DiMarco banks on help from straight-talking wife

By Alastair Himmer

JEJU, South Korea (Reuters) - American Chris DiMarco has volunteered for shock treatment by asking his wife to caddy for him at this week's Ballantine's Championship.

"My wife Amy caddied for me in the early 90s before we had kids," DiMarco told reporters on Wednesday.

"I asked her again a couple of years ago in Abu Dhabi and we won.

"Her last two finishes are first and fourth so hopefully the third time's the charm. I need a little luck right now and I need her on the bag."

A skiing accident last year triggered a loss in form and DiMarco has yet to reproduce anything like his best golf since shoulder surgery in September.

The three-times major runner-up said his wife's brutal honesty could be the recipe for him to begin his climb back up the rankings on the South Korean resort island of Jeju.

"It's funny. When I ask her whether I should use a four or a five-iron she just says 'I don't know. There's the pin, hit it on the green!' -- and when you think about it, she's right.

"I have no say in the house. That's a well-oiled ship and that bluntness (on the course) helps me. I don't think I think too much but I tend to bring too much in."