My Life in and out of the Rough
The Truth Behind All That Bull**** You Think You Know About Me
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4.0 • 30 Ratings
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
Ever since his astonishing victory in the 1991 PGA Championship, John Daly, known affectionately on the PGA Tour as "Big 'Un," has enthralled fans with his big drives, bigger personality, and "Grip It and Rip It" approach to golf -- and to life.
Long John, usually seen with a Marlboro Light dangling from his lip, is the unchained, unpredictable, unapologetic bad boy of professional golf. "The only rules I follow," JD likes to say, "are the Rules of Golf."
Daly's play-it-as-it-lays approach drives My Life in and out of the Rough, a thrillingly -- and sometimes shockingly -- candid memoir of a larger-than-life athlete battling assorted addictions (alcohol, gambling, chocolate, sex), his weight, and, perhaps worst of all, divorce lawyers. (He's been married four times.)
A two-time major winner before he turned thirty, John Daly is one of the most popular athletes in the world. Taking readers with him off the fairway and into his $1.5-million motor home for a rollicking ride through his life -- an ever-churning world of booze, burgers, casinos, country music, and breathtaking moonshots -- Daly reveals how a down-home Everyman from Arkansas managed to rise to the peak of the golf world, escape from the depths of abject depression, and, finally, take control of his life.
Well, sort of.
Customer Reviews
My Life in and Out of the Rough
Notwithstanding that John Daly has amassed and blown a fortune in golf, has been divorced four times, because of drinking, yet still says he is not an alcoholic, and has been DQ'd countless times because of his antics, he still remains popular in the golf world.
Not that I want to take anybody's inventory, but the guy wrote a so-so book and exposed the way he has wasted his God-given talent in so many ways. I am way less of a fan of his after reading this book, and to me, Mr. Daly is just another example of train-wreck in progress. What millions of people would give to be blessed with his talent. To write a book, and basically brag about squandering it is reprehensible, but to each his own I guess.