PGA golfer John Daly hits golf ball over I-76 in Akron onto Hoban's football field
When Matt Considine grew up in Akron, the self-proclaimed "golf nerd" used to stare out of a third-story window at Archbishop Hoban High School and daydream about the possibility of hitting a ball from the school across Interstate 76 into the school's football stadium.
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In town for the Bridgestone Senior Players Championship, an apparently like-minded John Daly took that shot.
On Tuesday, Considine posted a video of the barefooted PGA Champions Tour member, striking the ball over passing traffic and onto the "green" of Dowed Field.
Considine now lives in Chicago and is the founder of The Newclub golf society.
John Daly hitting drivers over a highway and onto a high school football field in Akron, OH pic.twitter.com/jfKbWsUGB5
— Matt Considine (@consequential85) July 6, 2022
"He's got way too much club, no more than a 9 iron to the first goal post and 3 iron to the second," Considine tweeted. "All downhill with a crosswind that trends to help a draw."
Proudly, I went to this school and day dreamed about this shot pretty much everyday out of a third story window. He's got way too much club, no more than a 9 iron to the first goal post and 3 iron to the second. All down hill with a crosswind that tends to help a draw. #golfnerd
— Matt Considine (@consequential85) July 6, 2022
Daly withdrew from the tournament on Friday after shooting a 73 on Friday.
Ohio Department of Transportation spokesman Matt Bruning cautioned others about trying to take Daly's shot.
"Driving on the interstate should be limited to vehicles," Bruining said. "Unfortunately there’s no mulligan if a ball goes astray and hits a moving vehicle at full speed."
This article originally appeared on Akron Beacon Journal: John Daly hits ball over Ohio interstate in Akron