John Daly will not be competing in the PGA Championship this week, which is being held in Charlotte, North Carolina. Daly won the PGA Championship back in 1991, securing his first major win. Instead, Daly will compete in the Regions Tradition tournament -- a major on the Champions Tour. The tournament is being held in Birmingham, Alabama.

John Daly, battling health struggles, has decided to skip the PGA Championship next week and offered a glimpse into his questionable condition.

John Daly will forgo the PGA Championship next week and focus on the PGA Tour Champions major, the Tradition, instead. He took issue with the schedule.

“I’m like Lazarus — I keep coming back from the dead,” Daly said. “Waking up is a win for me.” Daly is still determined to play on the senior PGA Tour Champions circuit, even skipping next week’s PGA Championship at Quail Hollow to play on PGA Tour Champions’ first major of the year, The Tradition in Birmingham, Ala.

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The PGA Championship is the same week as the PGA Tour Champions' first major. And Daly is deciding to tee it up with his peers.

Former winners John Daly and Rich Beem will not play play in next week's PGA Championship at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina.

John Daly is playing a major championship next week. But it won't be the PGA Championship. Daly has decided to play the Regions Tradition.

John Daly has given a concerning update about his physical health months after undergoing emergency surgery on his hand. In January, the 1991 PGA Championship winner revealed he’d gotten his 16th surgery in four years due to tangled tendons, which is an inflammation of the tendons between your muscles and bones.

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