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Neil Best and Mark Herrmann

John Daly said he felt 'obligated' to play the PGA Championship

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. _ John Daly said he felt "obligated" to play in the PGA Championship this week as a past champion, despite the controversy that has surrounded him being permitted to use a cart at Bethpage Black.

"Trust me, I hate riding in the cart," Daly said on Wednesday after practicing on the front nine. "If I could walk, I'd do it. I could probably walk four holes and I'm done, because this (arthritic right knee) swells up so bad."

Why was it important to him to enter, using his lifetime exemption as a past PGA winner, in 1991?

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