buggies

[hortonwill]

just wondering what anyone thinks about them and if they use them, also how much does one cost at your club?

cheers

 

[Imurg]

Never been on one - never want to go on one.

Part of Golf is the excercise you get from walking 5 or so miles. I sit on my backside all day at work, why would I want to spend my spare time doing that as well?

I remember a Company golf day a few years back. I played with a couple of MD's from other Companies and they both had buggies. I used a trolley but I walked.

Can't see the point of them.

 

[Smiffy]

I don't like using them, prefer walking.
But if I'm in the Algarve or Spain and it's
a) Blistering hot
b) I've been out on the lash the night before

I have been known to "hitch a ride"

 

[RGuk]

I only use one in the rare event of joining a society package day.
However, there are one or two course where you'd save a nightmare walk....but even then I'd rather save the money and get puffed out!

 

[rgs]

Prefer to walk but if playing in Florida they are more or less compulsory-plus who wants to walk in 30 odd degree heat.

When in the Algarve recently we did use buggies which made sense when playing 4 days in a row and ion some cases the distance from the green to the next tee is nearly a par 4 length away.

 

[teetime72]

Have only used a buggie once,did not enjoy the experience.

I much prefer the walk and exercise,it`s part of the game.

You don`t see Pro`s using them.While i`ve got two legs I`ll

use them,Who knows,the day may come when I`ll have no

choice and will have to use one.Until then it`s shanks pony.

 

[medwayjon]

We used them at the cobtree forum meet. Simple reason was 30+degree heat, on a very, very hard walking course. Also was just a few days after my health scare.

Sometimes they are necessary.

I will use them but only out of necessity.

 

[Smiffy]

To anybody who says "never" to a buggie....

Visit Old Thorns GC in Hampshire and walk from the 2nd green to the 3rd tee.
That'll change your mind

 

[Dave3498]

I've been on courses in Spain and Portugal where there is a 500 yard walk to the next tee. In hot weather a buggy is very much appreciated.

 

[viscount17]

used one in Malaysia, compulsory.
walked in Spain

used one once here on a long course. mistake, both my mate and I ended up hating it as we felt you lose contact with the course. It was a contest to see who could burden the other with it.

the only other time I've been in one was when my trolley broke and we were transporting the bits while completing the round. (my mate had an injured foot - he spent most of the round in splendid isolation in the buggy)

as to cost, I think ours are £18, never really looked.

 

[TonyN]

If I can help it I wont use one, far too expensive at £20 a go but Pennant park in N.Wales is defo a must!

 

[HomerJSimpson]

My course only has two and so it isn't really an issue. I know that in the main they are used by guys with injuries/long term problems. I've used a few on golfing holidays, mainly for novelty value but never really got on with them. The problem is if you are playing red arrow golf and the driver is one side and you are the other, without knowing the yardage or the lie you end up taking 4 or 5 clubs with you. I'd rather carry my bag and have a full armoury of clubs to make my decision on how to play the shot

 

[Cernunnos]

Hate buggies with a vengance, but where a course is spread out with long walks from going from a green to the next tee, or where there is a lot of walking up or down hills on a course then the buggies have their uses. In very hot or muggy conditions they are simply greenhouses on wheels as far as I'm concerned.

TBQH, I'd rather walk, either following an electric cart, or carrying a standbag.

 

[USER1999]

Have used then in Florida where it is almost compulsory due to the distance green to tee.

Used one at Cobtree, too hot/hilly to walk, used one in SA on one course where I said I would walk, and they agreed to meet me on the tenth with a buggy. Next 5 holes went straight up a mountain. I would still be there.

Some times useful (especially when equipped with gps), but not golf as we know it.

On my course, about £15, got about 10 of them.

 

[Imurg]

To anybody who says "never" to a buggie....

Visit Old Thorns GC in Hampshire and walk from the 2nd green to the 3rd tee.
That'll change your mind

Hey Smiffy - Come and play Wycombe Heights down near me. Never has a course been so aptly named. I play it regularly and some use buggies but "Real Men" walk it. It don't half get your blood pumpin'

 

[WGC2]

They're a nuisance on the course because the people in them catch up on you very fast. I have seen one person with his dog's lead tied to the buggie(lazyman!)but I dont think thats advised in the owners manual. They cost about €30 in my club. The one time I was ion one you needed it. The cource was in France and it was 7500 metres long due to the walking distance between each hole.

 

[HTL]

I enjoyd using one but would no way make it a habbit, still waiting for clubs to get some segways, now that would be fun! (Dont flame me I still love walking)

 

[USER1999]

Ditto on the segways, count me in for that, would love to have a go. Do you have to hit your shot still standing on it?

 

[TonyN]

Hey Guys get what I get paid to play on

 

[intherough]

i organise 2 events a year and I always get buggies. Normally about 28 of us go each time and the buggies are an added extra. I don't use them otherwise, too much of an added expense at £20 a throw. What makes it worse is my course has a buggie track and they have to stick to it. It's a pain in the arse following someone in a buggie when the tracks on the left side and they've hit it in the right rough. They drive to where they think it is, find the ball, realise they've taklen the wrong club, make the 40yds walk back to get the right club and then 40yds walk back to the ball. This can add a lot to a round.
All in all, can be a pain in the arse but an added "something" when on an event.