Amid Happy Gilmore Excitement, John Daly Suffers Devastating Loss With Many American Families

Sep 28, 2024 | 8:31 AM EDT

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John Daly's loss is heartbreaking—how do you think he’ll bounce back from this tragedy?

John Daly excited fans recently revealing that he will be appearing in the sequel to the popular golf film Happy Gilmore. But the recent devastation by Hurricane Helene has brought much sympathy to the 2-time major winner as he lives on the southeast coast of the USA and right in the hurricane’s path.

Hurricane Helene hit the Big Bend area in Florida, where John Daly lives with his family, at 11 pm on Thursday, the 26 of September. Daly shared an image of the storm radar on his Instagram and wrote, “Prayers for all those in the path of the Big Bend! God Bless and Everyone Please Be Safe during Hurricane Helene! #thisismyhome”.

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HURRICANE HELEN’S AFTERMATH IN THE USA.
Category 4 Hurricane Helene hit the Big Bend region of northern Florida on Thursday evening. The region has not seen a hurricane of this strength since 1859. Tallahassee Mayor John Daly said the day before that Helene could become “the… pic.twitter.com/x1vW49Cj4J
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John Daly later updated with some good news that he had left the area and was safe with his family, heartening his well-wishers. He wrote, “For everyone that has reached out, my family are all safe but all our homes are not! As water is pouring out of every crevice! Total loss and devastation after living here all my life! I still cannot imagine ALL we have lost but we are SAFE and all can be replaced! Praise God!”

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The cost of John Daly’s property is said to be enormous. Conditions are reportedly extremely unsafe. The Governor of Florida has also urged people to be safe and move to safety. He also said that there would be some loss of life along with huge property losses.

The news about the devastation to Daly’s home and property comes just after rumors of his involvement in the sequel to the Adam Sandler-led sports comedy film, Happy Gilmore 2, were confirmed by him.

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Will John Daly appear in Happy Gilmore 2?

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After Adam Sandler said in an interview that he would love to have John Daly appear in his sequel to Happy Gilmore, the golfing world was left in a robust tizzy of excitement to see one of the most popular figures in golf appear on the big screen. John Daly himself confirmed recently that he would be appearing in the film and said, “I’ve already filmed. We’re getting it done.”

While Sandler also said he would love for Tiger Woods to appear in the film as well, it is unclear if the 15-time major will. However, it would seem that there will be other big sportspeople making an appearance. Travis Kelce will be making a cameo and Sandler has said many golfers will also be making an appearance. The movie will be released by Netflix sometime this year.