Golfer John Daly has been ordered to pay almost $US272,000 ($A340,000) in legal fees for his unsuccessful libel lawsuit against The Florida Times-Union newspaper.
Duval County Circuit Judge Hugh Carithers ordered Daly to pay $US263,088 in attorney's fees, plus costs of $US8,675 at an eight per cent interest rate per year until it is paid.
Carithers dismissed the lawsuit in March.
He ruled that former columnist Mike Freeman's statements in a 2005 column were either true or constitutionally protected opinion.
JACKSONVILLE AP
