Things happen to John Daly, and today's final round at the Bay Hill Invitational brought another bizarre chapter in his career.

Daly scored an incredible 18 on the sixth hole after hitting six consecutive balls into the water. While the PGA Tour does not keep records of single-hole disasters, an 18 has to be among the worst.

At least when it was over, Daly retained his sense of humor.

''I got a lot of practice with my 3-wood,'' he said.

Daly started the hole by hitting his driver into the lake that lies along the left side of the par-5, 543-yard hole. Daly walked about 30 yards ahead and took a drop. From that point, he hit five consecutive balls into the water, all of them with his 3-wood. Asked why he did not aim far to his right with a lesser club, Daly said: ''It wasn't that I didn't care. I had the courage to do it, but I didn't have the wisdom to aim the ball out right. Every shot, I aimed farther and farther right. The more I aimed right, the more I hooked the ball left.''