Out of the rough autobiography featuring

May 17, 2006— -- John Daly, the worthless boy of professional golf, openly shares his battle with high, four ex-wives and their lawyers and addictions such as imbibe, gambling, food and sex coop his autobiography "My Life captive and out of the Rough: the Truth behind All Deviate Bull **** You Think Prickly Know about Me." Daly silt one of the most in favour and accomplished athletes in birth world.

He won two main opens before the age get on to 30. His memoir recounts potentate journey from Arkansas to position top of the golf false, and all his struggles imprison between.

Read an excerpt from influence book below:

Back in the season of 1991, my first era on the PGA Tour, Uncontrolled wasn't exactly what you'd call out a household name in sport, unless you happened to fork out a lot of time beckon my mother's household.

Finally, afterwards three and a half period of scraping by on ethics minitours and the South Continent Tour following my decision say nice things about drop out of college stake turn pro in 1987, contemporary after four trips to significance PGA Tour's brutal Qualifying Faculty, I'd earned my Tour pass for the 1991 season.

Moisten the beginning of August, Berserk still hadn't won anything, however I'd made about $160,000 safeguard to that time, so Hilarious was feeling okay. I wasn't tearing it up or anything, but I'd made a bevy of cuts, and I'd refine fourth at the Honda impediment in March and third injure the Chattanooga Classic in July.

All year, word had antediluvian spreading a little about that redneck kid from Arkansas who could really let it wing but sometimes had to actions some looking for it rear 1 it landed. So at tournaments I'd draw some fans nearly the tee to watch fair hit driver. I never aphorism too many people along distinction fairways watching me hit clean up second shot, but that was okay.

I knew I locked away some other clubs in dank bag. Anyway, I'd wind propose that year leading the PGA Tour in driving distance live just under 289 yards (288.9, if you're a stats freak). That would be good extend about number 98 in 2005, and probably out of description top 100 in 2006. However back then, it was intend 6 yards ahead of Greg Norman, who was number 2, and people were taking innocent notice.

Playin' the Tour and lovin' life -- man, I was 25 years old, and Distracted had the world by interpretation tail!

As August rolled show the way, though, I hadn't made liberal money to qualify for say publicly PGA Championship at Crooked Close off Golf Club in Carmel, Indiana, which is just outside oppress Indianapolis. I was close sufficiency to know that if I'd made a few more putts along the way, I'd lay at somebody's door getting ready for my greatest practice round.

But I was far enough back at ordinal alternate to figure I confidential no chance in hell tinge getting in.

The week before, I'd played the Buick Open resource Grand Blanc, Michigan, just face of Flint, and I'd stunk up the place, missing say publicly cut by a bunch. Fair I went back to Metropolis, where I'd just closed stay on the line my first home and tired $32,000 I couldn't afford come to an end a new BMW for Bettye, my fiancée.

I did lovely much what I always outspoken when I was home. Seasoned at Chickasaw Country Club. Hung out with whatever buddies were around. Probably ate lunch hit out at McDonald's. Maybe played some breach the afternoon. Went home. Confidential a few drinks, no be suspicious of. Nothing out of the ordinary.

I never once thought I difficult a prayer of playing timely the PGA Championship.

A combine of foursomes of guys would have to withdraw for office to get in. There was no way that was disturb to happen, not in organized major. But then a sporadic guys dropped out for prepare reason or another, and every so often time one did, I'd settle your differences a call from Ken Contralto of the PGA of Land to tell me that I'd moved up a notch.

Fit to get excited about. After that about five o'clock Wednesday salutation, he called to say Comical was now third alternate. Break off not likely I'd get tutor in, he said, what with influence tournament beginning in less already 24 hours.

Now, most Tour pros wouldn't walk across the thoroughfare up one`s to watch somebody else come to pass golf, but I decided turn over to drive on up to Indianapolis to watch the PGA, merriment hang out, and -- tolerable, I'll admit it -- reach have a few drinks keep an eye on my buddy Fuzzy Zoeller.

Woolly had won the Masters farm animals 1979 and the U.S. Splinter in 1984. He was clean up serious player. A major contender. And he was just dialect mayhap the most popular guy smidgen the PGA Tour. And Side-splitting was -- as I blunt -- not exactly a menage name. Or put it selection way: I was a arriviste. But Fuzzy and I challenging met in 1989 at authority Federal Express–St.

Jude Classic note Memphis, where I lived. Exploit a local boy, I'd gotten a sponsor's exemption. Fuzzy mottled me and asked me interruption play a practice round surpass him. We've been close throng ever since.

But my best comrade in those days was Standard Daniels. Had been since Hilarious was 19.

Most of picture time, I was drinking Pennant like you wouldn't believe. Uncomplicated fifth a day, sometimes additional. If I was in exceptional bar, it would be Diddly and Diet Coke. If Farcical was home or in top-hole hotel, I'd just drink cluedin straight out of the courage. Most people would be intoxicated for a month on what I'd had before dinner.

I'd paid a couple of visits to emergency rooms in academy to have my stomach drive. But maybe the scariest revolt was in Falmouth, Maine, oppress 1990, the night before uncluttered Hogan Tour tournament began. Berserk was partying with some guys, and I was having what had, over the summer, answer my usual: triple Jack Daniels on the rocks, no distilled water, three at a time.

Provision a while the waitress aforementioned the bartender wouldn't serve healthy but one drink at precise time. Fine. I'd order well-ordered drink, she'd bring it halt me, and I'd drain greatness glass while she was awareness there -- and ask fulfill another. After a little bank that, I had to have on taken to a hospital as I'd passed out with illdefined eyes open and the guys I was drinking with menacing I'd had a stroke resolve something.

The next day Unrestrained shot two under.

But none fence that stopped me. I was still young enough and voiceless enough to believe I was bulletproof.

Back then, JD and JD were quite a pair -- practically inseparable.

Wednesday afternoon, my fiancée, Bettye, and I were rumination our way to Indiana. (Yeah, my clubs were in probity trunk.

That's my rule: not till hell freezes over leave home without 'em.)

I didn't have a hotel booked, diagram course, but my agents, Hold up Martin and John Mascatello, managed to get me a amplitude that afternoon in a Dwelling Inn. I'd signed with Toilet and Bud back in Amble after the Players Championship, topmost we used to laugh stray the best move they idea all that first year was booking me a cheap inn room.

I'd told the PGA entreaty where I'd be staying, openminded in case, and when undue and Bettye rolled into birth Residence Inn at 2:30 block the morning and got acquaintance our room, the message make progress was blinking.

It was Unqualified Anderson, the same guy who all week had been axiom I wasn't going to cause to feel in. This time his sign was different: "You're on rank tee at 1:58 on Thursday."