John Daly Under Attack

MEMPHIS (AP) — John Daly told authorities his wife tried stab him with a steak knife, and the golfer had red marks on his cheeks when he showed up to play Friday on the course where he lives.
Daly called police about 6 a.m. on Friday, Shelby County Sheriff's department spokesman Steve Shular said. When deputies arrived, his wife and the couple's children were not there. Deputies could not find the knife he claimed she used.

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Daly is competing this week at Stanford St. Jude Championship on a sponsor's exemption. He was tied for eighth after the first round in which he had a triple-bogey and rebounded with five straight birdies.
He did not speak with reporters but issued a statement saying he was the "victim of an assault by my wife."
"I filed a complaint with the Shelby County Sheriff's Office. They are investigating, and I'll have no further comment on the matter while they pursue their investigation. My only concern at this point is for the safety of my children and myself," the statement said.
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Daly also said he was working with local authorities and tour security for protection.
No charges had been filed Friday afternoon, and it will be Daly's decision whether he wants that to happen, Shular said.
The 41-year-old golfer and his wife argued last night at a restaurant near the golf course, he told deputies.
Daly has won two majors — the 1991 PGA Championship and 1995 British Open — but his play has been overshadowed by two trips to alcohol rehab, outrageous tales of gambling losses, trashed hotel rooms and suspensions.
Daly has struggled this season. He has one top 25 finish and has made only three cuts and withdrawn from three other events.
Daly met Sherrie at a golf tournament in 2001 and married seven weeks later. Their son, John Patrick, was born a week before she and her parents were indicted in Mississippi on charges stemming from what authorities said was a drug ring and an illegal gambling operation.
Sherrie Daly pleaded guilty in November 2004 to a charge of conspiracy to structure a transaction to evade the reporting requirement. She began serving a five-month sentence in January 2006, then filed for divorce in Shelby County on Oct. 17, 2006.
Daly filed himself a day later, then said a month later that things were on hold.
His autobiography —My Life In & Out of the Rough— details his gambling and drinking addiction with one chapter devoted to his three ex-wives that was titled, "All My Exes Wear Rolexes






http://www.usatoday.com/sports/golf/pga/2007-06-08-daly_N.htm

I just got home and the first story i see on TSN is that :WTF:

I like JD :drink:
He reminds me of a few posters :missingte


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June 8, 2007
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) -- John Daly's messy personal life overshadowed golf once again Friday, this time when he accused his wife of waking him up by attacking him with a steak knife.
Daly was the talk at the TPC Southwind on a day when thunderstorms forced a three-hour delay, and Adam Scott's 4-under 66 gave him a one-stroke clubhouse lead when darkness suspended play Friday night in the Stanford St. Jude Championship.
A total of 26 players were unable to complete the round. They will return Saturday morning to finish play, with the third round expected to start by midday with players going off both the first and 10th tees.
Daly, playing on a sponsor's exemption, was 4 over after following his opening 70 with a 74. The projected cut Saturday morning was 4 or 5 over.
Scott topped the leaderboard at 7-under 133, a total he didn't think would stand up after a cold front stilled the gusty wind and softened the tricky greens on the 7,239-yard course.
Fellow Australian Andrew Buckle had a chance to pass Scott with what could be the best round here so far. He started the day at even and was 6 under with three holes left after seven birdies and a bogey despite blisters on his feet after playing 36 holes Monday in new shoes.
"This afternoon we had no wind and soft greens, and the greens were pure," said Buckle, who made three birdie putt of 11 feet or longer.
Scott had a chance for his second straight 36-hole lead. The world's fourth-ranked player led by a stroke last week in the Memorial en route to a fifth-place tie.
"Nice to be leading now or at the end of the day or whenever this round finishes," Scott said as he finished up with a par on No. 9, his 18th. "Conditions are perfect. If it stays like this, birdies to be had out there."
Brian Gay, who waited out the delay after putting his second shot on the green at No. 18, holed out from 45 feet for birdie and a 66 that left him a stroke back at 6 under. Fredrik Jacobson, who shared the first-round lead with Scott, was 3 under after a 70.
Two-time Memphis winner David Toms (68) was 2 under along with Duffy Waldorf (69), Brian Davis (68), Scott Verplank (69), Woody Austin (66). Jose Maria Olazabal and Brandt Snedeker also were 2 under. Olazabal had a hole to play, and Snedeker had two to finish.
Anyone hoping the wind that kept all but seven golfers at par or higher in the first round would die down on Friday were wrong early. Conditions remained just as windy Friday morning as on Thursday when only seven players broke par.
They adapted better with 13 of the 75 with morning tee times breaking par.
"It's been blowing pretty steady all day," Gay said during the delay. "It actually seemed to be blowing harder the last few holes."
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Gay wasn't that happy about having to wait to finish up.
"I don't have to hit balls again, just go out and putt on the last green, get some lunch and hang out and can't control what the weather does you know. Hopefully, it won't be too easy for them later," he said.
Scott had two holes left to finish up a smooth round that featured two birdies on each side thanks to his putter. He holed out from nearly 14 feet on No. 13 and sunk a 40-footer on No. 7 to drop to 7 under with the weather moving in.
Not that he minded the delay.
"I was playing quite nicely at the time. It's never ideal, but it's something you have to get used to because we seem to do it a lot on tour. And you just have to learn to relax and take it for what it is and try to come out with a fresh mind," Scott said.
Daly started grabbing attention as he prepared to start his round on the No. 1 tee before the delay, with both cheeks looking as if he'd been clawed. News of the fight between the couple, who each sued for divorce last October, surfaced during the delay.
He released a statement and accused his wife of attacking him as he woke up in his home near the course. Sheriff's deputies were called, and Daly said he had made a complaint with the sheriff's department and would have no further comment during an investigation by police.
No charges had been filed as of late Friday afternoon.
He had plenty of supporters through a round he started tied for eighth. He had two double bogeys, five bogeys and five birdies. Daly splashed a flyer from the rough into the water left of the 18th green, tapped in a 4-footer for bogey and still had fans cheering him as he walked away from the scoring trailer with a pair of bodyguards who spent the day with him. He walked off without talking, then rode a cart to the locker room to escape reporters.
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I can only imagine what has gone on in that household. It would surely make a hell of a movie.

Big JD fan here. Guy has demons galore & can still play a good game.

Married after 7 week? Dumbasses

Too bad she missed. Whatta waste of oxygen that fat, drunken, gambling dengenerate scum is...uke1:

Whoa-that cheek looks like he fought a losing battle with a cougar.

Holy shit

Wow

Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Daly out of Arnold Palmer Invitational day after Harmon blast

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ORLANDO, Fla. -- John Daly was a no-show Wednesday morning for the pro-am round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational and is now ineligible for the event -- a day after his former swing coach publicly challenged whether he is more interested in drinking or golfing.


Daly, invited to Bay Hill on a sponsor's exemption, told tournament officials he thought his tee time was 9:47 a.m. instead of 8:40 a.m. He was on his way to the golf course when told there was no point in showing up. He was then ruled out of the tournament, which begins Thursday (he is technically ineligible for missing the event, though he's effectively disqualified).


When Daly did not show for his tee time at the pro-am, a morning and afternoon alternate list for the pro-am was put into effect.

Fredrik Jacobson was the first alternate in the morning but had been excused due to illness. Ryuji Imada and Nick O'Hern were next on the morning alternate list, but neither was on the property, so both were declared ineligible for the tournament.

Michael Letzig is replacing Imada in the field and Peter Lonard is replacing O'Hern.

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Ian Poulter, who was the first alternate in the afternoon pro-am, happened to be on the property and took Daly's spot. Tag Ridings replaced Daly in the tournament field.

PGA Tour rules require those in the pro-am to participate or risk being ineligible for the event. And it applies to alternates, whose job it is to know where they are on the list and be prepared in case someone drops out.

The lapse could be potentially damaging to Imada, who is ranked 68th in the world rankings and trying to earn a spot in the Masters. He is seventh in FedEx Cup points; the top 10 through next week's CA Championship at Doral get an invitation to Augusta National.


O'Hern was furious to learn he had been disqualified, especially because he lives only five minutes away at Isleworth.


"When I should have been on the tee, I was giving my girls breakfast," O'Hern said. "I thought common sense would have prevailed. This is a tough one to take. Unfortunately, we got caught up in John's snowball effect."


Daly could not be located for comment, and his agent, Bud Martin, did not immediately return a phone call.


The tour has a policy that anyone missing the pro-am cannot play in the tournament except for a valid excuse, such as an injury. Phil Mickelson missed his pro-am at the EDS Byron Nelson Championship last year, but was allowed to play because he had been in Arkansas and his flight was delayed by weather.



Daly's disqualification comes one day after Butch Harmon, one of golf's most renowned swing coaches, said he was done working with Daly because the two-time major champion appeared more interested in drinking than working on his game.


Daly has only one top-10 finish at Bay Hill, although memories are littered around Palmer's course. Daly took an 18 on the sixth hole in 1998 when he shot an 85. He shot an 87 in the final round of 2000.


Poulter also misunderstood the rules; he was an alternate in the afternoon, but thought he was to be at Bay Hill in the morning.


The confusion for O'Hern and Imada stems from a rule that was created two years ago. The alternates are listed in order until Tuesday afternoon, in case anyone withdraws. After that, the Nos. 1, 3 and 5 alternates are assigned to the morning, and Nos. 2, 4 and 6 are assigned to the afternoon.


Fredrik Jacobson was No. 1, but was excused from being an alternate ahead of time. Imada was No. 3 and O'Hern was No. 5.


O'Hern wondered why, since Poulter was around to fill the spot, he or Imada could not be placed in the afternoon group of alternates.


"That would be common sense," he said. "I don't see why they can't do that. At the same time, they've got to have some sort of rule."


Bob Harig covers golf for ESPN.com. The Associated Press contributed to this story.

Butch Harmon, swing coach has also said good-bye to JD. Quote, "My whole goal for him was he's got to show me golf is the most important thing in his life," Harmon said from his golf school in Las Vegas. "And the most important thing in his life is getting drunk."

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cheapseats said:

Butch Harmon, swing coach has also said good-bye to JD. Quote, "My whole goal for him was he's got to show me golf is the most important thing in his life," Harmon said from his golf school in Las Vegas. "And the most important thing in his life is getting drunk."

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And this fuck stick looks down on him for enjoying his life and doing wehat he wants? Fuck him!! If he does not want to work for him anymore that is fine, but why the fuck does he need to open his mouth about the guys demons?

Nice to see he is doing well today, better than Phil..



T37 80 John Daly +1 -1 13 72 - - - 72



Should make cut, barring a melt-down..

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Nice to see he is doing well today, better than Phil..



T37 80 John Daly +1 -1 13 72 - - - 72


Should make cut, barring a melt-down..

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Like his outfit today, nice Union jack pants

Unless they move the cutline to +3 he'll miss the cut.