John Daly has been suspended five times and cited 21 times for not giving his best effort, according to a 456-page rap sheet kept by the PGA Tour that is now public record because of a libel lawsuit Daly failed to win.
The Florida Times-Union on Tuesday reported on Daly’s disciplinary file, which the tour had to give Morris Publishing Co during Daly’s libel lawsuit against a columnist who once worked for the newspaper.
The Times-Union is part of the Morris group.
The disciplinary file started in April 1991 when the tour said Daly cursed a playing partner and ending in the fall of 2008, when Daly was suspended for six months.
The two-time major champion was placed on probation six times, ordered to go to counseling or alcohol rehab seven times, cited for conduct unbecoming a professional 11 times and fined nearly US$100,000, the file said.
Most of the incidents have been widely reported, such as Daly trashing a hotel room in 1997 during The Players Championship.
Despite the file becoming a public record, the tour stayed with its position of not commenting on discipline.
The Times-Union said the file also contained letters from fans and tournament officials, some flattering and some not.
One fan wrote to former PGA Tour commissioner Deane Beman after Daly was suspended, saying: “I’m disappointed the suspension is indefinite. Please reconsider and get John Daly back so many of us can get enthused about the PGA.”
“How long does it take for this young man to grow up and remember that thousands of young junior golfers are out there watching him make an [expletive] of himself?” another fan wrote.
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