Golf legend John Daly withdraws from PGA Championship due to injury

Followers received’t get to see John Daly’s candy swing on the 2023 PGA Championship at Oak Hill this week after he formally withdrew from the match on Monday because of damage. 

The tournament made the announcement through social media on Monday, saying that Daly has been changed by Stephan Jaeger out of Germany. 

It’s unknown what damage is stopping Daly from being in New York this week, as he’s been featured on the PGA Tour solely a handful of occasions in recent times. 

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John Daly of the US waits to putt on the third inexperienced in the course of the first spherical of the Areas Custom at Greystone Golf and Nation Membership on Could 11, 2023 in Birmingham, Alabama. (Alex Slitz/Getty Pictures)

Tiger Woods is one other former champion that will not be collaborating on this 12 months’s subject because of ankle surgical procedure. 

Normally, Daly will make his return to the highlight throughout main occasions, very similar to the PGA Championship. Since he received it in 1991, Daly is allowed to play within the match for all times. 

Daly has performed in 5 non-major tournaments over the previous three years on Tour, although he hasn’t made a reduce because the 2019 Barracuda Championship, which passed off in Reno, Nevada. He completed 69th within the subject, whereas Collin Morikawa received all of it. 

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Daly, 57, has performed on the PGA Tour Champions, which is the senior department of the tour. He has been featured on that Tour this season in 5 championships, although his finest end was tied-Thirty eighth at The Galleri Basic again in March. 

Daly has at all times been a fan favourite, not only for his monster tee pictures that earned him the nickname “Lengthy John,” however for his charismatic character that’s the complete reverse of the standard golfer.

The truth is, the 1991 PGA Championship was a typical Daly story, because the then-25-year-old entered the sphere at Crooked Stick Golf Membership in Indiana because the ninth alternate after many pulled out of the match. Daly wasn’t presupposed to do a lot, however he modified folks’s minds actual fast. 

John Daly hits a tee shot on the ninth gap in the course of the first spherical of the Insperity Invitational at The Woodlands Golf Membership on April 28, 2023 in The Woodlands, Texas.  (Tim Heitman/Getty Pictures)

Daly shot three-under in his first spherical to be tied-eighth within the subject. A five-under second spherical, although, put him in sole possession of first place, and he wouldn’t relinquish it on the finish of Saturday or Sunday. He was 11-under after a 69 on Saturday, and after taking pictures one-under in his last spherical, he beat Bruce Lietzke by three strokes with a complete 12-under for the match. 

It was not simply Daly’s first main win, however his first PGA Tour win that made him a family identify. He would go on to win the 1995 Open Championship on the Outdated Course at St. Andrews in Scotland for his second and last main win up to now. 

Daly’s latest scorecards might not be main worthy, however his nonchalant character and fascinatingly lengthy backswing are nonetheless huge attracts for followers in attendance and at dwelling, so he will definitely be missed. 

John Daly of the US hits on the primary fairway in the course of the second spherical of the Areas Custom at Greystone Golf and Nation Membership on Could 12, 2023 in Birmingham, Alabama. (Alex Slitz/Getty Pictures)

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Maybe Daly can recuperate in time for The Open at Royal Liverpool in July, which he has an exemption for that 1995 victory.