Tree Hazard

A young man who was an avid golfer had a few hours to spare. He figured that if he played quickly, he could squeeze in nine holes before heading home. Just as he was about to tee-off, an elderly gentleman asked if he could accompany him as he, too, was playing alone. The young man agreed. When they finally reached the ninth fairway, the young man had a tough shot-there was a large pine tree directly between his ball and the green. He was considering how to hit the shot, when the other man said, “When I was your age, I’d hit the ball right over that tree.” Accepting the challenge, the younger man swung hard and hit the ball smack into the top of the tree trunk. It thudded back on the ground not far from where it originally lay. “Of course,” the elderly man continued, “when I was your age, that pine tree was only a meter tall.”