Golf: Daly gets apology

Coach Butch Harmon has apologised for sacking John Daly over suspicions of heavy drinking, the twice major champion said yesterday.

Harmon parted company with his fellow American, who has plummeted to 595th in the golf world rankings, after media reports that Daly had been drinking in the hospitality tent of one of his charities at last month's Tampa Bay Championship.

But the player said he was promoting his charity, not drinking. "I called him [Harmon] the other day and he said he realised he didn't get his facts right and he felt bad about it," Daly said. "He has apologised to me."