Push Cart Etiquette

[3puttssuck]

I'm starting to walk all the time now and here's an etiquette question I've never considered:

When using a push cart, is it acceptable to bring it on the tee box?

[No Mulligans]

It depends on who you ask and where you play.  I take my push cart onto the tee boxes.

There is a point of confusion when there are cart instructions on the course.  I believe cart instructions on the course are for riding carts unless they specifically state push carts / pull carts.  For instance; No carts on the fairway, that's not for push carts; Parallel cart rule; that's not for push carts; The cart arrow signs about 10 yards before a green, that's not for push carts; No Carts sign by tee box; I say not for push carts.

[billchao]

I usually do. They don't do any damage to tee boxes and I haven't been told not to.

[bkuehn1952]

Long ago I was told once by a ranger to not do it .  Since I mainly carry, it is not an issue for me most of the time.  If it was convenient to get my clubs and not push the cart on to the tee, I would leave it off.  Some courses, however, leave you the option of being on the tee, parking on a 15 degrees slope or leave the cart 25 yards away.  I would haul it on to the tee box in those cases.

[chilepepper]

We pretty much go anywhere but bunkers and greens. No one has a problem with it. 

[Missouri Swede]

One university course I played told me not to bring my cart on the tee box.

[the fish]

I wheel mine up to the tee box on par threes, because my GPS watch is on the handle of my push cart, but then I move it to the back corner of the tee box so it isn't a distraction for anyone. On par 4s and 5s, I leave it on the cart path. No reason to hike it up to the tees.

[Grumpter]

Some courses may not like it. IMO it is no big deal to keep it off most tee boxes so I avoid bringing it on the boxes.

[jsgolfer]

I don't bring it on the tee, but for the life of me I don't know why some courses (mine is one) that has an issue with the push cart going between the sand trap and the green, even through the rough.  I've asked why they don't want a push cart to go through there, and no one really knows.  The only response I get is that because it's what we've always done or they don't want the push cart to damage the lies around the green?  And then I go, like the mower that is mowing the rough that is much heavier and harder on the turf then  a four or three wheel push cart?  It really makes no sense to me most of the time.

I can remember when I was much younger (in my 20's), that the pro at the public course I was a member at would lose his mind if you put your carry bag on the tee.

[paininthenuts]

On 3/22/2016 at 10:16 PM, 3puttssuck said:

I'm starting to walk all the time now and here's an etiquette question I've never considered:

When using a push cart, is it acceptable to bring it on the tee box?

In the UK, it is totally unacceptable. Daft, I know, but that's golf !!

Golf etiquette is very strange. You must not walk on the path of another golfers put, but to avoid it you may walk on the path of the golfers coming up behind you. I a sure I could think of more examples, buy I can't be bothered

Edited March 24, 2016 by paininthenuts

[3puttssuck]

Thanks to everybody.  It looks like I'll do it when it's convenient, until somebody tells me not to (unless I'm in the UK, of course.  :))

[Elmer]

I have
And 
I havent
Depend where I am and who I am playing with!

[Papa Steve 55]

I'm a lot more concerned with divots with every practice swing, cigarette butts, broken tee's and sunflower seeds then a push cart. 

Edited March 24, 2016 by Papa Steve 55

[mcanadiens]

It probably isn't the biggest deal, but keeping it off to the side isn't really going to put anyone out.

Now I did see some goof rolling his across a green last year. Had myself some kittens on that one.

[Golfingdad]

There's no way a push cart would do more damage to a tee box than spikes on feet, the bottom of the bag and stand legs of a carry bag, and the divots created by the shots ... so I can't imagine why anybody would care much about a push cart on a tee box.

[Valleygolfer]

I do but it is predominately on par 3's otherwise I don't need to. I do it because of my range finder. I am such a creature of habit that if I don't put my finder back in the bag, 9 times out of ten I leave it somewhere. Most of the time the tee box is close to the cart path so I don't bring it.

[colin007]

I was asked once by a ranger not to put my pushcart on the teebox, I asked him why? He said because it could damage the teebox. I looked around and showed him all the divots on the teebox and looked back at him and put my hands up in the air and said Are you kidding? 

[RFKFREAK]

On 3/24/2016 at 5:19 PM, colin007 said:

I was asked once by a ranger not to put my pushcart on the teebox, I asked him why? He said because it could damage the teebox. I looked around and showed him all the divots on the teebox and looked back at him and put my hands up in the air and said Are you kidding? 

LOL, where was this?

 

FWIW, I have no issue putting my cart on tee box.  Then again, I have no idea why someone would be upset with a riding cart being on the tee box but I've seen people get bent out of shape for that and I'm not sure why.  I chalk it up to them being too uptight.