The John Daly saga has gone from sad, to funny and now back to just downright depressing.Winner of the 1995 Open Championship, Daly might finally consider this rock bottom for his golfing career, as he posted a 19-over 89 today to finish in dead last at 29-over par.
Big John didn't make a birdie the entire week, and only carded six pars today as he struggled with a hand injury that has been bothering him all year.
Obviously out of the tournament, Daly's downfall came at the par-4 13th where he carded a quintuple-bogey 9. Mix that with three double-bogeys and you'll get near that 90 mark.
Never a man to enter anything quietly, Daly started his week calling out Butch Harmon. I'm pretty sure at this point, he'll be getting out of dodge and back to Arkansas as quick as those airplanes will fly.
Jason Sobel, doing an always great job over at ESPN, pointed out both Sergio Garcia's 89 at Carnoustie in 1999 and Ian Baker-Finch's 92 in the 1997 Open at Troon, but one was a young player struggling in the winds and the other was a great golfer that completely lost his game. Sergio is still making waves on tour and Baker-Finch is, sometimes painfully, announcing for TNT, but what is Daly to do? The one-time prodigy is now nothing more than a cautionary tale of too much drinking, too many divorces and a bag full of personal demons.
Daly has only made three cuts all year, withdrawing from two tournaments and posting in the 80s (four) more than he has in the 60s (three).
He can sometimes be an easy target because he's so out there, but this looks to be the beginning of the end. What will the PGA Tour be like without Daly around to spice it up? I'd say we're getting very close to answering that question.
