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John Daly plans to end his troublesome year in Australia, where, in his last appearance six years ago, he was disqualified from a tournament for failing to sign his scorecard after throwing his ball and putter into a lake.

Australian Masters officials said Monday that Daly would appear in the Huntingdale tournament at Melbourne from Nov. 27-30. Daly, without a PGA Tour card, plans to play more tournaments on the European Tour in 2009.

He's entered in this week's Hong Kong Open, then he'll Travel to the Australian Masters, which is co-sanctioned with the European Tour as part of its Race to Dubai championship.

"I am looking forward to coming back to Australia," Daly, quoted by tournament organizers, said Monday. "I've always enjoyed my trips there and I'm looking forward to competing."

It's seldom been smooth sailing for Daly on his trips Down Under.

In February 1997 at the Heineken Classic, Daly shot a third-round 83 and then played the final round in just 2 hours, 10 minutes, angering tournament officials who had paid him a large appearance fee.

In November 2002, playing a week after his mother died, Daly threw his putter and ball into the lake on the 18th green after a 78 in the Australian PGA, where he received a $200,000 appearance fee.