For an unintentionally humorous confirmation, check out his official website, JohnDaly.com. There you’ll find a variety of Daly-related trinkets, including John Daly-branded apparel. Just guessing, but sales are probably lagging a bit behind the Greg Norman line at the moment. There are also the usual head covers, hats, autographed photos and the like. And with no sense or irony, there’s the line of John Daly wines sporting the tagline “grip it and sip it.” Physician, heal thyself.
To this point, Daly seems either unable or unwilling to do much about his fitness or his game. He did seek out Butch Harmon, one of the game’s most renowned instructors, but was summarily flushed by Harmon because of Daly’s lack of, ahem, commitment toward improving. I’d go into detail, but it hardly matters. It’s like every John Daly story. Part comedy, part tragedy. Daly is now locked in a war of words of sort with Harmon, a war that Daly can’t possibly win. Instead of sparring, he should take Harmon’s words as a final caution before he veers so far off course that his only savior left will be the jaws of life.
What’s to become of Daly from this point forward is anyone’s guess, although if you’re putting money on a turnaround, you better get long odds. Daly seems uniquely unqualified to make a good decision on anything. Indeed, given where he’s headed, if I wrote this column two years from now there’d be a healthy number of readers who’d probably ask “John Daly, wasn’t he someone once?” The answer is, sadly, yes he was.
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Article comments
1 - teacherman
Gary Benz is an idiot! Enough said!
2 - Marny
teacherman,
The dictionary [an old-fashioned reference for words and their meanings], describes "idiot" as "mentally deficient". While I have no objection to your displeasure with Gary's opinions, he is in fact, as erudite and thoughtful an individual as either of us is likely to ever meet. You might want to check for a few loose screws yourself. And if you find that your head is screwed on straight, perhaps an anger management class can help you better articulate your own ideas. Good luck.
3 - Sanchez J
John Daly is still someone, but he's just someone on the brink of destruction at all times. But, of late, he's coming back with new clothes, a lot thinner, and he just placed 2nd in a Euro-tour event. Go John!