Pushback On Pull Carts

I finally got the time today to really digest the many enjoyable comments on push carts, caddying and walking. Naturally, only topics like Obama in cargos and push carts draw so many comments, which speaks to our priorities! (It's also a head-turner when so many comment here but no one comments on the WSJ site where the column appeared.)

While some people might laugh off these debates, they really do get to some core issues related to the health of the sport. And in that light, I'm wondering a few things after reading John Paul Newport's column again.  He writes:

In the mid-1980s, college teams initially resisted the move to the then-new stand bags as ungolferly, but then suddenly, for some indeterminate reason having to do with what was cool and what wasn't, everyone started using them.

Is the emergence of the "push" cart a product of simple coolness? After all, these are sexier looking devices than the old pull cart.

More importantly, do you think if more high profile clubs allow golfers to use push carts and more public courses rent these deluxe versions, will we see more people walking in the future?