Trolley Ban!

[leaney]

I think that if you are fit and healthy, then you should carry your clubs.

I have friends that are fit and healthy, yet most of them have trolley's.

I think it's embarrassing.

 

[bigfoot1985]

No trolley ban at my place, never known there to have been one!!

Then again there is alot of oap`s there so thats prob why

 

[Mick47]

Ours bans electric ones from around Oct to march, but normal ones are allowed unfortunately.

Same at ours.

 

[MadAdey]

Not sure where all this about trolleys come from. My course ropes areas off that are prone to getting boggy to prevent people walking on them, even though those amazing people that carry bags still ignore them and walk across causing damage to the course. I play in Lincolnshire and my course is at sea level, the dykes that surround the course are tidal so we do have a problem with certain areas of the course getting very wet during winter.

So how many people take short cuts with their carry bags across greens. The pressure being applied by having that bag on your back is not good for the green. Having a Motocaddy I stick to roped areas and the paths that are there to stop trolley damage and they keep players well away from certain areas.

So the average shoe is 20 SqIn and an average man is say 180 pounds. So one trip across the green is applying 180/20=9 lb pre SqIn (weight/area=pressure applied). So on average a carry bag with a full set of clubs in is 30lb maybe 35 in winter carrying waterproofs etc. So when that person is walking back across the green for a second time with a bag on his back he is now making 235/20=11.75 lb per SqIn. So to be honest people having a power trolley will cause some damage but that person taking short cuts over greens and around the apron of the green is causing a lot of damage also.

 

[Dreamer2]

I think that if you are fit and healthy, then you should carry your clubs.

I have friends that are fit and healthy, yet most of them have trolley's.

I think it's embarrassing.

you get embarrassed very easily,,,to me it depend on your day job weather you want to carry about 20kg around 18 holes

 

[USER1999]

I love it when some muppet deliberately spins the trolley wheels, in the middle of the fairway, to clear some of the mud off them. It happens quite often. How stupid are some people.

 

[DCB]

So to be honest people having a power trolley will cause some damage but that person taking short cuts over greens and around the apron of the green is causing a lot of damage also.

So, Ban Trolley users and Ban Bag Carriers

End result, no damage to greens or walkways

 

[HomerJSimpson]

No trolly ban in place although we do have them if it gets too wet. Hedgehogs required though for those that do trolly although it never ceases to amaze me how many flout this rule, especially electric trolly users. I got a set of hedgehogs for my GK this season and last year bought a pair of the ones you can get in most golf stores and attached them myself with cable ties.

I'm all for letting people continue to use their trolly where possible as it would preclude a large number of members from playing regularly through age etc. and in these austere times the club needs members using the course and the club as often as possible. We have a number of holes with large roped off areas which are directing players through the rough. On some holes it makes the going hard even with an electric model and so I'm sure a lot are ignoring this. It is helping to a degree and the bare area we'd normally use is looking much better and with a growth of grass on

 

[jammag]

Embarrassed to put my clubs on a electric trolley not at all. How you can say that is unbelievable, do people question your choice of ball or clubs? No thought not so why should you make judgement on trolley users? Its a choice, would you ever see Luke Donald carry his bag? Nope thought not. So whats good for the world no1 is good enough for me and I will NOT be carrying my clubs as long as I have a trolley.

 

[Val]

So, Ban Trolley users and Ban Bag Carriers

End result, no damage to greens or walkways

Yip, I think that's code for "shut the course its winter"

 

[MadAdey]

So, Ban Trolley users and Ban Bag Carriers

End result, no damage to greens or walkways

At least one person gets my point then. Everyone makes damage to the course this time of year. Be careful with your trolley and you will cause less damage than people cutting across greens and other short cuts you can take with a bag on your back.

 

[welshjim22]

I normally carry but have to admit i am considering going down the trolley route in winter, with hedgeghogs of course, simply due to the fact that when carrying in light rain umbrellas are a pig to deal with. Also somewhere to store waterproofs. Yes i could choose not to play when wet but yesterday i was soaked through after three holes of fine persistant rain and then it stopped raining. It would have been a shame not to have gone out because of a little rain.

 

[drutz]

no ours ban electric trolleys and carts but push trolleys are still allowed.

 

[CMAC]

an old thread raised again..........it must be nearly winter.

12 -16 stone guy carrying clubs or around 25kg weight spread over 3 wide wheels, which would cause the most damage over the same area

 

[Baldyeagle]

Ours just announced 'Winter wheels mandatory on all trolleys from Nov 1 - March next year'. Apparently trialled last year and they reckon significantly less damage to course.
Hope they're right cos it's a lot less hassle than a total trolley ban.

 

[Doon frae Troon]

I think I put this on the Jan thread but I shall say it again as most folk do not understand why trollies get banned.

Golfers with trollies will ALWAYS take the shortest route around a green so it is the tracking and footfall but not the trollies themselves that cause the damage. Virtually all golfers with trollies will follow the same narrow path. Carry bag golfers enter and exit the green by a 360 degree circle so the wear on the greens approach is much less. Observe next time you play and check it out for yourselves

 

[jimbob.someroo]

This is where the pencil bags comes into it's own. If you're just playing a casual round with friends, put your waterproof bottoms on (if you need) then there's still plenty of room for a jacket in the pocket. The bag weighs hardly anything and its pretty much waterproof.

To be honest, I use it for most of the year (apart from in major comps) and think it's a lot easier than pushing round my tour bag, even in decent weather.

 

[JT77]

Just got a email to say the electric trolly ban has started at our course. Doesn't affect me, but those it foes can still use a push trolly.
Makes a huge difference at our place where they have been banning them for the last few years.

 

[Birchy]

I think I put this on the Jan thread but I shall say it again as most folk do not understand why trollies get banned.

Golfers with trollies will ALWAYS take the shortest route around a green so it is the tracking and footfall but not the trollies themselves that cause the damage. Virtually all golfers with trollies will follow the same narrow path. Carry bag golfers enter and exit the green by a 360 degree circle so the wear on the greens approach is much less. Observe next time you play and check it out for yourselves

This is the bang on way i see it. Everybody with a trolley goes virtually the same route, everybody who carries walks a different path virtually every time. Hundreds of trolleys going over the exact same bit of land = more damage than hundreds of people walking different routes across the course.

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

I think I put this on the Jan thread but I shall say it again as most folk do not understand why trollies get banned.

Golfers with trollies will ALWAYS take the shortest route around a green so it is the tracking and footfall but not the trollies themselves that cause the damage. Virtually all golfers with trollies will follow the same narrow path. Carry bag golfers enter and exit the green by a 360 degree circle so the wear on the greens approach is much less. Observe next time you play and check it out for yourselves

I concur - at an AGM at my previous club one year I tried to get a trolley ban over winter months or all the usual reasons - but 3-line whip was put out out on seniors and I was defeated 250-5 or something like that. Course was on clay and became a mess. Ohh well. Not too bothered at current as drains well - besides we have other things to be upset about.