Daly in danger of missing Masters

An eagle and birdie in his last three holes could not save John Daly from a round of 80 at the Players Championship. And it looked likely to cost him a place in the Masters.

Daly, ninth on the US Tour money list after a marvellous return to form this season, has to stay in the top 10 to earn a place at Augusta in two weeks’ time. But he was 80th of the 83 finishers and that opened the door to a host of players to go past him.