US golf club has golfers ‘surfing’ fairways between shots

An American golf venue has introduced a completely new way to get golfers to quickly play the course and in the most enjoyable way possible.

West Bolton Golf Club in Vermont has purchased four ‘Golf Skate Caddyes’, described as ‘part skateboard, part Segway and part buggy’, which allows golfers to ‘surf fairways’ between shots.

“You get to go your own way, carve down the fairway, it’s just a fun way to get people to get out and enjoy golf,” said club spokesman Jeff Brown.

After seeing them at the PGA trade show, Brown purchased four of the electric-powered machines for the course this year. Each device costs the about the same as a golf cart, and is hired out per round for similar amounts, and both take up and interest has been positive.

“After a quick training video, skate caddy riders go for a quick practice run before teeing off,” said Gina Bullard, a reporter for wcax.com, a local media channel.

“If you skateboard, surf or snowboard you may have an advantage here. To steer, you lean to one side or the other and you can only hold on with one hand because you’ll need your other to operate the cart. A wireless remote that looks more like a water gun starts and stops the cart.

“You can go up to 20 miles per hour while a regular golf cart goes about 10 miles per hour.

“And it’s a lot of fun. You almost forget you’re there to play golf. It’s a speedier way to get around the links this summer that’s energising the game.”