Jack_Pine
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Most courses require you to ride prior to noon.
Mike
I believe they consider it a "pace of play" issue.
Most courses require you to ride prior to noon.
Mike
I live in NE Florida. My uncle moved to the Villages after a 30+ year career as a Chicago cop. He was extremely active in sports and loved the weather. I work with a few middle aged men that play softball on a regular basis and are always traveling south to the Villages for weekend tournaments. They say the Villages are a non-stop party!!!!!
I also heard (and this is not coming from me) that the Villages has one of the highest STD rates in all of Florida. They REALLY love to party there!
Mike
I believe they consider it a "pace of play" issue.
I also heard (and this is not coming from me) that the Villages has one of the highest STD rates in all of Florida. They REALLY love to party there!
Mike
Exactly......and as competitive as the golf industry is in Florida each course needs to get as many players moving as quickly as they can. I feel bad for those that still want to walk and play for the exercise. Trying to walk starting at noon during most of the Florida months can get a bit warm!
Mike
Except that study after study shows that walking is faster than carts, especially when courses limit carts to paths only. My regular foursome, all over 55 with one woman can easily play 18 holes in 3 hours - if there are no people in carts in our way.
But that isn't the perception.
That's because the carts are all weighed down with coolers full of beer!
Mike
Actually, beer may be one of the biggest reasons that carts are so popular. I know a LOT of people who will not play golf without a beer at hand.
Several years ago (during the last golf boom) there was an article lamenting the drop in tennis players and contrasting it to the growth of golf. The thing the author missed was that the number of golfers walking golf courses had dropped just as precipitously as the number of tennis players. The author did not notice that the real problem seems to be that no one wants to sweat, anymore. I am sure that if someone found a way to play tennis on a scooter with a beer holder we would see a resurgence in tennis participation.
Most of the public courses around me, to include the military courses, have coolers permanently mounted to the carts!
Mike
Oh boy, "to include." Haven't seen or heard that phrase since retirement. You are/were DoD, right?
Amethyst
Wife and I are both retired Navy. 44 years between the two of us!
Mike
OK, you are former Navy - are you also Cubs fan (Wrigley)?
Actually, beer may be one of the biggest reasons that carts are so popular.
DIEHARD!
Except that study after study shows that walking is faster than carts, especially when courses limit carts to paths only. My regular foursome, all over 55 with one woman can easily play 18 holes in 3 hours - if there are no people in carts in our way.
But that isn't the perception.
DIEHARD!
Mike
Deepest sympathies
Deepest sympathies
Condolences from me as well. Somehow DW and I have made our marriage work despite the fact that she is a diehard Cubs fan and I grew up a Cardinals fan.
Path only is a different animal. Looking for lost balls (too long) is the biggest culprit IMO. i struggle that walking is faster than carts (I like walking) from my experience.
Wife is a huge Mets fan (almost as bad, but not quite). We are about 3 hours north of Port St. Lucie so we at least can see the Mets spring training games.
Mike
Wife is a huge Mets fan (almost as bad, but not quite). We are about 3 hours north of Port St. Lucie so we at least can see the Mets spring training games.
Mike