John Daly, 1991 Winner, Withdraws From This Year’s PGA Championship

John Daly, the 57-year-old cult favorite, will not participate in this year’s PGA Championship.

It was announced on Monday that Daly withdrew from the event that starts Thursday at Oak Hill in Rochester, New York. He will be replaced by Stephan Jaeger.

Daly plays sparingly on the PGA Tour. He’s missed the cut in the two events he’s entered this year. Due to winning the PGA Championship in 1991, he has an exemption into both this event and the Open Championship, which he won in 1995.

Last year, Daly started both majors out well, shooting a 72 at Southern Hills and 73 at St. Andrews. But he had difficulty on Friday in both tournaments and missed the cut.

He’s also played five events on the PGA Tour Champions this year, where he recently celebrated his birthday.

Happy birthday, @PGA_JohnDaly 🎂🥳 pic.twitter.com/q9w59kKNKy

— PGA TOUR Champions (@ChampionsTour) April 28, 2023

The last time Daly made a cut at a PGA Tour event was a 65^th in the 2018 Corales Punta Cana Championship. He did, however, win the PNC Championship with his son John Daly II in 2021, outdueling Tiger and Charlie Woods in the exhibition family event.

Team Daly wins the PNC Championship!@PGA_JohnDaly and John Daly II card a final round 57. pic.twitter.com/N1WMWaXXJZ

— PGA TOUR Champions (@ChampionsTour) December 19, 2021

We also heard last year that a biopic will be made on Daly’s colorful life, with Jonah Hill cast as the folk-hero golfer.

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