Lefty’s 79 worst ever at event

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Phil Mickelson has not had a round this bad at a PGA Championship.

Mickelson shot an 8-over-par 79 on Thursday — the worst round of his 25 appearances at the final major of the season — with eight bogeys.

He was at 6-over entering the treacherous final three holes at Quail Hollow known as the Green Mile, and had bogeys on Nos. 16 and 17 before closing with a par.

That left him tied for 131st place, 12 strokes behind leaders Thorbjorn Olesen and Kevin Kisner.

Party’s over: John Daly went from contender to curmudgeon after a triple bogey on the 18th hole capped an eventful 24hour period that included singing a Prince song onstage with Darius Rucker.

Daly tweeted videos taken Wednesday night of himself joining the Hootie & the Blowfish frontman-turned-country soloist to sing “Purple Rain” and other songs.

The good times kept rolling through Daly’s first round — he was at even par through 17 holes. Then came the meltdown on 18. He missed the green at the 494-yard par-4 and hit two poor chips before three-putting from 11 feet to drop well off the pace.

Daly left Quail Hollow without speaking to reporters but was heard telling his fiancee that he wanted to “get out of here,” using a profanity to express his frustration with the course and heading straight for the parking lot.

First-round ace: The first hole-in-one at the PGA Championship belonged to Joost Luiten.

He aced the par-3 fourth. Luiten’s tee shot on the 184-yard hole bounced once on the green before plunking into the cup. It was about the only positive in his round of 76.

It came after he bogeyed his two previous holes and moved him to 5-over.