HE'S won over $10million from hitting a little white ball a hell of a long way, but we at Locker Room can't help to admire Long John Daly. The blimp of the golfing world turned in another customary display at the British Open, posting scores of 80 and 89 on the par 70 course to miss the cut with the second worst score of the first two days, a whopping 29-over. Daly, known as much for his alcoholism, gambling and red-hot temper as his golf, found the going tough at Royal Birkdale. In March, Daly's swing coach Butch Harmon quit, saying that ''the most important thing in [Daly's] life is getting drunk''. Daly himself has provided the world with plenty of one-line gems and Locker Room has dug some up.

''There are probably some things I could do to keep my flexibility up, but I'd rather smoke, drink Diet Cokes and eat.''

''Seems I used to do everything like I was on a mission. If it was alcohol, I wanted to drink till I couldn't see straight. If it was golf, I wanted to beat everybody's brains out. If it was driving, I can get there faster'n you can ... I was stubborn as hell. I had no direction.''

''I believe nicotine plus caffeine equals protein.''

Back to Daly's work on the golf course now. Daly burst on to the scene as an unknown in 1991 when he won the PGA Championship, but he hasn't won a US PGA tour event since 2004. So while wins are few and far between, unlike the beers, Locker Room salutes John Daly.

Bloody worth it

IN LOCAL rugby matches crowds are used to rejoicing at the first sight of blood on the field. But yesterday the Tuggeranong Vikings and Gungahlin Eagles combined to try and get the fans to be the ones giving their blood during the game. They combined to raise awareness of the Australian Bone Marrow Donor Registry in the form of Donate08. More than 180 spectators made a 20mL blood donation to the Red Cross Donor mobile while watching the rugby. Gungahlin won the match 22-15 and is the inaugural winner of the Roman Warcaba Memorial Trophy. Roman Warcaba was a former Vikings coach and player, but sadly lost his battle with leukaemia last year.

What's in a name?

CANBERRA'S A-League bid, the ateam4canberra website has created a space to suggest names for an ACT team. Plenty have suggested Canberra City, Canberra United and Canberra FC, and some interesting one-offs, like the Canberra Bunyips FC, the Canberra Bushrangers FC, the Canberra Galaxy, the Canberra Griffins and the Canberra Senators. There are also some names from the past, in the Cosmos, and the Canberra Cannons. A few suggested the Canberra Comets but we doubt our current men's cricket team would be happy with that. But the one that Locker Room thinks has a great ring to it but may be too controversial to work is Capital Punishment. Log on tohttp://ateam4canberra.wordpress.com to contribute to the debate.

Treffers terrific

HIS dad might have won Commonwealth Games gold for New Zealand but Canberra's Ben Treffers is firmly set on representing Australia, and he won his first international gold medal at the world youth swimming championships in Mexico last week. He also won silver and in doing so finished second to Kiwi Daniel Bell, who is going to the Olympics this year as part of a relay team. The New Zealand team wasted no time trying to convince Treffers to rejoin it across the Tasman. But young Treffers says he will definitely stick with Australia which is great news as when he won gold in the 50m backstroke in a championship record time of 25.60sec, he became the fastest Australian 16-year-old in history in that event.

Direction change

BOB Mouatt will step down from his media responsibilities with both Orienteering Australia and Orienteering ACT after 22 years promoting the sport. Mouatt represented the ACT organisation throughout that time and the national body since 1996. As Orienteering Australia's media liaison he attended six world championships and filed hundreds of stories. His influence will not be totally lost as Mouatt, who turns 70 next year, will remain in an active role with Orienteering ACT. ''I have offered to manage the four or five major carnivals Orienteering ACT is scheduled to stage over the next five years,'' he said.