At the same time that Butch Harmon announced he is fed up with John Daly’s antics, the pro from Hooters career on the PGA Tour may be headed to a crashing end. Less than a week after Daly celebrated missing yet another cut at the Pods Championship by hanging out in the Hooters beer tent on Saturday, Harmon informed him that he will no longer offer him swing advice. "My whole goal for him was he's got to show me golf is the most important thing in his life," Harmon told The Associated Press from his golf school in Las Vegas. "And the most important thing in his life is getting drunk." In case you missed it, Daly spent part of rain delay at the Pods in a Hooters hospitality tent and then emerged with Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach John Gruden as his caddie. After shooting 77-80 to miss the cut, Daly returned to the tent on Saturday drinking with fans and signing autographs. The Tampa Tribune ran a series of photos, including one of Daly signing the back of a woman’s jeans. Real display of professional behavior, John. Daly, who has lost his tour status, is playing on sponsors exemptions. I’ll bet Arnold Palmer regrets handing him one this week. Daly appears to be setting new levels of self-destructive behavior and the sponsors, who still think he draws fans, are now enablers for the drunken clown prince of the PGA Tour.
Hitting range balls while wonder whatever happened to Jerry Heard.
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