Do you ride or walk the course?

[MS256]

I don't mind walking but almost nobody around here walks so I don't either.

On a day when I'm not working I probably get the same amount of exercise whether I ride or whether I walk anyway because I only care to walk one round before it starts to feel more like work than play.

In a cart I am likely to still be playing and having fun after multiple rounds (if I'm with some other people that want to play all day like I do). Sometimes I play with one group in the morning, another group around noon, and another group after that until it gets too dark.

[BuckeyeNut]

I was a die hard traditionalist walking golfer for many years.................

From the beginning:  I paid to play each time I teed it up.  Hell yes...I am walking!...it's for the tradition of the game dammit...carts are a sin!.  A few years later I joined private clubs where carts were extra, but the cart fee had nothing to do with anything because..........I LIKE TO WALK!

Then I joined a club that included carts with the membership...........somehow I suddenly changed my tune! LOL........ I've been riding ever since...Just saying.

Of course the cart fee had nothing to do with it

In my experience if the cart is included, fewer than 5% opt to hoof it. I do know a few guys that do, but they are the rare exception.

[Fourputt]

I was a die hard traditionalist walking golfer for many years.................

From the beginning:  I paid to play each time I teed it up.  Hell yes...I am walking!...it's for the tradition of the game dammit...carts are a sin!.  A few years later I joined private clubs where carts were extra, but the cart fee had nothing to do with anything because..........I LIKE TO WALK!

Then I joined a club that included carts with the membership...........somehow I suddenly changed my tune! LOL........ I've been riding ever since...Just saying.

Of course the cart fee had nothing to do with it

In my experience if the cart is included, fewer than 5% opt to hoof it. I do know a few guys that do, but they are the rare exception.

While my experience was not with club memberships, I was in the same place as you were.  I really did like walking, and I was as convinced as many of the responders here that that I was a better player when walking.  Then when foot trouble made it necessary for me to ride more often, I found out that it's no different from anything else.  You just have to get used to a different flow.

The overall pace is really about the same - I just needed to adjust to a slightly different ebb and flow in the way I moved from shot to shot.  It didn't make a bit of difference in how well or  poorly I scored.  In fact I believe that I actually was more consistent from first hole to last on those scorching hot days in midsummer, especially as I passed my mid forties.  Whether pushing or carrying, that bag seemed to get a lot heavier by the middle of the back nine.