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John Daly angrily withdraws after USGA denies use of golf cart for knee injury at The Broadmoor for U.S. Senior Open

John Daly won’t be in Colorado Springs this week, and the popular golf figure isn’t happy about it.

Daly, who has battled a knee injury this year, announced on Monday that he would not be playing in the U.S. Senior Open at The Broadmoor after the U.S. Golf Association denied his request under the Americans With Disabilities Act to use a golf cart.

Another player, Scott Verplank, will be allowed to use a cart during the competition.

“Unfortunately— I had to WD from the US SENIOR OPEN,” Daly tweeted. “The deteriorating osteoarthritis isn’t helping my rt knee. I fall under the @ADANational but @USGA turned down a cart for me this week. Just going to give the knee a rest. Don’t know what’s ahead for me.”

The USGA, in announcing Daly’s withdrawal on social media, “Each request is reviewed individually. We respect the privacy of all players and cannot discuss any medical conditions. We offered Mr. Daly the opportunity to provide additional information to support his request. He decided to withdraw this morning.”

Daly refuted that claim.

“I’m not going to mislead the media or my fans,” Daly said on Twitter. “No “additional information” was ever requested, or it would have been provided. I “WD” bc @USGA had already made their decision after our exhaustive medical submission. Any claim to the contrary is pure fiction.”

The 52-year-old Daly, a two-time major champion on the PGA Tour, finished tied for seventh this past week at the PGA Tour Champions’ American Family Insurance Championship.

John Daly follows his putt on the 11th green of the Silverado Resort North Course during the second round of the Safeway Open PGA golf tournament Friday, Oct. 6, 2017, in Napa, Calif. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg) (BrentBriggemanbrent.briggeman@gazettedev.gazette.comhttps://gazettedev.gazette.com/content/tncms/avatars/b/d1/f1a/bd1f1ae4-5f8a-11e8-9780-73a1a38813d1.1febe2979fca659eae69aa507ed8befe.png)
John Daly follows his putt on the 11th green of the Silverado Resort North Course during the second round of the Safeway Open PGA golf tournament Friday, Oct. 6, 2017, in Napa, Calif. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg) (BrentBriggemanbrent.briggeman@gazettedev.gazette.comhttps://gazettedev.gazette.com/content/tncms/avatars/b/d1/f1a/bd1f1ae4-5f8a-11e8-9780-73a1a38813d1.1febe2979fca659eae69aa507ed8befe.png)


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