John Daly reveals he has bladder cancer

Two-time major champion John Daly has revealed that he has been diagnosed with bladder cancer, but remains positive about his prognosis and potential recovery.

The 54-year-old revealed that he had been battling kidney stones and back pain in recent weeks, ailments that led him to withdraw from last month's Charles Schwab Series event in Missouri after two rounds. But after consulting with doctors, it was determined that the kidney stones had passed and that he now faced a more daunting condition.

"(The urologist said) it doesn't look like any stones are in there. But unfortunately, you have bladder cancer," Daly said. "After I did the CT (scan) I was fixing to sip on my Diet Coke and he said, 'Don't drink anything. We have to get you back in here and get this cancer out of you."

“They will probably have to cut it out again. It’s probably going to come back, and then another three months that you don’t know you just don’t know."

“Luckily for me they caught it early, but bladder cancer is something. I don’t know all the details, but it doesn’t look like it may go away, we will just see what happens. Maybe there is a miracle.”

Daly, whose grip-it-and-rip-it style captivated fans everywhere, has vowed to cut back his lifestyle which saw him consume 28 cans of Diet Coke and 40 cigarettes a day.

Daly commented "Well you know what, I always tell people I've lived one hell of a life. No matter what happens, I'm not scared to die or anything," Daly said. "It would have been nice to play the last seven or eight or 13 years of my career a little more healthy. But hey, I'm still working, I'm still living life, I'm still doing the things I need to do. ... I can accept the challenge. I'm not scared of that. I just want my kids to be OK and everyone else in my family."

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