porkturtle
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- Jun 30, 2019
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My thing, and I'm sure I've posted something similar before, is this:
Used a backpack for years. All my buddies were like, "Come on, old man. You need a cart. It's only a matter of time..." I eventually caved and got the Transit.
Once - once, Johnny! - in the early goings of having the thing, I was headed to Renaissance Grey for a round with one of those buddies. I had asked him if he considered it cart-friendly, and he said, "Absolutley not." So I got to the parking lot, switched everything to my E2 bag, and slung it on.
I got to the first tee, and he's standing there with his cart. And honest to god, my shoulders were already feeling the backpack. I looked him up and down disdainfully, like, "Et tu, Brute?" and walked straight back to my car to fill up the cart. Made him wait a bit, too.
Now, it can be said that there are cart-friendly courses, and the not-so. For me, I use the cart everywhere. Haven't used my bag since. I never pull with my throwing arm, and like others have said, try to alternate between pushing and pulling. Bugs? Mud? No benches? No worries, on any of that. And while I don't sit a lot on the thing, I do rest a knee on it just about any time I stop. It sets up the perfect attitude-lean, you know, one arm propped on the handle, and one leg up. Cigarette burning, beer in hand etc. We older guys just know how to Do It...
Was that a Johnny Dangerously reference in there?
I applaud your craftiness.
