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Originally Posted by Booker Woodfox
There are a lot of reasons why carts are so common in the U.S. --
For one, the terrain can be a lot different. A lot of courses have significant elevation changes.
This is no different than here.
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For another, too many courses are designed as afterthoughts to housing developments, making for a very long walk between holes.
This makes sense, and it´s an issue we don´t experience much here. I didnt experience it in the US either (not arguing the fact though)
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And by far the most important reason, course owners have discovered that they can make more money renting out carts.
asfdgasf yeah it doesnt surprise me.
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I'm sure there are other reasons. A lot of people do walk when it's allowed (sadly, I'm not one of them as much as I would like), but to somehow require that golf be walking only would kill ~ half the courses in the U.S. imo.
I´m not arguing that. There is also the fat factor in play i guess
But jokes aside, most things in the US is designed so that you don´t have to walk or stress yourself in any way.
One reason i understand that we are not allowed to use carts here, is that in most cases the space for our courses are very limited, aswell as we have so many enviromental laws to keep in mind.
In the US (where I have been) there are usefull cart "tarmac" around the course which helps limiting the damage on the course.