Daly Declines Counseling, Brand Coaches Worldwide Breathe Sigh of Relief

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Mark Soltau reports on John Daly's Tuesday talk with reporters.
"My life is unbecoming of a professional, basically," Daly told a handful of reporters Tuesday.

Daly met with PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem for 15 minutes on Monday at Quail Hollow. "He said he thinks I should have counseling," said Daly. "He said, 'I won't make you.'"

Asked if he would consider it, Daly replied, "I'm not really into that."
Actually, Finchem offered to put Daly in touch with a branding coach recommended by Carolyn Bivens.
"Harper Collins wanted to change it," said Daly. "They changed it about eight times. Too many cuss words. The whole book is not just about gambling, it's just life. A lot of good things, and a lot of bad things. It was kind of therapeutic talking about it. I'm 40, and it was cool to get one out now. And, hopefully, there'll be a sequel or a movie, maybe."

Finchem Hosts Wachovia Gambler's Anonymous Meeting

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230705john_d.jpgJohn Daly's forthcoming book reveals that he has lost between $50 million and $60 million during 12 years of heavy gambling, AP's Doug Ferguson reports.

He told one story of earning $750,000 when he lost in a playoff to Tiger Woods last fall in San Francisco at a World Golf Championship. Instead of going home, he drove to Las Vegas and says he lost $1.65 million in five hours playing mostly $5,000 slot machines.

"If I don't get control of my gambling, it's going to flat-out ruin me," he says in the book, co-written with Glen Waggoner and published by HarperCollins.
And it looks like someone in Ponte Vedra has been reading Daly's book.
The book got the attention of PGA Tour headquarters, and commissioner Tim Finchem met with Daly on Monday at the Wachovia Championship in Charlotte, N.C.

Finchem said the book does not violate PGA Tour regulations, although "it is clear that he continues to be concerned about and grapple with significant personal challenges."

"I have expressed to John the tour's concern for his well-being, as well as his ongoing need to uphold the image and standards of the PGA Tour," Finchem said. "While we will continue to enforce the regulations and policies of the PGA Tour, I have advised John of the tour's willingness to support him in his efforts to deal with his personal issues."
Of more pressing concern to Finchem was a recent focus group that downgraded Daly's likability rating due to his propensity to not wear shoes during Monday outting play (as recently demonstrated on The Daly Planet). 

 

The Commissioner and Daly reportedly discussed the potential brand impact of such negative focus group scores, the first port o'call should Daly decide to go shopping, and better ways to interface his feet with footwear.

Maybe This Is Around The Time...

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...John Daly broke his hand?

Thanks to reader Stu for the heads up on these lovely images of John Daly over at Deadspin.com.

Seeing these makes me think is was a good idea that big John skipped the Open Championship past champions dinner. Not his cup of tea.

Deadspin also posts on the Wendy's Three Tour Challenge and uses it as an excuse to post an epic photo of Christie Kerr kissing a trophy.