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Old 07-08-2013, 02:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr View Post
Actually, if you look at it numerically, the back nine of life starts around age 40.
I have an old friend who used to talk about peoples ages by what "hole "they were on. If the average life expectancy is 78 then that's about 4.4 years per hole. You're playing the ninth hole at age 40.

At 62 you're on the 14th hole. 75 equals the 17th hole.

Most of us have been on the back nine of life for quite some time.
Unless you are Canadian our neighbors to the north have an average life expectancy of 82 to the us average of 79.

That's expectancy at birth once you are older it extends so if you are 62 and a guy living in the us they say you have till 84 so that's 12 years so by your math if you make it to 62 you have a tie breaker hole (or two) in your tournament you may not get to play them but if you are a really fit player you might.
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