“What’s the difference between a golf ball and an electric car?”/“A ball can be driven 300 yards.”

A joke about an electric car (or just a poor car brand) is:
 
Q: What’s the difference between a golf ball and an electric car?
A: A golf ball can be driven more than 300 yards.
 
The joke has been cited in print since at least 2005. In November 2009, the joke had a variation involving golfer Tiger Woods, who had an accident driving a Cadillac Escalade SUV.
 
   
Wikipedia: Tiger Woods
Eldrick Tont “Tiger” Woods (born December 30, 1975) is an American professional golfer who is among the most successful golfers of all time. He has been one of the highest-paid athletes in the world for several years.
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On November 25, 2009, he National Enquirer published a story claiming that Woods had an extramarital affair with New York City nightclub manager Rachel Uchitel, a claim she denied. Two days later, around 2:30 a.m. on November 27, Woods left home in his Cadillac Escalade SUV and, while still on his street, collided with a fire hydrant, a tree, and several hedges.
     
FordAustraliaForums.com
Re: holden jokes
ARC
22-07-2005 07:48 AM
What’s the difference between a golf ball and and a Holden?
You can drive a golf ball a 100 yards
   
Mark’s Musings
Friday, January 04, 2008
Electric Car
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What’s the difference between a golf ball and an electric car?
You can drive a golf ball at least 200 yards.
   
21 July 2009, Daily Mail (London, UK), “Battery Power to the People”” by Gavin Madely, pg. 13:
WHAT’S the difference between a golf ball and an electric car? You can drive a golf ball at least 200 yards. It is, admittedly, an old joke but one that will resonate with the majority of motorists for whom the Sinclair C5 was the acme of electric car design.
 
Twitter
jack hammes‏
@jackhammes
RT @wxderive: What is the difference between and Escalade and a golf ball? Tiger can drive a golf ball more than 200 yards.
8:10 AM - 29 Nov 2009
 
Twitter
Rincewind Mercury‏
@stonefences
@mattlopezdias what’s the difference between a golf ball and a car? Tiger Woods can drive a golf ball more than 200 yards
1:39 AM - 30 Nov 2009
 
Twitter
Eamon Lynch‏
@eamonlynch
What’s the difference between a golf ball and a car? Tiger Woods can drive a golf ball 400 yards.
8:26 AM - 30 Nov 2009
 
Google Books
It’s Better to Die Laughing Than to Be Dead Serious:
How to Be the Life of the Party, the Podium and Everywhere In Between
By Marvin Maupin
Bloomington, IN: Authorhouse
2010
Pg. 90:
What’s the difference between a golf ball and an electric car?
You can drive a golf ball at least 200 yards.
 
Google Books
The Passion of Tiger Woods:
An Anthropologist Reports on Golf, Race, and Celebrity Scandal
By Orin Starn
Durham, NC: Duke University Press
2011
Pg. 42:
“What’s the difference between a golf ball and a car? Tiger Woods can drive a golf ball four hundred yards without hitting a tree.”
 
Reddit—Jokes
What’s the difference between a golf ball and a Ford?
submitted August 18, 2013 by CotoCompany
You can drive a golf ball 200 yards.
 
Twitter
Shit Jokes‏
@ShitJokes
What’s the difference between a golf ball and a Nissan Leaf?
A golf ball can be driven 300 yards.
7:17 AM - 28 Feb 2017