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John Daly is once again breaking news, but this time on the green not off. Earlier this week Daly took to the links in the Pro-Am segment of the Open de Espana at the PGA Golf Catalunya in Girona, Spain ala Ian Poulter, decked out in a harlequin orange and pink outfit that looked like pastel colors on mushrooms.

Hey, at least he's not going shirtless this time, hawking Daly swag out of the back of a bus -- including his rollover minutes, assaulting fans with cameras, using beer cans as tees, or selling his autograph at Hooters.

I think Happy Gilmore said it best about outfits like this -- "If I saw myself in clothes like those I'd have to kick my own ass."

For the time being golf’s “Wild Thing” has toned down the off course foolery and turned up his game playing Daly-esque going two under par 70 in the first round, which included an eagle and three birdies. The rounds finest moment for Daly was when he arrowed a two-iron approach to just eight feet from the hole at the 16th, setting up a superb eagle.

The Open de Espana is Big John’s latest bid to resurrect his career.

Daly, 43, has been out of action since December and banned from the US Tour after he was accused of being found drunk and incapable outside a Hooters in Salem, NC. He has been rehabilitating by losing weight and trying to give up a diet of booze and cheeseburgers that saw him balloon to nearly 280 lbs. He has lost 60 pounds in weight over the last three months thanks to a surgical implant that has helped prevent his binge eating and has revamped his swing while serving his six-month suspension.

Daly who posted rounds of 80 and 89 to finish tied for dead last in last July's Open at Birkdale, is now ranked 776th in the world. He is currently competing without sponsors, although rumors have emerged around his newfound fashion adventurism that indicates he has he signed an endorsement deal with Loudmouth Golf. The company or Daly has made no official announcement.

Love him or hate him, somehow the Daly Show only furthers his reputation as a true man of the people. It will be interesting to see if Daly can bounce back from being the PGA's equivalent of "sex, drugs, and rock & roll," to the fierce competitor he was or at least find himself in the Top 100 again, crazy outfits and all.