John Daly is skipping next week’s PGA Championship at Quail Hollow Club to play in a major on the senior tour.

“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.

John Daly has a lifetime exemption for the PGA Championship after winning the Wannamaker Trophy in 1991. What he said about not using it this year.