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  • The Future of Golf: How Golf Lost Its Way and How to Get It Back
    The Future of Golf: How Golf Lost Its Way and How to Get It Back
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  • Grounds for Golf: The History and Fundamentals of Golf Course Design
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    by Geoff Shackelford
  • The Art of Golf Design
    The Art of Golf Design
    by Michael Miller, Geoff Shackelford
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  • The Golden Age of Golf Design
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    Masters of the Links: Essays on the Art of Golf and Course Design
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    SI Golf Plus calls this the #1 golf book of 2008.

  • World Atlas of Golf: The Greatest Courses and How They are Played
    World Atlas of Golf: The Greatest Courses and How They are Played
    by Mark Rowlinson

    New and updated, including contributions from Ran Morrissett and Daniel Wexler.

  • Golf in America (Sport and Society)
    Golf in America (Sport and Society)
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    Fresh and well researched perspective on the history of golf in America

  • Pete Dye Golf Courses: Fifty Years of Visionary Design
    Pete Dye Golf Courses: Fifty Years of Visionary Design
    by Joel Zuckerman

  • Follow the Roar: Tailing Tiger for All 604 Holes of His Most Spectacular Season
    Follow the Roar: Tailing Tiger for All 604 Holes of His Most Spectacular Season
    by Bob Smiley

  • The Wow Factor: How I Turned One Idea and My Unbridled Enthusiasm Into a Golf Revolution
    The Wow Factor: How I Turned One Idea and My Unbridled Enthusiasm Into a Golf Revolution
    by Barney Adams
  • Anticipation
    Anticipation
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    The comedian's latest CD includes a 7 minute rant on golf.

  • Planet Golf: The Definitive Reference to Great Golf Courses Outside the United States of America
    Planet Golf: The Definitive Reference to Great Golf Courses Outside the United States of America
    by Darius Oliver

    Exquisite photography and lively course reviews/essays.

Classics
  • The Book Of Golfers: A Biographical History Of The Royal & Ancient Game
    The Book Of Golfers: A Biographical History Of The Royal & Ancient Game
    by Daniel Wexler


  • A Season In Dornoch: Golf and Life in the Scottish Highlands
    A Season In Dornoch: Golf and Life in the Scottish Highlands
    by Lorne Ruberstein

    A summer in Dornoch.

  • Emerald Gems:The Links of Ireland
    Emerald Gems:The Links of Ireland
    by Laurence Casey Lambrecht

    Beautiful images of the classic Irish links.

  • Bernard Darwin On Golf (On)
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    by Bernard Darwin
  • The Spirit of St. Andrews
    The Spirit of St. Andrews
    by Alister MacKenzie
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    Club Life: The Games Golfers Play
    by John Steinbreder
  • Discovering Donald Ross: The Architect and his Golf Courses
    Discovering Donald Ross: The Architect and his Golf Courses
    by Bradley S. Klein
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    Evangelist of Golf: The Story of Charles Blair MacDonald
    by George Bahto
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    The Course Beautiful : A Collection of Original Articles and Photographs on Golf Course Design
    Treewolf Prod
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    Reminiscences Of The Links
    by Albert Warren Tillinghast, Richard C. Wolffe, Robert S. Trebus, Stuart F. Wolffe
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    Gleanings from the Wayside
    by Albert Warren Tillinghast
  • The Missing Links: America's Greatest Lost Golf Courses & Holes
    The Missing Links: America's Greatest Lost Golf Courses & Holes
    by Daniel Wexler
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Thursday
04May

"The man has no character to defame"

Mike Bianchi in the Orlando Sentinel:

John Daly has just ruined any chance he has of winning an ongoing lawsuit against a writer in Jacksonville he accuses of defamation of character.

After reading Daly's latest autobiography, it's quite clear: The man has no character to defame.

The name of Daly's book is called ``My Life In & Out of the Rough.'' It should be called, "I'm a big, fat, gluttonous, gambling, boozing, grunting, snorting sexist pig."

If PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem has any backbone, he will exercise executive privilege and immediately suspend Daly from the PGA Tour for "conduct unbecoming of a professional golfer." Actually, Daly's conduct is unbecoming of a professional porn star.

Let's forget for a moment how the tour should feel about the gambling addiction Daly details in his book, let's talk about how his ex-wives and girlfriends should feel about Daly giving his juvenile critiques of their sexual prowess.

It gets uglier from there, but you get the point.

How much did Daly get for this book? 

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Reader Comments (12)

Mike Bianchi has thrown John Daly under the bus and is in dire search for the keys. Has Mike verified any of these Big John tales? In the code of professional conduct unbecoming a professional, where does it say that a man can't reveal his own personal life, good or bad? Are we not living in the days of reality tv, where John has his own reality series called "The Daly Planet"? Is John simply providing whoever wants it, a gigantic dose of ooooopppsss, (grip it and rip it) reality?

While Mike Bianchi is on his crusade to save the PGA Tour, it would help if he could take on Phil Michelson's gambling escapades and sexual conquests as well.

The reason Finchem has his head buried in a bunker Mike, is Tim has a past history of professional conduct unbecoming a professional as well. In Golfweek, Jeff Rude's recent article is well detailed with Commissioner Finchem's speeding ticket days. What's missing is the cocaine abuse that is on his record from those same days.

Mike Bianchi has not entered into the 21st Century, where it's all about reality. There is enough reality sound bytes here in Ponte Vedra to fill 10 seasons of episodes. This dog and pony show could be called "Survival of the Filthy". Daly may not be able to sue for defamation, and if Commissioner Finchem throws the first rock there would be plenty of glass houses come crashing down including his.

Geoff, why doesn't Bianchi go after something more attainable, say the USGA?

05.5.2006 | Unregistered CommenterRick
It seems to me Daly is very appealing because he prefers to knock only himself, and is truthful when doing so. If, in his latest book, he exposes sexual relationships, he has crossed into new territory, where he is affecting those around him. Typically when watching his show, he is very kind and seems to be very aware of the feelings of those around him.
If the Tour is concerned with him playing barefoot on Mondays, then they are truely trying to turn golf into an elitist only affair.
05.5.2006 | Unregistered CommenterLynn S.
When did integrity leave our government, business and golf? I think one can have a hell of a good time but still maintain one's integrity. I find JD amusing at best. Just another unhappy guy bent on self destruction.
05.5.2006 | Unregistered CommenterRandy
Mike Bianchi's next article tomorrow should be focused on the integrity (or lack there of) of Policy Board Player Director Joe Ogilvie's DUI (driving under the influence) at Wachovia Friday night. The PGA Tour reality series is heating up.
05.5.2006 | Unregistered CommenterScott
Would that also be considered professional conduct unbecoming?
05.5.2006 | Unregistered CommenterGreg
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/golf/05/05/ogilvie.ap/

Police spokesman Keith Bridges said Ogilvie was stopped for speeding early Wednesday morning, and the officer smelled alcohol. Ogilvie failed a field sobriety test and was taken into custody before posting bond.

A professional athelete out in the wee morning hours, blowing positive, hardly an excuse of having a few too many with dinner.

Joe is not fit to represent the membership of the PGA Tour at this time, he should resign his policy board position immediately to someone who can make sound decisions.
05.5.2006 | Unregistered CommenterJ.D.
OH-BOY, this will be fun to watch. John Daly was just saved from being run over by a blue bird bus driven by Mike Bianchi. How on earth is Finchem going to ask for Ogilvie's resignation and the suspension of John Daly all in one week? Unless they both volunteer.....
05.5.2006 | Unregistered CommenterD. Campbell
I guess those famous Wachovia perks don't include bribing the local cops. Hard to villify a guy for a DUI without knowing what his BAC was. I'm not saying it is okay to get behind the wheel after drinking, but there's a difference between legally drunk and smashed. I'm sure the lawyers who are reading this can tell us all about the reliability of calibration machines.

"Fore please, Joe Ogilvie now driving!" (gallery sprints away from teebox while playing partners, caddies and officials duck for cover)
05.5.2006 | Unregistered CommenterNRH
Correct, it was a field sobriety test. If he couldn't stand on one foot and put his index finger to his nose it is safe to say he was smashed, especially if the officer smelled the alcohol. Oh, and just to make it official, you've been caught on candid camera. Smile for the birdie! What's in the jungle juice at Duke? Two Duke Students Arrested for Rape.
05.5.2006 | Unregistered CommenterL. Richards
Bad Boys, Bad Boys, what'cha gonna du, what'cha gonna du when they come for yu? COPS, shot on location from Charlotte, North Carolina in May 2006.

There's no names but we'll recognize the Wachovia decal on the courtsey car. It's not every COPS episode where you might see someone you recognize.

Joe six pack, on Tour no less.
05.6.2006 | Unregistered CommenterBoBo
Like I was saying, there is enough reality tv possibilities to fill up 10 seasons with what goes on down here in Ponte Vedra. Everyone has their eyes on John Daly because he's honest, but watch how this escapade gets dealt with from the Big Chief. And you Boy's at Shack dot Com thought there was beginning to be a two tiered system with tournaments!

Oh yes, this does lend new meaning to Michelob Challenge.
05.6.2006 | Unregistered CommenterRick
When will the steriod testing begin? The equipment is not the only thing juiced out on Tour.
05.6.2006 | Unregistered CommenterJ.D.

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