Jun 20

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6/20/2012 12:40 PM 

 

This post is way off topic, so feel free to skip it. A friend recently posted the picture below, having solved the “tee game” available at Cracker Barrel (and I’m sure other fine establishments). A winning solution to this puzzle is one of the many pieces of useless information I have stuck in my head, so I thought I’d pass it on to you…

Have you ever wondered how to solve the “tee game” at Cracker Barrel? You know the one where you jump from one hole over another tee to an open hole and it allows you to remove the tee you jumped? The objective of the game is to leave just a single tee.

(Source: Brad Montgomery)

Here’s the solution… Numbering the holes from left to right, starting at one of the tips of the triangle and moving down to the base, it would look something like:

 

So put a tee in each hole except hole #1 to start the game. Now, follow the move instructions below and you’ll end up with a single tee left and can show your friends and family how smart you are.

1. Move from #4 to #1, and remove tee in #2
2. Move from #6 to #4, and remove tee in #5
3. Move from #1 to #6, and remove tee in #3
4. Move from #7 to #2, and remove tee in #4
5. Move from #10 to #3, and remove tee in #6
6. Move from #13 to 4, and remove tee in #8
7. Move from #14 to #5, and remove tee in #9
8. Move from #2 to #7, and remove tee in #4
9. Move from #3 to #8, and remove tee in #5
10. Move from #11 to #4, and remove tee in #7
11. Move from #4 to #13, and remove tee in #8
12. Move from #12 to #14, and remove tee in #13
13. Finally, move from #15 to #13, and remove tee in #14

Congrats! You’ve solved the puzzle and only have one tee remaining