Daly makes history: 19 strokes on a hole! Record and 88 in the tournament

SIOUX CITY, S.D. – John Daly etched his name in the PGA Tour Champions annals this Friday, but for the wrong reason.In the Sanford International tournament, Daly accumulated a shocking 19 on the 12th hole, a par 5.This mark surpassed his own personal record by one stroke. Previously, Daly had recorded an 18 on the 6th hole, also a par 5, during the 1998 Bay Hill Invitational, after sending the ball into the water six consecutive times with a 3-wood stroke.The information provided from the Minnehaha Country Club was limited, as the PGA Tour Champions does not have a laser system to record each shot.According to the details available, his first shot from the tee ended up in the rough. The next seven attempts ended up in the hazard. Finally, he managed to get the ball out of the water, reaching the edge of the green on his seventeenth shot and completing the hole with a 19.This result surpassed the previous record by three strokes for a hole on the PGA Tour Champions, shared by three players, the most recent being Bruce Crampton in 1996 during the Greater Grand Rapids Open.Unlike his previous unfavorable mark at Bay Hill, where he recovered with a birdie on the next hole, on this occasion Daly settled for a par on the 13th hole.At the end of the day, Daly signed a card of 88 strokes.His highest score on the PGA Tour was a 90, recorded in the second round of the Valspar Championship at Innisbrook in 2014. At the time, he was struggling with technical issues and accumulated a 12 on the 16th hole, after sending three balls into the water, missing a shot with a 7-iron and needing three attempts to reach the green.Daly shared a group with Stephen Ames and Ángel Cabrera, winner of two majors. Cabrera, who was celebrating his 56th birthday, had a notably better performance, with a card of 64 strokes, leading the tournament with a difference of 24 strokes.