Stunner: Daly's Fourth Wife Gets A Book Published By Supposedly High-Minded Outfit

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It's good to see the literary lions at Simon and Schuster--who once brought us books like Harvey Penick's Little Red Book--are going for quality these days, inking John Daly's fourth wife Sherrie (the prison one) to a book deal. Can't you just see the editor who inked this deal slamming down his phone and declaring to no one in particular, "I got Sherrie Daly!"

The vital tome, with a title blatantly ripped off from Dave Hill's classic, is apparently about to hit stores and hopefully this series of highlights captured by Garry Smits is all you will choose to read:

1. She said there were two versions of her ex-husband: John Daly, who she admitted could be "sweet" to her, and "JD," the hard-drinking, emotionally and physically abusive side who would call her the most vulgar of names.

I know, it's hard to keep reading when you learn something like that about one of your heroes, but we must soldier on...

2. Daly's reaction to things that displeased him often resulted in public urination. She described one incident where Daly came home and was displeased with the color of paint she had ordered for their kitchen. In front of his wife and his mother, Daly urinated on the walls.

That's going to be a tough image to get out of my head.

4. She was with Daly during his famous casino session in which he spent almost all of a million-dollar prize for finishing second to Tiger Woods in a World Golf Championship event within one hour, that same night. When she told Daly that every $500 pull on a slot machine could have paid her bills for an entire month before she married him, he replied, "don't interrupt me while I'm gambling."

You have to side with him on that one. After all, when you're trying to get back on the winning side of a cerebral competition like slots, you need 100% focus.

Poulter Wigs Out Over TCup Criticism; Wheels Out Charity In Its Defense

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Steve Elling examines the growing hostility toward the Conspicuous Consumption Cup which is has been a generator of massive charity dollars and massively unfair criticism, says Ian Poulter who was touchier than normal on Twitter today about the "T-Cup," citing a range of charitable contributions ("Over six" million in one Tweet, $8 million in another.)
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"New Front in War Between Companies and Hedge Funds"

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Steven Davidoff reports that it'll be too late for Fortune Brands/Acushnet/Titleist, but a war is brewing to prevent activist hedge funds from "surreptitiously building large positions." A law firm is pressuring the SEC to change certain rules to prevent a repeat of the situation that has one of golf's most storied brands in a firesale so that one hedge funder can cash in.
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New Masters Journal/Mystery Image

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The new Masters Journal is out and and usual it's an impressive publication, but this year it's a must-have for MacKenziephiles due to the inclusion of the original hole diagrams and green complex watercolors that appeared in the hard-to-find original program.

But I've been pulling my hair out trying to figure out this unlabeled page 101 image. Anyone care to guess what old hole we are looking at? I'm pretty sure it's Augusta based on the trees, bumps and the whacky shape of the green, which screams MacKenzie.