Carts or Legs?

[Snakey]

I personally...prefer walking the fairways as you get a feel for the course ...slope ,gradient  plus the health quotient.I personally.. cannot see the sense of people saying they play golf for their health while riding in a cart .I surmise they have carts to increase the throughput of people on the course generating more money but with hackers zig-zagging all over the fairway it negates their purpose therefore banking up players behind and the only exercise they get is lifting their butt in and out of the cart.I personally.. would like to know others take on this.

[Biddy]

My general rule is I'll walk nine, ride 18. Although, depending on the course and how spread out they are (my local municipal's holes are spread out throughout an entire neighborhood, you take your cart down the street at one point) I might ride nine as well.

Then again, I don't play golf for the health benefits...and there's something therapeutic about kicking back on the cart with a nice cigar while you wait for the group in front.

[phillyk]

I always walk unless I've had an exhausting day at work and am playing after.  The funny thing is, the course i play a lot is known to be one of the hardest walks in the area.  A lot of steep hills to walk up and down.  Definitely get a good work out from it.  Worse part is walking up the steep hill after 18th green...  I don't mind carts, the only thing that gets annoying at times is people who ride carts and think they deserve to play first because they believe they will play faster, when in fact it can sometimes be the other way around.

[Snakey]

  phillyk said:

Originally Posted by phillyk

I always walk unless I've had an exhausting day at work and am playing after.  The funny thing is, the course i play a lot is known to be one of the hardest walks in the area.  A lot of steep hills to walk up and down.  Definitely get a good work out from it.  Worse part is walking up the steep hill after 18th green...  I don't mind carts, the only thing that gets annoying at times is people who ride carts and think they deserve to play first because they believe they will play faster, when in fact it can sometimes be the other way around.

Just what I said. Beats me how 2 people walking at 2k/hr can push 2 people in a cart at 20k/hr.

[DirtCheap]

Driving the cart is half the fun of the game for me.

I'll walk a short par 3, but I'll always choose a cart if it's an option.

[jmorg19]

What kind of price difference between walking and driving are we talking?

[phillyk]

  jmorg19 said:

Originally Posted by jmorg19

What kind of price difference between walking and driving are we talking?

The places I know of are around $15/seat in a cart.  Which is enough to tell me I'm walking.

[jmorg19]

  phillyk said:

Originally Posted by phillyk

The places I know of are around $15/seat in a cart.  Which is enough to tell me I'm walking.

That is enough for 3 dinners at Taco Bell. Walking it is.

[Snakey]

  DirtCheap said:

Originally Posted by DirtCheap

Driving the cart is half the fun of the game for me.

I'll walk a short par 3, but I'll always choose a cart if it's an option.

I'll bet you were first in line at the bumper cars at the carnival !

[GaijinGolfer]

I prefer to walk.  To me, thats just the way that golf is meant to be played.  Carts have their place though, especially if its really hot.  Walking 18 in 100+ degree temps is never much fun.

[rwfastrax]

Walk. Better exercise. I also enjoy it more. Especially if the course is moving slow....seems like it takes twice as long if I'm in a cart. When walking it doesn't seem as bad.

[Goonsidious]

I get pairee up with cart people.. cant slow em down. Cart it is. Extra $14.. bleh.

[darkhunter139]

I like walking with a pull cart the best.  I get a cart if the course is super hilly but otherwise I like to walk.

[thinblueline]

I almost always walked, except for scrambles I played in, until two years ago when I had a rather complex left ankle surgery that begins to pain me after walking a few holes and hitting enough golf shots. So in my early 40's now, I'm shifting to riding carts, and in my case, I don't think I should feel guilty or ashamed about riding when there is an injury or arthritis or something similar involved. Before, I felt kind of funny on those occasions when riding, and always thought I should be walking, but not anymore.

[WUTiger]

I can walk nine holes on a fairly flat course, or a par 3 course, if the on-course temperature is below 90* F.

My home course pretty well requires people to ride, because there's three stretches where you have 300+ yards from green to next tee, two of them up 45* slopes. Walkers would get run into the ground by cart people. In high school summer developmental tournaments, shuttle carts carry the kids past two of these stretches.

Also, there's the personal energy factor. If I hit balls and work out on Monday, and work out on Tuesday, I'm not going to be able to walk 18 in the heat on Wednesday. Also, the air temperature and heat index have been above 100* F the last few weeks, and it's too much of a drain to walk.

I tried walking with a newer three-wheel push cart, but the temperature was 95* at the turn and I called it quits after nine. Twice the braking system failed, and I had to do a 50-yard dash down the hill to prevent my clubs from rolling into the lake.

[ZigZag]

walk 9

ride 18

[Chris Stewart]

I always ride. I don't have a pull/push cart and lugging my bag on my back isn't appealing to me and my easily irritated lower back. I also don't really play golf for the health benefits. I'd like to walk it once if I could borrow a push cart from a friend, but I don't know of anyone who has one. My home course requires carts for non-members, so it's not really an option for me anyway and I don't mind that.

[jshots]

I play one course that I always walk, because I'm poor and its cheaper.. by a lot. And it's nice to walk.

I play another course that I always ride, because you can't walk it. Almost every hole has so much elevation change that there isn't a walking rate, and it would take forever to walk.