Implicit Association

[Shanks A Million]

I was thinking, here's a fun little logical game. I'll tell you all about a golfer, and you tell me who it is. I bet you I can trick you.

Who is it?

He's won a lot of majors. In fact, his first major came the next year after his first win. He had one particularly amazing U.S. Open at Pebble Beach that comes to mind, some consider it one of the best ever. I won't say what year it was, but I assume you can guess, it had a 2 at one end of it. He's got a few green jackets in his closet, too. A lot of people were surprised he didn't win a major last year, as a first timer came and snatched victory from his hands. He's know for his almost inhuman short game. He's an ambassador for the brand of clubs he plays, and he's their most popular tour player. Some people think he's pretty much had it, at least in the majors, others think he'll be back in the winner's circle shortly. His initials are TW.

So, who is it?

Why, Tom Watson, who else could it be?

[senorchipotle]

that was a good one, but the ''first timer came and snatched victory'' gave it away, as the other TW was back in florida doing waitresses on sunday.

[Shanks A Million]

that was a good one, but the ''first timer came and snatched victory'' gave it away, as the other TW was back in florida doing waitresses on sunday.

Not at all. Tiger had victory snatched away at the last second last year at the PGA, when Y.E. Yang ruined his perfect 54 hole lead record. The idea of the whole thing is to see how people think when something is implied, but not stated. All the information presented is perfectly true for both Tiger and Tom.

[Squeal]

How about the other TW? Good ole Tom Watson.

[sean_miller]

I was thinking, here's a fun little logical game. I'll tell you all about a golfer, and you tell me who it is. I bet you I can trick you.

I thought the obvious answer was Watson and the trick was Nicklaus - until you added the bit about almost winning last year.

[Squeal]

I thought the obvious answer was Watson and the trick was Nicklaus - until you added the bit about almost winning last year.

I figured Tiger would be the obvious answer, so my second option was Watson. I didn't even see the part about the initials being TW.

[sean_miller]

I figured Tiger would be the obvious answer, so my second option was Watson. I didn't even see the part about the initials being TW.

Watson won a grand total of 1 US Open, so clearly '82 was his best performance. In spite of Tiger's recent domination there, for guys in my demographic, two men are more closely associated with the US Open at Pebble than any other - Nicklaus (best 1 iron ever) and Watson (the chip).

[senorchipotle]

Not at all. Tiger had victory snatched away at the last second last year at the PGA, when Y.E. Yang ruined his perfect 54 hole lead record. The idea of the whole thing is to see how people think when something is implied, but not stated. All the information presented is perfectly true for both Tiger and Tom.

touché...

[Titleist_ProV1x]

I was thinking, here's a fun little logical game. I'll tell you all about a golfer, and you tell me who it is. I bet you I can trick you.

Ahhh, that was a good one Shanks

[goblue107501]

I admit it, you had me.

The one flaw in your description is the 'a few green jackets' line. 'A few' implies at least three. Watson only won the Masters twice.

[Shanks A Million]

I admit it, you had me.

Few is defined as "an indefinite, but usually small number of." I made sure it was a logically sound argument.

[jamo]

I admit it, you had me.

Hmmm, I always go for 2=couple, 3=few, 4=several, but they are loose rules.

[sean_miller]

Few

Tom Watson has also won very few PGA Championships.