John Daly quit golf today

[The Seer]

This is the message he left:
"my financial situation is putting me where I cannot focus on my game, I'm putting too much pressure on myself, the few sponsors that I have are great but it's not getting me thru these times-.....

i want to thank my fans throughout all these years & I don't like to continue to embarass myself-- maybe my mind may change down the road but right now i don't have the money to be on the tour. My game has never been the same since my rib injury during the Honda Classic in 2007. God Bless! JD"

[Brock Landers]

that slob is lucky he never had to get a real job

[PAPSMEAR]

that's how he lost all that weight. he couldn't afford to eat

[The Seer]

on TV he was basically saying he wasn't playing good enough, that he couldn't compete anymore. I liked him better fat.

[mmike032]

always a fan
he represents the common man like Warner...
grocery baggers are mourning today

[timbo46]

I thought golfing is something you do when you retire.....not something you retire from.

[Tsoprano]

that's how he lost all that weight. he couldn't afford to eat

[1st and Ten]

I only remember the guy for this. He should post at SBR

Alcoholism
Daly once claimed that he drank a fifth of Jack Daniel's every day during the year he was 23 years of age, and the various reported incidents include being removed from a British Airways airplane by airport security for harassing a flight attendant while drunk. He has entered into various alcohol addiction programs, including the Betty Ford Clinic, at least three times, and has experienced three divorces since becoming a professional golfer.

In May 1993, he was upset by his opening round at the Kemper Open, threw his scoring card in the scoring tent, walked off, and was disqualified. In late 1993, Daly was given an indefinite suspension for 1994 after quitting in the middle of the Kapalua International and told to seek treatment for his alcoholism. He was at first suspended for the first 12 tournaments of the 1994 season, but he came a few weeks earlier than expected and played in the Honda Classic, finishing fourth. These incidents resulted in a stretch between 1996 and 2001 without a professional victory. During this stretch, Daly was especially known for having spectacular blow-up holes near the end of rounds such as knocking multiple balls into water or out-of-bounds for a double-digit score or hitting a ball while it was still moving and then walking off the course. During the 1998 Greater Vancouver Open, Daly was visibly shaking as he tried to play, causing the television announcers to audibly wince at the sight.

In March 2008, Daly's swing coach Butch Harmon quit, saying that "the most important thing in [Daly's] life is getting drunk."[5]

On Sunday, October 26, 2008, Daly was taken into protective custody by Winston-Salem police after he was found drunk outside an area Hooters restaurant.[6]
Due to John Daly's various drinking escapades, the alcoholic drink consisting of sweet tea-flavored vodka and lemonade (also called a Dirty Arnold Palmer) is often referred to as a John Daly.[7]

Gambling
In 2006, Daly revealed in the last chapter of his autobiography that he has had great difficulty with a gambling problem.[1] He claims to have lost between US$50 and $60 million over the past 15 years. This includes losing $1.5 million in October 2005, after winning half that amount at the WGC-American Express tournament, most of it lost on $5,000 Las Vegas slot machines.[8] Daly has been able to pay his gambling debts mostly through making more paid public appearances and through sponsorships opportunities.

Drugs and the PGA
In July 1994, Daly claimed that many PGA golfers were cocaine users, and said that if drug testing was done properly on tour, he would be "one of the cleanest guys out there" which brought an uproar among the golfing community.[citation needed] Daly voluntarily missed the remainder of the 1994 season citing physical and mental exhaustion.

[Brock Landers]

a total fukkin degenerate gambler if there ever was one

[Shortstop]

John Daly is my favorite golfer other than Phil Mickelson.

[FrozenMAN]

what a sad day love daly

[odusmykal]

Daly was the reason i 1st became interested in golf.. The guy has his demons, but maybe this time off will help him to finally get them all under control..

[BEANTOWNJIM]

THE GOLF CHANNEL HAS HIM SIGNED UP FOR HIS OWN SHOW BEING JOHN DALY WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO NOW THAT HE QUIT THE TOUR I HOPE HE DOESNT LOSE HIS SHOW ALSO

[iceminers26]

If the reason he is quitting the tour is due to lack of financial resources as its stated above, how will he support his family if he quits and no longer has any sponsors?

[BEANTOWNJIM]

WELL WHAT THE F-CK HE MIGHT AS WELL QUIT IF HE ISNT MAKING CUTS HE DOESNT GET PAID BUT HE HAS TO PAY HIS STAFF CADDIES,AND PEOPLE WHO WORK FOR HIM.OLF IS A TOUGH BUSINESS IF YOU DONT MAKE CUTS YOU DONT MAKE A LIVING

I KNW HE HAD SURGERY TO LOSE ALL THE WEIGHT HE SHOULD GET THAT COMANY TO BE HIS SPONSOR AND JUST ADVERTISE FOR WEIGHT LOSS

[BrentCrude]

Tiger and Daly need time away from golf right.Why don't they star in a movie or tv series called,the even couple?About 3 months ago it would have been the odd couple remake but now the two of them are pretty much even.In fact,John could be scolding Tiger on a few matters that he wasn't as imperfect in life at.hehe!

It would be such a hit that it would help get Daly out of debt.If you were Tiger,would you do a good deed for a friend and pay for John to get out of debt?I think Woods gave a nice chunk of change to the Haiti relief fund and Daly's cause couldn't be as big of a throwing money down a rat hole as that one is.MTV raised almost 70 mil for it last weekend and nobody knows exactly where the money is going.My honest guess is that for every dollar donated to the Haiti fund,about 22 cents of real value spending makes it's way into the cause.

[smitch124]

Daly really has nothing to quit, he hasn't had his card for years. He has been living on sponsors exemptions and the few tournaments where the draw gets down to "past champions" like the John Deere classic. He hasn't been playing at PGA Tour level for many years and its only his drawing power that has kept him around this long.

I think he should wait until his game is strong enough to make it through Q school before he tries the tour again.

[smitch124]

For anyone interested this is the order that each tournament uses to fill the field each week.

http://www.pgatour.com/r/player_exemptions/index.html

If the field is full before they get to your name you can't play that week. Most weeks they get down to the Q school qualifiers. Sometimes, like the John Deere etc, they get further down.

The exceptions would, of course, be the majors and any Invitational.

[Fishhead]

He should take over for Conan, not Leno.

[Davydave]

At least he has his music career to fall back on...

[wtf]

waiting for seniors tour

[Bootylicious]

No Tiger and now no Daly? Is anyone going to watch the PGA?

[HotStreak]

My man!

Most people can have compassion for a person who wears their shortcomings publicly, and does not pretend to be perfect.

Daly is a degen. Hope he gets a gig hawking Miller Lite,

[Domestic]

No Tiger and now no Daly? Is anyone going to watch the PGA?

Nope

It always astounds me when highly paid "athletes" manage to get themselves into financial trouble. I just shake my head.

[Shelton]

Well glad to see he is turing his life around its sad to see they even let them go out their and play when they half turn in to trashdrink a beer get ur life together Daly

[pavyracer]

He will come back again. Golf is not a sport.

[Swinging Johnson]

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[koby25]

He spent all his money on those zebra pants he was wearing the other day.

[katstale]

JOHN gave up/quit on himself years ago. Golf was second.

[podunk]

what a shame

[whatsgood5]

His antics will be missed

[TheLock]

I'll never forget watching Daly make a 10 on a par 4 after he kept nuking the ball past the hole with his putter. Total maniac.

[TheLock]

Oh and.....


He'll be back. Book it.

[podunk]

very entertaining

[THATRUTH]

daly is the man