Real-Life Decision Making
Uh-oh! Your golfer, Sue, just drove her ball way to the left.
You watch as it slices through the air and lands in the rough.
You walk up to the spot where the ball landed and find it in a tough position.
You're still more than 150 yards from the hole, and you can't even
see the green from this spot.
Sue is upset. She's under tremendous pressure to do well in this tournament.
In fact, if she plays the rest of the course without a mistake, she could
win.
She is feeling the pressure, and so are you. You hope that Sue will pick
the right club and make a decent shot out towards the green. But Sue turns
to you.
"I can't think straight. I have no idea what to do," she says. "Help
me. Pick a club. Tell me what shot to make."
You gulp. You simply must make the right choice.
You could give Sue a short-distance club and tell her to pitch the ball
back onto the fairway where she could make a clear, clean shot to the green.
However, this decision will cost Sue an extra stroke, and it may ruin her
chance to win the tournament.
Or you could give Sue a long-distance club and tell her the direction to
hit, and hope that she can drive the ball and it will land on the green. Done
right, this blind shot could work. Done wrong, it could spell disaster. Just
before the green, a water hazard lies across the entire fairway.
What do you do?