John Daly is taking his ball and carting home.

The colorful golfer said he will not play again in a tournament run by the USGA after the organization denied his request for use of a golf cart during the U.S. Senior Open.

“Just not worth it to me,” Daly told USA Today, after withdrawing Monday from the tournament.

The two sides had dug in to their positions — Daly insisting he has a bad right knee, and insisting he has medical evidence to prove it, while the USGA says it “offered Mr. Daly the opportunity to provide additional information” to justify his cart use, and says he would not.

To Daly, this is not an isolated incident of poor USGA decision-making, but par for the course. He saw the recent suspect conditions at the US Open, for which executive director of the USGA Mike Davis had to apologize, as just another example of USGA incompetence.

“The USGA just seems to defend themselves after the fact,” Daly told USA Today. “The greens seem to get away from them like Saturday at Shinnecock Hills. It just seems like something happens every year they host an event that looks bad on them. They just never seem to learn from their mistakes.’’

The 52-year-old Daly next plans to play (and use a cart at) the Greenbrier Classic, a PGA Tour event, beginning July 5, provided his knee is OK. He injured it last in April, when his RV was hit by a car in a Hooters parking lot.