John Daly tells TMZ Sports he KNOWS Tiger Woods is gonna break Jack Nicklaus' all-time major championships record ... saying, straight-up, it's fate.
"I not only think, I know he will," Daly tells us ... "It's just destiny."
Daly says like the Chicago Cubs winning the World Series and the Boston Red Sox breaking the Curse of the Bambino ... it's just bound to happen that Tiger passes Jack's 18 majors mark.
Of course, Tiger is only 3 shy of tying that record after his legendary Masters performance this past weekend .