Major gambling habit could ‘flat-out ruin me’, says Daly

GOLFER John Daly says he has lost between $50 million (€39.5m) and $60m (€47.5m) during 12 years of heavy gambling, and that it has become a problem that could “flat-out ruin me” if he doesn’t bring it under control.

Mr Daly discussed his addiction to gambling in the final chapter of his autobiography, John Daly: My Life In and Out of the Rough, to be released next Monday.

He told one story of earning $750,000 (€594,000) when he lost in a play-off to Tiger Woods last autumn in San Francisco at a World Golf Championship.