As walking golfers, we spend a great deal of time carrying our golf bags around, unless we are pushing them of course.
I am constantly amazed at the “complexity” of modern carry bags that can be found at most golf retailers and I will comment on this development from the perspective of a [...]
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The first ever gathering of The Walking Golfers Society occurred at Chambers Bay on September 27th, 2009.
As you can see from the photos below, it was a spectacular day and a fun time was had by all.
Big thanks to all of the Society members who attended – it was great to meet everyone.
The Walking Golfers Society would [...]
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Planning your trip to Bandon Dunes Golf Resort
Bandon Dunes Golf Resort is the ultimate walking golf experience.There is likely no one else in the world where three top public walking only golf courses are located in such proximity to one another. With the addition of Old Macdonald, Bandon will be firmly ensconced as the [...]
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You can go to any Target or Wal-Mart and pick up a six-or-eight club “starter set” for a couple of hundred bucks. Hilton Head’s Denny Harmon plays with a de facto starter set himself, belying the fact he’s been an avid golfer for fifty-odd years!
Harmon, with whom I’ve had the pleasure of playing about a [...]
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The Walking Golfer recently came across this excellent article by David L. Weinecke. Below is an excerpt.
Play golf and ride in a golf cart. It is almost a given these days. But the traffic jam caused by golf carts is getting out of control and is taking an increasing .toll on turf. Now golfers are [...]
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I play golf and I am regarded by many as a traditional golfer because I walk.
The reason I walk has to do with the way the game was taught to me back in the 1960’s at St Andrews. My teacher was my father and a granduncle who explained the game to me advising that our [...]
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