"Is the tour afraid it would have to announce too many of these annoying indiscretions, that its players are not as pristine as advertised?"

Bob Harig wonders what might have happened to John Daly had his fines, suspensions, warnings and other assorted disciplinary red flags been made public years ago. And he asks why the tour is so determined to keep disciplinary actions private.

Is the tour afraid it would have to announce too many of these annoying indiscretions, that its players are not as pristine as advertised?

"We're comfortable with the policy," said Ty Votaw, the tour's vice president of communications and international affairs. "That remains our position."

As for announcing penalties to use as a deterrent, Votaw said: "All it really does is remind people of the action, as opposed to letting the action take place, dealing with it and moving on. If we announce it again, it just reminds people that something bad has happened."

Or perhaps it lets people know something happened at all. Although Daly has had his share of troubles over the years, many of them never were disclosed, his penalties never announced.