As an Eagle Scout and Scoutmaster, I follow a number of outdoor gear blogs. There’s even the occasional crossover to golf—generally in terms of apparel like raingear, socks, and other clothing.
I spotted the Cogburn hunting bike the other day on the GearJunkie site, and the thought occurred to me: there should be a bike caddy. A mountain bike with a saddlebag designed to hold clubs would be a lot of fun. I’m not sure local courses would permit it, but it surely couldn’t do any more damage to fairways than a thousand pound powered golf cart.
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One has to also figure that a golf cart spreads its weight over four 8.5 inch wide tires. Ergo a 932 pound EZ-Go golf cart with batteries) and say, a 170 pound golfer and clubs, will likely do less damage to turf than two 1.5 inch wide tires, a 170 pound golfer, and clubs.
It’s always better to walk while golfing. It may not be better to bike.
Yes, I suppose that’s true. Maybe with fat tires …
And then there’s the fact that if I speed up down the fairways, I’ll just do more of the ol’ “hurry up and wait” routine.