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01-29-2010, 10:32 PM
The career of John Daly has undergone more twists and turns than a Shakespearean tragedy, but if we are to believe the two-time major championship winner, he may have come to the end of the road on Friday.
[ame="http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/news/story?id=4870753"]John Daly claims he will no longer play professional golf: 'I'm done' - ESPN[/ame]
In an interview with a Golf Channel producer following rounds of 79-71 that left him well off the cutline at the Farmers Insurance Open, Daly maintained that he no longer will compete on the professional circuit.
"I'm done," said a forlorn Daly in the Torrey Pines parking lot. "Just can't play like I used to. ... I'm tired of embarrassing myself."
The interview was being conducted for an upcoming reality series on Golf Channel entitled "Being John Daly," the second such program the golfer has done with the network.
Currently playing with only status as a five-time past champion, Daly has been left to seek sponsors' exemptions into PGA Tour events. Last year, he made the cut in three of six U.S. starts, with a best finish of T-27; this year, he has already failed to reach the weekend in each of his first two appearances.
Daly's motivation for his comments apparently stemmed from not wanting to take the place of another pro in the field.
When it was suggested he could return in two weeks at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, Daly responded, "No, I'm not going to take that spot away from anybody, either."
Daly first burst onto the major golf scene in 1991, when as the ninth and final alternate into the PGA Championship, he earned a three-stroke victory at Crooked Stick. He claimed an improbable Open Championship victory four years later at St. Andrews, defeating Costantino Rocca in a four-hole playoff.
[ame="http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/news/story?id=4870753"]John Daly claims he will no longer play professional golf: 'I'm done' - ESPN[/ame]
In an interview with a Golf Channel producer following rounds of 79-71 that left him well off the cutline at the Farmers Insurance Open, Daly maintained that he no longer will compete on the professional circuit.
"I'm done," said a forlorn Daly in the Torrey Pines parking lot. "Just can't play like I used to. ... I'm tired of embarrassing myself."
The interview was being conducted for an upcoming reality series on Golf Channel entitled "Being John Daly," the second such program the golfer has done with the network.
Currently playing with only status as a five-time past champion, Daly has been left to seek sponsors' exemptions into PGA Tour events. Last year, he made the cut in three of six U.S. starts, with a best finish of T-27; this year, he has already failed to reach the weekend in each of his first two appearances.
Daly's motivation for his comments apparently stemmed from not wanting to take the place of another pro in the field.
When it was suggested he could return in two weeks at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, Daly responded, "No, I'm not going to take that spot away from anybody, either."
Daly first burst onto the major golf scene in 1991, when as the ninth and final alternate into the PGA Championship, he earned a three-stroke victory at Crooked Stick. He claimed an improbable Open Championship victory four years later at St. Andrews, defeating Costantino Rocca in a four-hole playoff.
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