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."

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跟老者一起打高尔夫

一个热衷于高尔夫的年轻人发现下午有些空闲。他算计了一下，如果他抓紧时间并快点儿打的话，他可以在回家前打个九洞。正当他准备开球的时候，一位老先生步履蹒跚地来到了发球台，并提出与年轻人一起玩儿，因为他也是一个人。实在不太好意思拒绝，年轻人就让老人家加入了。

让他吃惊的是老者打球相当利索。他击球距离不远，但节奏稳定，并不太费时间。最后，他们来到了第九条球道上，年轻人陷入困难局面——他的球前方是一颗巨大的松树，正好位于球位和果岭之间。

他们就如何击打讨论了几分钟，老者最后说：“你知道，当我在你这样的年纪时，我会把球直接从树顶上打过去。”

面临这样的挑战，年轻人奋力挥杆，把球打了起来，他的球正正地撞在了树干的顶部并砰的一声弹回地上，离原来的球位不足咫尺之遥。

老者又建议到：“当然了，当我在你这样的年纪时，那棵树只有三尺来高。”