Unless Butch Harmon is DONATING his time gratis to John Daly, he has no right to demand that golf be a priority in Daly's life. I would assume that John Daly is PAYING Harmon for his time. Therefore Harmon should shut the F up and dial down the arrogance.
Daly may be paying him but Harmon has every right to demand focus from Daly. Daly's lack of improvement, lack of focus and general behaviour can reflect badly on Harmon to prospective clients, and by association it doesnt improve his portfolio of players. Just because Daly pays Harmon doesnt mean that he works for Daly like an employee. Harmon has something that Daly wants, and he has to pay Harmon for it. Harmon is in the power position. Much like a top record producer. The artist pays the producer, but the producer demands the best out of the artist, otherwise they make a crap record and it reflects badly on the producer and his career. Harmon is already wealthy and doesnt need money for the sake of money, and is in a unique position where he is in such demand that he can pick and choose his clients and doesnt have to work with people that dont want to take things seriously. Harmon clearly stated that he is "very busy person". it shows that Harmon's enthusiasm for the game is still there, and that what motivates him most is helping players make a good swing, not money. There is only so much time in the day, and it may well be that Harmon passed up on the opportunity to coach somebody else (who could well be more motivated) to accommodate Daly. Given that Harmon is working with the likes of Dustin etc, and Daly is quite frankly a washed up golfer ranked 1732 in the world, they most likely had a conversation along the lines of: "Look John I have a lot of opportunities and I feel coaching you may be a bit of a gamble, so if you want me to help you then i require your undivided attention, otherwise its not worth my time." "Sure Butch, no problem." I don't think Harmon should have aired his thoughts about the drink etc in public, he could have simply said that they have parted company, but i would also hazard a guess that Harmon might actually care about Daly, and since the work they were doing in private was failing, it was possibly a last ditch attempt to 'help' Daly by publicly shaming him - who knows?
Well, this video is a couple years old, so it's hardly relevant to Daly's situation now... But! It is great to see Daly playing better this year. 12 cuts made, which is more than he has had per year in the last 6 or 7 years. He finished at 11 under just this past week at the Wyndham.
Daly is the one guy on tour I'd love to play a round of golf with. I've never seen him backbiting anyone, and I've never seen him say bad about anyone.
Harmon gets paid way too much as a coach to be bothered about cleaning anybody's clubs. Harmon is coaching people like the world number 1 - Dustin Johnson. John Daly is ranked 1732.
he's not my favourite guy. he broke my camera in a fit of rage. i offered him a can of beer to say sorry. he took the beer. and apologised for the camera. so it's all good, but yeah oh my does he ever have a temper!
Yeah...because you KNOW he has held talent hostage. In case you haven't noticed, golf is a difficult game. People always assume JD was just entitled to be sweet. He practiced and built his game to the level it is. He could have never had a drink in his life and still only won 2 majors. There are plenty of great players that can't get one! Athletes are not role models!!! They do terrible things all the time in every sport. Tiger is no more a role model than Daly. They are entertainment.
@mrchickatees Alcoholism is not an addiction. I'm an alcoholic. I stopped drinking three years ago and had zero withdrawal effects, so ther goers that chestnut. No withdrawal symptoms equals no addiction.
Lol at all the enablers in the comment section. Know this, all of you making apologetics for Daly's alcoholism and even encouraging it, you are the reason he's had the problems that he's had.
John Daly is truly golfs last old school personality. Hes really is to golf what Babe was to baseball.
Unless Butch Harmon is DONATING his time gratis to John Daly, he has no right to demand that golf be a priority in Daly's life. I would assume that John Daly is PAYING Harmon for his time. Therefore Harmon should shut the F up and dial down the arrogance.
Paying someone does not mean that they become your bitch. Every client-customer relationship requires mutual respect.
Tartan No one said anything about becoming someone's "bitch". Did they.
Harmon is behaving unprofessionally. Perhaps that's why Tiger dumped him.
Daly may be paying him but Harmon has every right to demand focus from Daly. Daly's lack of improvement, lack of focus and general behaviour can reflect badly on Harmon to prospective clients, and by association it doesnt improve his portfolio of players.
Just because Daly pays Harmon doesnt mean that he works for Daly like an employee. Harmon has something that Daly wants, and he has to pay Harmon for it. Harmon is in the power position. Much like a top record producer. The artist pays the producer, but the producer demands the best out of the artist, otherwise they make a crap record and it reflects badly on the producer and his career.
Harmon is already wealthy and doesnt need money for the sake of money, and is in a unique position where he is in such demand that he can pick and choose his clients and doesnt have to work with people that dont want to take things seriously. Harmon clearly stated that he is "very busy person". it shows that Harmon's enthusiasm for the game is still there, and that what motivates him most is helping players make a good swing, not money.
There is only so much time in the day, and it may well be that Harmon passed up on the opportunity to coach somebody else (who could well be more motivated) to accommodate Daly. Given that Harmon is working with the likes of Dustin etc, and Daly is quite frankly a washed up golfer ranked 1732 in the world, they most likely had a conversation along the lines of:
"Look John I have a lot of opportunities and I feel coaching you may be a bit of a gamble, so if you want me to help you then i require your undivided attention, otherwise its not worth my time."
"Sure Butch, no problem."
I don't think Harmon should have aired his thoughts about the drink etc in public, he could have simply said that they have parted company, but i would also hazard a guess that Harmon might actually care about Daly, and since the work they were doing in private was failing, it was possibly a last ditch attempt to 'help' Daly by publicly shaming him - who knows?
I wonder what might have been for this fellow. Of course his length was the thing but I always liked his touch around the greens. Too bad.
Well, this video is a couple years old, so it's hardly relevant to Daly's situation now...
But! It is great to see Daly playing better this year. 12 cuts made, which is more than he has had per year in the last 6 or 7 years. He finished at 11 under just this past week at the Wyndham.
How about Butch explain why he isn't PGA, but John is and is won 2 Majors..what has Butch ever done?
Daly is the one guy on tour I'd love to play a round of golf with. I've never seen him backbiting anyone, and I've never seen him say bad about anyone.
I hear you my friend.
Harmon couldn't clean John's clubs.
Harmon gets paid way too much as a coach to be bothered about cleaning anybody's clubs. Harmon is coaching people like the world number 1 - Dustin Johnson. John Daly is ranked 1732.
What's wrong with getting drunk? It's a hoot.
he's not my favourite guy. he broke my camera in a fit of rage. i offered him a can of beer to say sorry. he took the beer. and apologised for the camera. so it's all good, but yeah oh my does he ever have a temper!
CaptainAndrewWiggins a beer always fixes things. 😂😂
not the most uneducated. but maybe the most telling.
That is the most uneducated response i have ever read on any post anywhere ever!
Harmon has priorities all wrong. The winning combination is God 1st family 2nd golf 3rd
wavygr I see what you mean.
Does anybody know what clubs John Daly uses? Thanks.
He used to use Dunlop, which I'm not even sure makes clubs anymore, and I think he uses taylormade noq
+Rektspresso now*
Don't be shy to tell names. Johnson, Poulter, Fowler and even McIlroy started to fade on the wrong way.
you can’t pull fat
Yeah...because you KNOW he has held talent hostage. In case you haven't noticed, golf is a difficult game. People always assume JD was just entitled to be sweet. He practiced and built his game to the level it is. He could have never had a drink in his life and still only won 2 majors. There are plenty of great players that can't get one! Athletes are not role models!!! They do terrible things all the time in every sport. Tiger is no more a role model than Daly. They are entertainment.
@mrchickatees Alcoholism is not an addiction. I'm an alcoholic. I stopped drinking three years ago and had zero withdrawal effects, so ther goers that chestnut. No withdrawal symptoms equals no addiction.
wurd.
Daly is the only golfer I like. The rest are bores.
Lol at all the enablers in the comment section. Know this, all of you making apologetics for Daly's alcoholism and even encouraging it, you are the reason he's had the problems that he's had.
Yes. Comments from strangers on youtube are the cause of one's alcoholism. You damn ignoramus.