Push carts?

Have seen them in use all summer at our course, liked what I saw, but just couldn't justify putting out more cash when the old pull cart I had was working fine. Well the gods must of heard my plea, the pull cart finally blew a bunch of rivets and it gave me the excuse I was looking for. Have to say theres just no comparison between the old pull and the new three wheel push. It definitely is less fatiguing, in fact you have to hang on to the darn thing or it will wander away by itself. Real handy when your going down hill, just let it go and pick it up at the bottom, though some of the pricier models have a brake built in. The only draw back and thats slight, is the amount of fold up room it takes in the trunk of the car, used to be able to put two pull carts in there but not any more, get one pull and one push max..

Del

OK, I tried pushing my old pull cart yesterday. Because of it’s age, wear, design and wheel geometry, it really doesn’t push all that well. Still, my neck and shoulders were less fatigued at the end of the round. Surprising, I’ve never tried that before… Yep! A push cart is in order. I’m sold on the idea.

Those electronic caddy – remote automatic electric thingies are very interesting, but at $1500, nowhere near justifiable for the amount of golf I play. However I did find a electric cart on Golf Galaxy’s web site that might have some promise. No remote, just a control on the handle to drive it around. A little assist, especially on hills, seems nice. Looks light enough, and at $300, worth a looksee. Going to see if the local GG store has one to take a close look at, considering Fourputt’s comments about the hassle-factor. Otherwise, the Bag Boy C-550 or Express 180 look to be the front-runners.

Since I came back to the game, I’ve been playing with an old friend that I partnered with for several years in league play. For as long as we’ve played together, we’re terrible “cart-buddies”, never taking the same route from tee to green. In our case at least, we definitely play faster on foot! And, can’t tell ya how may times as a walking threesome, we’ve spent an afternoon pushing a pair in a cart. May be different on the private courses, but at the public and muni courses I play, riding does not mean faster.