Cernunnos
Journeyman Pro
My wife bought me a Motocaddy s3 Digital electric trolley for my birthday in June and I absolutely love it!
However, whilst playing on the course last night with a guy that I hadn't met before, I approached the green, removed my putter from the bag, pointed the trolley at the next tee, set the distance that I wanted the bag to travel and let it go.
It's the best gadget ever in my opinion but this guy then proceeded to rip the p**s out of me for "showing off" and said that my trolley was "a bit wanky"
So my question is - are electric trolleys with a distance control function a genuinely useful tool which speeds up play by not having to retrieve your clubs all the time or, as my new friend contends, a useless waste of time for poncy show offs?
Discuss.
Yes the distance control is perhaps showing off a bit, is it wanky..no, not in the slightest. He's only envious, why else would he come over to hsve a look in the first place.
I've got the original S1. But would love the S1-digital or the S3 like your own, what could be better than being able to let the trolley tell you haw far your drive has gone or any of the other natty little extras on the S3.. Yes we can get by without the extras, but some of them are worth the extra 80quid.
I carry, pull & follow. If I had to put in order of preferance:
I prefer to follow my electric trolley & you still get excercise, as opposed to riding in a golfcart/buggy, which to me ain't golf sitting in one of those motorized greenhouses.
Next in preferance is carrying, yes I prefer to carry than pull a trolley especially in winter.
Pulling a trolley, well not really a fan of this, but on occasion on a short course when I've got my cart bag & don't see the point of setting up with a battery for 9 holes & don't want to lay down my bag on a damp course, then I might pull a cart.
Riding in a buggy, can't stand it, just ain't golf. Ok, sometimes when on holiday you might want to be lazy, especially when the other half insists on one.
Not to mention I do have certain joint problems brought on by my job. Golf helps me, but some days when its particularly painful, anything that takes pressure off can be useful.
In short nowt wrong with posh electric trolleys not to mention the backing of the Europro Tour for MotoCaddy, what better endorsment is there for us.
Wank? Nah
Poncy? Maybe, but if you got it flaunt it.