopping down a hill at the Cologuard Classic in Tucson, Arizona on Sunday, March 22, 2026. Instagram\/John Daly<\/p>\n<p>Daly, who spends most of his playing time on the Champions Tour for golfers 50 and over, finished with a score of 6-under par, which tied him for 29th at the conclusion of the Cologuard Classic on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The former PGA Championship and British Open victor is known for lighting up cigarettes during tournaments.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.50146628;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38869051\" width=\"886\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/JD.jpg\" alt=\"John Daly of the United States plays a tee shot on the first hole during the second round of the Cologuard Classic 2026 at La Paloma Country Club on March 21, 2026 in Tucson, Arizona.  \" class=\"wp-image-38869051\"  \/>John Daly of the United States plays a tee shot on the first hole during the second round of the Cologuard Classic 2026 at La Paloma Country Club on March 21, 2026 in Tucson, Arizona.   Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Steven Alker defended his Cologuard Classic title in a playoff over Padraig Harrington.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"John Daly called himself a \u201cjackass\u201d after falling and bellyflopping down a hill at the Cologuard Classic in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":541179,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[427,18191,99,2600],"class_list":["post-541178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-john-daly","tag-sports","tag-viral-videos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=541178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541178\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/541179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=541178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=541178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=541178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}