Carnoustie: Two-time major champion John Daly has pulled out of the Open Championship starting on Thursday at Carnoustie in Scotland due to a knee injury, organisers said on Sunday.
The 52-year-old Daly, who won the event in 1995, will be replaced by fellow American Keegan Bradley at the 147th Open Championship.
“Sorry…really tried these last 2 days to compete & walk, my rt knee osteoarthritis is unbearable,” Daly, who won his first golf major at the PGA Championship in 1991, wrote on his verified twitter handle.
“It would have been nice to have gotten a cart but unfortunately was turned down by our tour board. I couldn’t even hit balls this am!”
Last month Daly walked out from the US Senior Open after he was not granted permission to use a cart at the championship due to a persistent knee injury that makes walking difficult.
Meanwhile, Sweden’s Jens Dantorp shot a third-round 68 in bright and breezy conditions at the Scottish Open on Saturday to move one shot clear of a group of players on a congested leaderboard.
The world number 322, who has never won a European PGA Tour event, birdied the last three holes to finish on 13 under par.
“It’s been a decent year so far but I haven’t really pulled anything off, so it’s nice to head out as leader.”
