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Daly fails to conquer Niagara Falls

Star golfer loses 20 balls in 342-yard-wide water hazard

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John Daly attempts to drive his golf ball through the mist and across the Niagara gorge on Wednesday. Daly smacked 20 balls from a platform in attempting to span the 342-yard distance from Canada to the U.S.

NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario - John Daly teed up today in front of the biggest water hazard of his career — Niagara Falls — but fell short in his attempts at a 342-yard international drive.

Daly tried 20 times to drive a golf ball across the falls from Canada into the United States, his full-body swings growing more frenetic as ball after ball sailed into the white mist churned up from the gorge below.

After his 15th shot from atop a two-tier platform, Daly said, “I can’t hit any better than this.” .   His target was a yellow flag across the river. The five-time PGA Tour winner came closest on the second ball, which bounced off the wall just short of the target.

Daly’s longest drive in competition this year is 356 yards. Earlier yesterday, Daly helped open the nearby Thundering Waters Golf Club, a course his company designed.

The Horseshoe Falls, where Daly drove, are 176 feet high, dumping 748-thousand gallons of water per second.

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