Moshe Gariani
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When playing golf, I hook my first shot, which lands 200 yards due north of the tee and 210 yards due west of the hole. How far is it from hole to tee?
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Kosh
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**** it, just reach for the 5 wood and **** it.
Ummm, 200 yards.
MattBackHome
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If it's simultaneously due north and due west you must have given it some ****ing welly as it's in two separate pieces.
Mackenzie
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290 yards
Moshe Gariani
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How is 290 worked out...?
200x200 + 210x210 = 84100 square root of = 290
MattBackHome
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Pythagoras innit.
a squared + b squared = c squared
a squared + b squared = c squared
Mackenzie
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Pythagoras theorem.
GOM
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That clever fella Pythagoras gave us some clues
'tis indeed...
KZNSeagull
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But if the hole is a dog leg, the yardage is measured from tee to corner of dog leg and then to the green, not as the crow flies, so it is irrelevant since as you only hit your tee shot 200 yards, you are not going to make the carry all the way to the green from the tee. Play the percentages man! 
Moshe Gariani
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Paul Reids Sock
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Although, I subsequently found out - the cheeky little so and so nicked it off some other bloke. So it wasn't his theorem at all.
Just like the Deming Cycle (Plan Do Check Act) wasn't thought up by Deming.
You can't trust anyone these days
If you have hit ball due North you then are west of hole( so you`re pin high) but 210 yards west of it.you need to hit 210 yards due east to hole. From North to East is 90 degrees (right angle).
Moshe Gariani
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Yes. My mistake was trying to draw it out on a piece of paper with the hole directly above the tee (on the basis that a "straight" rather than hooked shot would go from tee to green) which obviously then doesn't work...!!!
are we assuming that 'due north' is in the general direction of the hole rather than backwards from the tee?