John Daly shoots 90 after ‘a good 12’ at Valspar Championship

John Daly won’t be around for the weekend after posting a career-worst 19-over 90 in Friday’s second round of the Valspar Championship in Palm Harbor, Fla.

Daly, a two-time major champion who would dearly love to regain PGA Tour playing privileges, was truly snake-bitten on one of Copperhead’s finishing “Snake Pit” holes, when he carded an octuple-bogey 12 on the par-4 16th hole. Daly’s “Tin Cup” moment, according to the Associated Press’ Doug Ferguson, included a tee shot into the water and two more splashdowns on Long John’s attempts to go for the green.

Add in a shanked 7-iron, a chunky chip shot, and Daly was safely aboard the putting surface after his 11th stroke. A one-putt led the Loudmouth golfer to pronounce it “a good 12,” since, as Ferguson reported, Daly said he had been fighting the yips since last week at the Puerto Rico Open where he finished T49.

But for a missed four-foot par putt (for a total of 70 for two days of work) on his final hole at Innisbrook, Daly would have signed for a round in the 80s for his 18th consecutive year on tour.

Daly, who said he was dealing with plantar fasciitis in his left heel as well as problems with his putting stroke, chalked most of it up to a bad day at the office but worried about a problem he had never faced before.

“You’re going to have big scores on holes. That’s just the way golf is,” Daly said. “But when you’ve got the yips, that’s no fun.”

Daly, whose previous career-worst was an 89 at the 2008 British Open, explained what was going wrong with his flat stick.

Here is Daly’s full scorecard via PGATour.com: