HILVERSUM, Holland -- John Daly is so determined to play in this week's Dutch Open on the European Tour,
the former double-major winner is defying medical advice and using Superglue to bond a wound on his hand.
Daly also revealed on Wednesday that he played 13 holes at last week's British Open
one-handed.
The 36-year-old American's right hand was bleeding so badly on Wednesday at the Hilversumsche course, after
undergoing emergency surgery last Saturday night by a local doctor, that he decided to take the drastic measure of
glueing his hand to stop the bleeding.
Daly's hand injury, caused by a piece of glass that he had no idea had embedded itself, had revealed itself in bizarre
fashion during the second round of the British Open on the Friday.
The 1991 PGA champion and winner in the 1995 British Open is making his third visit to the course on the outskirts
of Amsterdam and he is determined to play on despite his worrying injury.
After managing only 11 holes of the pro-am on Wednesday, Daly said: "My right hand, just above the first knuckle,
started bleeding really bad.
"So I put Superglue on top of it. Hopefully it will stop the bleeding.
"I don't care that it's unwise medically. I'm not going to watch it bleed.
"I got some glass taken out of it. I hit a shot in the rough on the fifth on Friday at the British Open and it felt like
somebody stabbed a knife through my finger.
"I played the last 13 holes at Muirfield basically one-handed. It might have been one of the best rounds I ever played. I
was hitting it solid, even though it was pretty hard to get feeling on chip shots.
"The piece of glass was stuck in the bone and it had been there for years. I must have jarred it and dislodged it.
"I hope I'm going to be able to play but I didn't do too well yesterday (Tuesday)."
Daly is anxious to play well at a course where he has rarely found form and in a tournament where he has only once
made the cut out of three previous visits.
In 1996, during his wildest period, he carded a second round 89 in Hilversum to crash out of the event and offered to
repay his appearance money.
Now a full European Tour member, Daly is bidding for his third win in Europe after claiming last year's BMW
International in Germany.
Bernhard Langer looks for his fourth Dutch Open title. The German won last year at Noordwijk after a playoff with
Britain's Warren Bennett.
Irishman Padraig Harrington and England's Gary Evans, tied fifth at Muirfield, are the highest-placed British Open
finishers in Holland this week.
Six-times major winner Nick Faldo is also in the field following a disappointing weekend at Muirfield.
American Jerry Pate, 48, the 1976 U.S. Open champion, also plays at Hilversum.