A couple of weeks ago, John Daly was arrested after passing out drunk in a Hooters parking lot. But that’s not all.
Josh Peter of Yahoo! Sports writes that Daly is now hawking his merchandise in Vegas hotels. Apparently, sponsorship money is drying up (Hooters is all he has left), and his golf game pretty much sucks these days. Apparently, Daly is going broke. The Pete Rose route is all he has left.
All you need to know about John Daly.
For $40, you can get an autographed pin flag. $20 will get you an autographed hat or photo. And for a mere $10, John will sign a golf ball for you.
How sad is that for a man who has won two majors? Somewhere in my mind, I want to see Daly clean up his act, settle down, and take golf seriously again. Maybe, just maybe, he’ll be motivated by the current hell he is living in and become more than golf’s equivalent of a circus act sideshow.
It would be a great story. But I don’t think it will happen. Sadly, I think Daly may be past the point of no return. He seems to embrace this stuff–the redneck antics, the drunken cowboy nonsense. And how old is he now? Sad, sad stuff.
Read Josh Peter’s great feature story on Daly’s current life.
Game Under Repair by Robert Bruce 
May 22, 2009 at 7:40 am
[…] when you thought John Daly’s game was done–with the arrests, the binge drinking, the hawking of merchandise in the Augusta National parking lot–the two-time major winner is rediscovering his game in […]
June 11, 2009 at 9:08 am
[…] In no particular order, I would like to see Kenny Perry stop saying things like he does in the linked USA Today feature, Phil Mickelson to spend a little more time with his ailing wife before returning to competition, and Mr. John Daly to stop wearing Loudmouth Golf pants.@Daly Since Daly is more than comfortable golfing in various stages of undress, I feel the need to say the following "John, remove the Loudmouths and put one of your rumpled pairs of khakis on. Even if they're stained with the wings you inevitably ate at Hooters last night, put them on. Also, while you're at it, don't do any more shirtless interviews." […]
December 11, 2009 at 2:54 pm
[…] traffic was more than six times the normal amount, all of it directed to a one-year-old blog post about John Daly. I investigated the situation and found out Daly has lost 115 pounds since last […]