Slimmed Down Golfer Daly is Back

John Daly, who was once known for his consumption of peanut M&Ms on the golf course, his long drives and a wild off-the-course lifestyle, is back.

John Daly for two decades has been the golger who was synonymous with the term, "grip it and rip it". Now he is 100 pounds lighter, shedding the old image of the fat partying golfer. Yahoo sports is reporting that Daly, who seemingly hit rock bottom last year when he was found passed out just outside of a North Carolina Hooters then went to Australia where he got angry at a fan and smashed their camera. After that the PGA suspended Daly for six months and it looked like the story of John Daly was going to end sadly there. Now about a year later Daly has cleaned himself up and is back on the course. Not only that but he has dropped over 100 pounds due to lap-band surgery in the last year. Currently he stands at 185 pounds. The 43-year-old golfer is still over in Australia for the Australian PGA. It was there at a press conference that he announced that he is wanting to write a new book and that he would love to see a movie about the crazy life he has led both on and off the course. When asked about who would play him, he noted that Kevin James would be perfect for his "before" surgery self and that Matt Damon could play the "after" version. Daly actually thought after seeing Damon swing a golf club that he would be perfect to play him in a movie. Daly is now in the middle of what is being called a yearlong redemption tour. He played well enough to make the cut at the British Open and he is now back at Coolum, Australia. It was here in 2002 that he triple-boggied the 18th hole and stormed off the course without signing his scorecard. That was after he threw his ball and putter into the lake. After disqualifying himself he was fined close to $6,000 by the Australian PGA Tour and ordered to write an "I'm Sorry Letter." In a continued sign of his generosity and support for others on the tour, which is something that no one has ever doubted, he wore pink pants in support of Amy Mickelson in her battle against breast cancer. Then on Tuesday he voiced his opinion about Tiger Woods or more directly those who have criticized Woods saying, "I'm not too happy with what some of the players have said. Without him our tour would not survive as what it is when Tiger plays."