Post exclusive photos reveal incendiary links to Florida legend John Daly after he said Hurricane Helen caused “total loss and devastation” of his $1.4 million waterfront residence.
Footage on Friday shows the golf fan-favorite’s $1 million Clearwater home is still standing, although at least part of the stunning one-story home appears to have been destroyed and its floors disfigured.
John Daly’s home on Palm Island in Clearwater, Florida, on October 4, 2024. John P. Yanchoris/ZumaPress for NY Post “I hope everyone is safe and has their homes back. “My heart goes out to everyone,” the Links legend said. Getty Images
Piles of destroyed furniture and stuffed black plastic trash bags lie on the sidewalk in front of the three-bedroom, two-bathroom home, which is worth more than $1.4 million, according to online real estate websites.
“For everyone who has reached out to me, my family is safe, but our homes are not like water flowing into every crevice,” the 58-year-old former PGA champion wrote on Facebook on September 27, hours after the killer struck. It made American landfall around Perry, about three hours north of Clearwater.
Piles of destroyed furniture and stuffed black plastic garbage bags lie on the sidewalk outside Daly’s $1.4 million home. John B. Yankoris/Zuma Press for the New York Post
“Total loss and devastation after living here my whole life! I still can’t imagine everything we lost, but we are safe and everything can be replaced! Thank God!” he said.
About five days later, on Wednesday, the famously grizzled father of three told PGATour.com: “I didn’t even come home.”
“I restructured it and fixed it up. I wasn’t in it for two years. ‘I got all the stuff there, and then it was all gone,'” said Daly — who became a colorful classic on the greens in part by smoking 21 cigarettes at once, downing 12 Diet Cokes and drinking Six packs of peanut M&Ms during a practice round before a major tournament.
Daly’s home is back in Clearwater Harbor. John P. Yanchoris/ZumaPress for NY Post A million-dollar-plus house in Clearwater still stands, though at least part of it appears ruined and its floors warped after the wrath of Hurricane Helen. John B. Yankoris/Zuma Press for the New York Post
Daly told the outlet he lived mainly in Dardanelles, Ark.
He described how people close to him in Florida were also devastated by Hurricane Helen, the second deadliest hurricane to hit the U.S. mainland since Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
“We’re going to have to rebuild about three, three-and-a-half houses, or about four,” Daly said.
“Anna’s mother lost her home,” he said, referring to the mother of her fiancée, Anna Kaladakis.
The photo shows the house — in Tarpon Springs, about 30 minutes from the golfer’s home — still standing but most of its facade was blown away and piles of destroyed furniture and other possessions piled up on the sidewalk.
The home of Daly’s partner Anna Kaladakis’ mother in Tarpon Springs was destroyed by Hurricane Helen. John P. Yanchoris/ZumaPress for NY Post Daly said her future sister-in-law Chrissy Kaladakis “had to get a boat” home after Helen’s outburst. John B. Yankoris/Zuma Press for the New York Post
“Mattie burned down yesterday morning, and Chrissie had to get a boat to get to her, so they’re almost all gone,” Daly added of the others, including Anna’s sister, Chrissie.
His future sister-in-law’s house was also still nearby, but had piles of trash, including destroyed furniture, on the sidewalk as well, according to the photo.
“You live in Florida, you have to understand that this is going to happen, but not this way. I didn’t think it was going to be this bad,” Daly said.
“I hope everyone is safe and goes home. My heart goes out to everyone.”
At least 220 people were reported killed in the air disaster, and hundreds more remain missing in the southeast of the country. It is estimated that the storm caused tens of billions of dollars in damage.
