American golfer John Daly was quoted Friday as saying that some players on the tour take cocaine and "crazy stuff."
In an interview published in The Sun newspaper, Daly - who has received treatment for alcoholism - called for random drug-testing of golfers."I wish we could have drug testing on the tour," he was quoted as saying. "If we did, I'd probably be one of the cleanest guys out there.
"There are certain people on the tour who do the crazy stuff. They're never going to get exposed unless they are found out by the police and put in jail.
"Drugs, cocaine, some of the other crazy things. If you're going to test everbody, athletes in the NBA, football players for steroids and stuff, test the golfers. Let it come out.
"I think it's unfair a lot of this stuff has been hidden . . . If we did introduce tests, it would help the guys with problems, not hurt them. Plus a lot of guys would say, `No way I want to get caught, so I'll quit.' "
Daly, who won the PGA in 1991, has spent time in rehabilitation clinics to treat his drinking problem.
"I never dabbled in drugs," he was quoted as saying. "I never had any interest. I was hurt when I went to rehab and people said John Daly was the only PGA player to do so. That's so out of whack. There are a lot of guys who have gone to rehab. People said I was the crazy one on the tour, but others were getting up to much crazier things than me."
Daly spoke during the Scottish Open at Gleneagles, a warmup event for next week's British Open at Turnberry.