a young man who wa alo an avid golfer found himelf with a few hour to pare one afternoon。 he figured if he hurried and played very fat， he could get in nine hole before he had to head home。 jut a he wa about to tee off an old gentleman huffled onto the tee and aked if he could accompany the young man a he wa golfing alone。 not being able to ay no， he allowed the old gent to join him。
to hi urprie the old man played fairly quickly。 he didn't hit the ball far， but plodded along conitently and didn't wate much time。 finally， they reached the 9th fairway and the young man found himelf with a tough hot。 there wa a large pine tree right in front of hi ball - and directly between hi ball and the green。after everal minute of debating how to hit the hot the old man finally aid， "you know， when i wa your age i'd hit the ball right over that tree。" with that challenge placed before him， the youngter wung hard， hit the ball up， right mack 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 coure， when i wa your age that pine tree wa only three feet tall。"