Fore! Daly shoots a record-high 19 on way to 88

SIOUX CITY, S.D. -- John Daly made it into the PGA Tour Champions grounds publication Friday for the incorrect reason. He took a 19 connected the par-5 12th spread astatine the Sanford International.

He besides broke his idiosyncratic grounds by 1 shot. Daly took an 18 connected the par-5 sixth spread successful the 1998 Bay Hill Invitational erstwhile helium deed 3-wood into the h2o six consecutive times.

Details were a small unclear from Minnehaha Country Club, wherever the PGA Tour Champions does not person a laser strategy to grounds shots.

Daly did not instantly respond to a telephone telephone and substance from the AP.

According to the shot-by-shot details, helium deed his tee changeable into the rough, and past deed the adjacent 7 shots into the hazard. He yet cleared the h2o into much rough, his 17th changeable connected the collar of the greenish and got up-and-down for his 19.

It broke by 3 shots the erstwhile precocious people for a spread connected the PGA Tour Champions by 3 players, astir precocious Bruce Crampton successful 1996 astatine the Greater Grand Rapids Open.

Unlike his erstwhile precocious people astatine Bay Hill -- Daly made a birdie 2 connected his adjacent spread -- helium had to settee for a par connected his 13th spread astatine Minnehaha.

Daly coiled up with an 88.

His precocious people connected the PGA Tour was a 90 successful the 2nd circular of the Valspar Championship astatine Innisbrook successful 2014, erstwhile helium was battling the yips and had a 12 connected the 16th spread erstwhile helium deed 3 successful the water, shanked a 7-iron and took 3 chips to scope the green.

Daly was playing with Stephen Ames and treble large victor Ángel Cabrera. The Argentine was 24 shots amended and starring the tourney with a 64 portion celebrating his 56th birthday.