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What are the chances of being chosen to participate, then actually hit the hole in one?
What are the chances of being chosen to participate, then actually hit the hole in one?
Originally posted by: TridenT
Somethin' like 1 in 30,000.
Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt
Originally posted by: TridenT
Somethin' like 1 in 30,000.
Somewhere between 30,000 to one and 45,000 to one against for making the ace on any given swing. But he had to qualify to get the shot at it, only 6 people got the chance. Given about 120 people for an average golf outing it was 20 to one against on that. 30,000 x 20 = 600,0000 to 1 against.
Originally posted by: JujuFish
Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt
Originally posted by: TridenT
Somethin' like 1 in 30,000.
Somewhere between 30,000 to one and 45,000 to one against for making the ace on any given swing. But he had to qualify to get the shot at it, only 6 people got the chance. Given about 120 people for an average golf outing it was 20 to one against on that. 30,000 x 20 = 600,0000 to 1 against.
Except that people most likely to hit a hole-in-one are going to be the better golfers to begin with, so that's a flawed calculation.
Originally posted by: JujuFish
Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt
Originally posted by: TridenT
Somethin' like 1 in 30,000.
Somewhere between 30,000 to one and 45,000 to one against for making the ace on any given swing. But he had to qualify to get the shot at it, only 6 people got the chance. Given about 120 people for an average golf outing it was 20 to one against on that. 30,000 x 20 = 600,0000 to 1 against.
Except that people most likely to hit a hole-in-one are going to be the better golfers to begin with, so that's a flawed calculation.
Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt
Originally posted by: JujuFish
Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt
Originally posted by: TridenT
Somethin' like 1 in 30,000.
Somewhere between 30,000 to one and 45,000 to one against for making the ace on any given swing. But he had to qualify to get the shot at it, only 6 people got the chance. Given about 120 people for an average golf outing it was 20 to one against on that. 30,000 x 20 = 600,0000 to 1 against.
Except that people most likely to hit a hole-in-one are going to be the better golfers to begin with, so that's a flawed calculation.
No, that's flawed logic and logic is perhaps too kind a word. The 30,000:1 odds are based on ALL golfers. Yes, good golfers are more likely to make one and bad golfers are less likely. As his skill level is unknown it's impossible to calculate whether his chances were better than 30,000 or worse than 30,000.
Asked about his plans for the money, Hargett told ESPN he and his brother, Brandon, plan to go to Europe next summer, possibly to take in the British Open or run with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain.
Originally posted by: Pheran
Asked about his plans for the money, Hargett told ESPN he and his brother, Brandon, plan to go to Europe next summer, possibly to take in the British Open or run with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain.
Why are people who win lots of money almost always dumbasses?
Originally posted by: HopJokey
Originally posted by: Pheran
Asked about his plans for the money, Hargett told ESPN he and his brother, Brandon, plan to go to Europe next summer, possibly to take in the British Open or run with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain.
Why are people who win lots of money almost always dumbasses?
Nah, most people in general are "dumbasses". It's just when they win loads of money they are afforded the opportunity to show how dumb they really are.