One player even resorted to wearing a surgical mask.

Two weeks after he walked out of the Australian Open saying he had run out of balls, John Daly has turned down a chance to play in this week’s South African Open.

ORGANISERS of next month’s UBS Hong Kong Open will be reviewing an invitation to John Daly after he walked off midway through the first round of the Australian Open in Sydney.

John Daly will have no case to answer despite grabbing a fan’s camera and smashing it against a tree in a wild rage as his opening round at the Australian Open unravelled today.