Golf-Leaner Daly hungry to resurrect career after PGA Tour ban

MEMPHIS, June 10 (Reuters) - Back on the PGA Tour for this week's St. Jude Classic after serving a six-month suspension, a leaner and hungrier John Daly has set his sights on working much harder to salvage his career.

The big-hitting American has played on sponsor's exemptions since losing his past champion category after the 2007 season and he has not won on the U.S. circuit for five years.

"I've wasted a lot of years," Daly told reporters at the TPC Southwind on Wednesday. "I enjoyed doing it but I see these guys work and work and work, and that's what I need to do.

"Golf is my life. It's the only thing I've been able to do to provide for my family, for myself. I just want to be more serious about it. I want to prepare myself more.

"The good news is I can still salvage a great career. I think I'm giving myself a chance to be the best player that I can be, and to me that's all that matters."

The 43-year-old, a double major champion, has spent most of his adult life struggling with alcohol, anti-depressants, gambling, binge eating and divorces.

Dubbed the 'Wild Thing' early in his career, Daly was banned from his home circuit in November for bringing the PGA Tour into disrepute after he was accused of being found drunk outside a bar.

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