America loves an underdog, and ever since John Daly won the 1991 PGA Championship after slipping into the field as the ninth alternate, Wild Thing has been one of golf's most popular players. Even after that improbable victory, Daly has remained an Everyman, and when he claimed the 1995 British Open at St. Andrews, well, that spread his grip-it-and-rip-it legacy to global proportions. Why does Daly capture the public's imagination? Perhaps because, as he says, "The only rules I follow are the rules of golf."