In a situation where you can't escape a strike - let's say plains with a single tree in the middle - I wonder if it would be better to stick near the tree rathe

In a situation where you can't escape a strike - let's say plains with a single tree in the middle - I wonder if it would be better to stick near the tree rather than venture out (if you go far enough from the tree, you become the best path to ground)? I feel like there's less risk from ground current than there would be from a direct strike. There's probably a certain compromise; you don't want to be too close to the tree (otherwise lightning can jump back onto you from the tree), but neither too far away where you become the only path to ground.