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I'm struggling with being the only walker (most days) in my club leagues. It is a very hilly course with steep climbs to open up on #1 and #10, and we shotgun start so I might have a long walk just to start. Usually I can get a ride to the tee, but sometimes we are a threesome with just one cart so I've got a 0.25 - 1 mile trek mostly uphill just to start. I've started riding for the 9 hole evening league just to minimize the disruption. Will keep walking the 18 hole league.

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  On 7/17/2023 at 1:00 PM, Chris Brooks said:

… Usually I can get a ride to the tee, but sometimes we are a threesome with just one cart…

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I have been known to stand on the back of the cart and hitch a ride. Obviously the course is not thrilled with the idea but it is reasonably safe if the cart driver doesn’t go nuts.

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  On 7/20/2023 at 2:06 AM, bkuehn1952 said:

reasonably safe IF

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Emphasis added by me.

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I miss walking. Only do it now when playing by myself. Tough call, to walk or fraternize with buddies. Maybe try riding one round and see if you are really missing as much as you thought. I suspect u aren’t and walking is a win-win. 


I always walk.  I don't care if the other 3 people are riding or not.  I know that I will play faster than them for the following reasons:  1) I'm always the best player  2) I normally carry so I can just walk straight to the green, put my bad down and go putt.  I'm not driving around the green, parking, messing with my irons, etc.  3) I'm fast.  I don't mess around.  

Gold is such a better game when you walk.  There is just no comparison.  Plus, you get in shape and stay in shape.  If you play golf 3 times per week and walk you are getting great exercise.  I bet half the guys on here that claim they can't walk, it's because you never walked in the first place and got out of shape and then injured.  


  On 7/24/2023 at 4:27 PM, famousdavis said:

I always walk.  I don't care if the other 3 people are riding or not.  I know that I will play faster than them for the following reasons:  1) I'm always the best player  2) I normally carry so I can just walk straight to the green, put my bad down and go putt.  I'm not driving around the green, parking, messing with my irons, etc.  3) I'm fast.  I don't mess around.  

Gold is such a better game when you walk.  There is just no comparison.  Plus, you get in shape and stay in shape.  If you play golf 3 times per week and walk you are getting great exercise.  I bet half the guys on here that claim they can't walk, it's because you never walked in the first place and got out of shape and then injured.  

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" I don't mess around." Especially when it comes to proof reading.

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Last year I played in the final round of the club championship.  I walked all 36 holes and I beat my best friend Bart.   Bart took a cart for the second 18.   I had him finished by the 15th hole, par 3.  I hit a towering 5 iron to 8 feet and slammed the putt into the back of the cup.  Bart was devastated whilst I was elated.  There is nothing better than beating a close friend in the club championship.  He knows that you are now his better and he must always bow down to you.   Bart couldn't even sit with me in the men's grill after the round.  He was too shell shocked.  Just one of those special moments.  


I don't begrudge anyone taking carts, but I much prefer walking. I am often the lone walker in a group. I am 70 years old and I am not slow and have no problem keeping up. But I seem to get out of synch in a cart. Walking to my next shot is part of my preparation for that shot.  The only time I will always take a cart is with my wife. She would prefer to walk as well but she has a bum knee, so I defer. 

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  On 7/24/2023 at 11:00 PM, famousdavis said:

… There is nothing better than beating a close friend in the club championship.  He knows that you are now his better and he must always bow down to you.   Bart couldn't even sit with me in the men's grill after the round…

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I would not want a friend to β€œbow down to me.” If you weren’t a troll, I might expand on this but we are very much off topic.

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  On 7/25/2023 at 11:52 PM, bkuehn1952 said:

I would not want a friend to β€œbow down to me.” If you weren’t a troll, I might expand on this but we are very much off topic.

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It’s unlikely that @famousdavis has any friends, so I expect there is not much bowing down going on.

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