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Adam Scott had a rare double-eagle, Jarrod Lyle shot a seven-under 65...and John Daly walked off the course mid round--again. ESPN has the story.


RUSSELL BOWIG: “It started at 10 and all went haywire in 11.”
BOB HARIG: “It was remarkable, of course we’ve seen this before with John Daly, today was another poor example of that behavior. He had a tough go on 10, had a bad break, which happens in golf, hit the wrong ball in a bunker, was penalized and he just kinda lost it. On the 11th hole, par 5, he pumped how many balls in the water?”
BOWIG: “6 or 7.”

Golf’s most colorful character later tweeted he left because he ran out of balls.

Daly’s erratic behavior has been going on for years--throwing his putter into a lake in 2002, smashing a spectator’s camera in 2008--but an About writer says this is the first time tournament officials have called him out on it.

“He's been living off sponsor exemptions the past few years, and anytime one tournament decides not to invite him back (sometimes because of this kind of incident), another tournament steps up with an invitation...But no tournament or tour officials have ever condemned Daly's actions before the way Australian Open and PGA of Australia officials did after Thursday's first round.”

A writer for My Desert says Daly’s latest shenanigans show how far he has fallen.

“...I found it remarkable that on the same day Mickelson was announced as the newest member of the World Golf Hall of Fame, Daly had another in a series of meltdowns that have turned him from a force in the game into a farce in the game.”


Daly is ranked 666th in the world, but a Bleacher Report writer says his fiery personality hasn’t changed - and it likely never will.

“When we step on to the golf course, we want to hit the ball as hard as humanly possible with no regard for where it is going to go. When we screw up a shot, we wear our emotions on our sleeves. Daly does the exact same thing. He should have handled this situation better than he did, but no one is going to get him to change who he is on the course.”

Australian Open tournament director Trevor Herden says Daly will never again be welcome at the Australian Open.