Taking a conversation from last May forward, if your club allows the use of push carts or trollies, how did it get approved in the first place and what suggestions would you make to someone who is trying to get them in their club?
Desert Forest has had trollies for about 5 years now. We bought 4 on trial because a few walkers on the Golf Committee kept saying "why not?" enough to the Board. Since then, our fleet has expanded to about 24 and we do about 3,000 rounds per year with them. The fleet is expanded by a net of about 6 per year to keep up with demand, and a cart lasts about 3 years on average. We do charge a nominal fee. The biggest users are women and older men. We have SunMountain trollies (2 and 3) and are now testing Rikshas. The run-flat tires have really helped as cactus thorns are tough on pneumatic tires.
I'm interested to see how others got around the politics or the stigma in situations where (a) there isn't a caddie program to protect in the first place, and (b) the course is walkable.
Thanks