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To: SirWalterRalegh who wrote (103200)	3/3/2005 7:07:00 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793974

My wife who comes from a family with high IQ's counts with her fingers. And obviously never reads your posts here on SI!

To: SirWalterRalegh who wrote (103200)	3/3/2005 7:09:54 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 793974

Interesting Rick. Larry Nelson turned pro at age 24, so he had obviously been playing before that. Born in 1947. Another link said he turned pro in 1970. That would be age 23. Maybe he had done lots of other things like golf, such as hockey, chopping trees or the like. If he had started at age 8, he might have been best in the world instead of another also-ran in the crowds of very good golf players. Anyway, playing a lot at age 20 [which he was obviously doing], is still pretty young and young enough to get really good. It seems to be a couple of years after that that people become quite locked in to their abilities. Maybe he had been to a few driving ranges, or played with a putter, or on the back lawn or something, as a child. Or maybe he outright lied, just for fun, and said he'd never played before, just to make a great story. <My wife who comes from a family with high IQ's counts with her fingers.> Don't forget, the whole business is one of statistics and distributions, not individual cases. There's always an outlier. The best mathematician in the world could be a woman and the principles of why women are not as good at men at the top end could still be true. Thanks for the info on Larry Nelson. Mqurice