Golfing with An Older Man
A young man who was also an avid golfer found himself with a few
hours to spare one afternoon. He figured if he hurried and played very
fast, he could get in nine holes before he had to head home. Just as he
was about to tee off an old gentleman shuffled onto the tee and asked if
he could accompany the young man as he was golfing alone. Not being
able to say no, he allowed the old gent to join him.
To his
surprise the old man played fairly quickly. He didn't hit the ball far,
but plodded along consistently and didn't waste much time. Finally, they
reached the 9th fairway and the young man found himself with a tough
shot. There was a large pine tree right in front of his ball - and
directly between his ball and the green.
After several minutes
of debating how to hit the shot the old man finally said, "You know,
when I was your age I'd hit the ball right over that tree."
With
that challenge placed before him, the youngster swung hard, hit the
ball up, right smack into the top of the tree trunk and it thudded back
on the ground not a foot from where it had originally lay.
The old man offered one more comment, "Of course, when I was your age that pine tree was only three feet tall."
