John Daly needs a two-year suspension from the PGA Tour. And, no, he shouldn't be allowed on the Nationwide Tour (owned by the PGA Tour) or any other member of the International Federation of PGA Tours either.

I like to think I'm a patient and empathic person, but I've lost it with Daly. We all fight our demons, and certainly Daly has his. But, there comes a point when enough is enough. He has been given several chances to clean up, but the past few months he has proven he doesn't care anymore.

He failed to show for the Arnold Palmer Invitational pro-am and used the excuse that he was told the wrong time starting time. Perhaps, but it is his responsibility to know and double check. The times are posted the day before. Surely he has been a touring pro long enough to know that.

Daly's antics knocked both Nick O'Hern and Ryuji Imada out of the tournament when they were disqualified for failing to show up when they were bumped up to the morning shift after Daly didn't show.

"So now I got these guys mad at me, too," Daly said. You think. Then again, John, obviously you don't think of anyone but yourself. Imada has been on a hot streak and is hoping to squeeze into the Top 50 in the world rankings to secure a ticket to Augusta.

Daly spent Saturday of the PODS Championship in a Hooters beer garden adjacent to the 17th green after he missed yet another cut by a mile.

A caddie whose player was on the 17th said Daly yelled his name from the beer garden during third-round play then gave him the finger.

Daly told the Associated Press he thought he was doing the tournament a favor by drumming up business at the rowdy tent. Sure John, I believe you. He was also caught on tape bragging about how much booze he had consumed.

"I signed about a thousand hats," Daly said. "I love Hooters. I had a few beers and some chicken wings. It was Saturday. I wasn't even playing in the tournament."

True enough, and what he does on his own time is up to him. However, Daly was on the tournament grounds and surely knew his actions would be viewed by many.

It was reported that Daly was so drunk after attending a party following the third round of the Bob Hope Classic; he had to be helped from the grounds. He withdrew the next day.
Usually a player fires a coach, but it was Butch Harmon who canned Daly after quickly growing tired of his nonsense.

"My whole goal for him was he's got to show me golf is the most important thing in his life," Harmon told the AP. "And the most important thing in his life is getting drunk."

Daly responded: "I just wish Butch had called me before getting slapped in the face…"

The fact is, John, you've been slapping tournament and equipment sponsors in the face with your withdrawals and general screw-ups for quite some time now.

"My life is upside-down right now," Daly continued. "No matter what I do, it's wrong. I'm thinking of writing a new song. I'll call it, 'I guess it's my fault, even when it's not my fault.' "

We've heard similar quotes from Daly for more than a decade now, and the fact is he has brought it upon himself. Let's look at some other incidents that Daly may not feel were his fault.

* He's admitted to three stints in rehab and walked out of rehab far too early for it to be effective.

* He has lost contracts with Callaway and others for returning to his vices and seemingly taking pride in his indulgences.

* He says in his autobiography that he has given up Jack Daniels because it will kill him, only to replace it with beer.

* He gambles away millions and then grumbles that he plays so many corporate outings that he is exhausted.

* At Peter Jacobsen's Fred Meyer Challenge several years ago, Daly turned around and blasted a drive just a few feet over the heads of several hundred fans. He could have killed someone.

* Daly claims that he drank a fifth of Jack Daniel's every day for a year. Wow, what a man.

* In July 1994, Daly claimed that many PGA golfers were recreational drug users, and said that if drug testing was done on Tour he would be "one of the cleanest guys out there." Greg Norman took him to task for it at the British Open later that month. Daly whined that he was tired of always being picked on.

* In the final round of the 1994 World Series of Golf, Daly was accused of hitting his long drives into the group ahead of him on more than one occasion. He would get into a fight with Bob Roth, whose son was competing in the event, although some say that Roth provoked the fight and his wife was calling Daly offensive names. Daly then skipped the rest of the 1994 season claiming physical and mental exhaustion.

* After a poor opening round at the 1993 Kemper Open, Daly threw his scorecard in the scoring tent, walked off, and was disqualified.

* Later that year, Daly was given an indefinite suspension for the 1994 season after quitting in the middle of the Kapalua International and told to seek treatment for his alcoholism. He was suspended for the first 12 tournaments of the 1994 season, but was allowed to return at the Honda Classic.

* Daly has also ran up his score on one hole several times and then stalked off the course.

Daly still whines that despite a pair of major championships to his credit, he has never participated in a Presidents Cup or a Ryder Cup. This is from a man who pulls out of tournaments with alarming regularity.

The man is troubled and needs to clean up fast because the incidents are becoming more frequent. Remember the alleged knife attack from his wife during last year's Memphis tournament?

Daly says that he plays for the fans, but doesn't understand that fans are fickle and their lives go on whatever happens in the sporting world. If Daly thinks his fans truly love him, then he is sadly mistaken and needs to address that as well. Today's hero or folk legend is tomorrow's has-been and soon-forgotten.

Daly will be 42 in April and rare is the player that wins much at that age and later. His prime earning years are more than a decade gone and he's not even the longest hitter any more. His often underrated short game is a mess and we are left to wonder what might have been.

Tim Finchem needs to administer some tough love and give him the boot until 2010 and let Daly work his way back to the PGA Tour. That is, if any tournaments will still have him.