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John Daly decided to sit out of the PGA championship and start another title in a major when he questioned how his golf plan was preparing.
Daly is competing for the PGA Tour Champions and will be on a region tradition in Birmingham, Alabama. The event will take place the same weekend as the PGA Championship, which will be at the Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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John Daly Tees Off during the final round of the PNC Championship, December 22, 2024, in Orlando. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)
“I can go there and miss the cut and get $ 6,000,” Daly said of the PGA championship. “But I play Birmingham. I love regions. They are an amazing sponsor. But why are they planning regions on the same week as the PGA championship where I can see Brooks (Koepka) and all guys?”
The tradition is one of five majors on the PGA Tour Champions plan. Doug Barron won in 2024, and Steve Stricker took the trophy home in 2023 and 2022. Playing the tournament over the weekend would have gathered against Mother’s Day and having it two weeks ago would have set it up against Nascar’s Talladega Race.
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John Daly the 16th Green during the open championship at Royal Troon. (Jack Gruber-usa Today Sports)
Daly is still dealing with health problems. He had operated on his left hand in January. He said his biggest trouble is getting through the ball in three quarters shots and putting.
He was 27-over pair at Insperity Invitational.
Still, Daly remained effortless even through 16 operations and bladder cancer.
“I’m like Lazarus – I’m still coming back from the dead,” he said. “Waking up is a win for me.”
John Daly during the first round of the PGA championship at the Southern Hills Country Club on May 19, 2022 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. (Ross Kinnaird/Getty Images)
Daly won the PGA championship in 1991.
