Daly Disqualified in Australian PGA

Friday, November 29th 2002, 12:00 am

By: News On 6

COOLUM, Australia (AP) _ John Daly was disqualified for failing to sign his scorecard Friday in the Australian PGA, while Jarrod Moseley shot a 6-under 66 to take the second-round lead.

Daly, playing a week after his mother's death, threw his putter and ball into a lake near the 18th green after shooting a 78.

After shaking hands with playing partners Greg Norman and Craig Parry, Daly _ upset by a rules call on the 13th hole _ walked alone back up the 18th fairway to his villa on the course grounds.

Moseley had a 13-under 131 total for a one-stroke lead over two-time Australian Open champion Aaron Baddeley (65). Peter Lonard was two strokes back after a 68.

Daly, who had a 75 Thursday, looked like he would easily make back the cut after playing the first nine holes in 4-under 32.

But he bogeyed Nos. 10 and 11, got a stroke back with a birdie on No. 12 and saw his hopes fade on the 13th when he took a 7 on the par-4 hole.

Daly's tee shot went into water along the left side of the fairway. A rules official was called when Parry suggested that Daly was attempting to take a penalty drop from an incorrect spot.

After watching the shot on a television replay, the rules official agreed with Parry and asked Daly to take the drop much closer to the tee. Daly reloaded, hitting his driver off the fairway, and put his next shot back in the water to the right of the green en route to the triple bogey.

Norman said he agreed with where Parry said Daly should take the drop.

``They called me over to find out where the ball crossed over, and Craig and I both felt the same,'' Norman said. ``I verified it and I was out of the picture.''

Parry said he felt he was correct in asking Daly to move his drop down the fairway.

``I thought the ball landed where we made him drop it,'' Parry said. ``J.D. thought it crossed the hazard farther down. No one wants this. It's just one those things.''

Daly made another bogey on the par-5 15th, a double bogey on No. 16 and a triple bogey on 18, when his approach landed in the back bunker. After hitting out of the sand, he failed to clean his ball or set up his putt before two-putting for a 7.

He then flung his putter about 30 yards into the pond. After Norman putted out, he pretended to do the same before consoling Daly off to the side of the green.

Daly played the last six holes in 9 over.

Playing his third week in a row in the Asia-Pacific region, Daly was to fly back to the United States to attend his mother's funeral service Monday. Lou Daly died last week of lung cancer at the age of 65.

In previous trips Down Under, Daly was disqualified from the 1992 Australian Masters when he failed to sign his scorecard after shooting an 81 in the second round. He was last in the 1997 Heineken Classic and missed the cut in the 2000 Australian Masters.

In last year's Heineken Classic at Royal Melbourne, he shot a final-round 71 but finished 15 strokes behind winner Ernie Els.

``It was vintage Daly, but I forgive him,'' said tournament promoter Tony Roosenberg. ``It's been a very difficult week for him.''