Well I started golf 2 years ago as i could no longer play football, part of my knee kept popping out....

I carried, knee went again, I pulled, then knee ok, so carried again, now I am starting to pick up littl niggly shoulder injuries.

So at the ripe old age of 37, i will be getting an electric torlly...

I feel sad....

As a 33 year old who's had his Powakaddy for 3 years, and who's handicap dropped from 9 down to 5 during this period.

Welcome to the club

Look forward to your handicap dropping

I bought my first one at a similar age.

Then kept asking myself why I had not bought one earlier.

hope you remember to start buying your outfits from Greenwoods.

Aye...It's obviously a knee,shoulder, back, pride thing. But as mi mum says:"It's futha best, son!"

I am on the look out at the moment for a good trolly and I am 29. My playing partners use them and laugh at me struggling around the course. Stewart X3m or the Motocaddy S1 are options at the moment

The England Colts team are forbidden to carry their clubs when playing - they've all got electric trollies so you're in good company Simon.

if you can enjoy your golf better then get 1 your body will tell you when its time to get 1 so if you are 30 or 60 and it helps you enjoy your golf better its worth it, i am on the wrong side of 50 and my knee is telling me to start looking.......

You will be well pleased suggest the Motocaddy S1 just over £200 better build than Powakaddy and very light. You will enjoy the game even more.

Thanks for the encouragement, I know my mates will give me some stick but you get amessage from your body and you have to listen.....

Motocaddy S1 next week I think...

Cheers all

I've been pulling my trolley following the demise of my old cheap leccy trolley a few months back, andmy shoulder has been bothering me big style. Bought a Powakaddy on Wednesday, and played yesterday and today pain free. Was able to keep a better pace of play, and save more effort for taking my shots. 300 quid well spent I think. You'll find the same, you'll be wondering why you didn't buy one sooner. I'm 33.

Craz-e, that's an incredibly wide ranging budget you've got there. A couple of blokes at my club have the Stewart trollies but to be honest I don't see what they do better than a Powakaddy or an S1 for the extra £750 or so. Other than shout out that they're rich enough and daft enough to shell out the best part of £1000 for a trolley that is!!

I have been very fortunate recently and have had a nice tidy sum of cash go into my bank account. After making sure the girlfriend and the baby have been treated to anything they wanted have decided to spash some money on myself. Been thinking about a nice trolly for a while now, I am probably more interested in the Motocaddy to be honest and might use that extra cash left for a good winters worth of lessons.

I'm a similar age and got my 1st Electric trolley just a couple of months ago.

As others have said here, I will never look back.....golf is more fun, I'm playing better, my handicaps dropping and I have less twinges and aches after a days golf than previously.
Give it time........all your mates will have one soon!!

Maybe its Karma, but I've used my new electric trolley now for three days, and not a twinge in sight, its been bloody great. Went into the clubhouse today, and theres a sign saying that the use of electric trolleys and buggies will be suspended from next Saturday for the winter period. So now I've got my Powakaddy, it has to go into storage for 3-4 bloomin months, and I either go back to pulling a trolley or carrying. Not happy either way. There's special dispensation for those over 75 who can't pull trolleys or carry, and somehow I don't think I fall into that category. BUGGER! Club pro failed to mention that little nugget of information when I went in to buy it as well. lol.

It's like electric trollies anonymous, this thread :0)

Told one of my mates and he was in fits of laughter....

We did a survey of customers last year (Stewart Golf X1 owners) and those who had gone from carrying to using a remote trolley had dropped just over 3 stokes in about a year, on an average handicap of 15.

The positive arguements are there for all to see, but lots of people still insist on being all macho and lugging their bags around the course - how golf was ever a particularly macho sport in the first place I don't know....

We have lots of guys from their late 20's up to their 60's (average is about 43) who use the remote X3R and would just never go back to carrying.

Totally agree - having carried my bag on two consecutive days this week and only with a half set I was noticably more tired coming down the last couple of holes.
It is not so much the 'carrying' as I do a fair bit of rambling with a rucsack - it is the constant pulling it on and off that gets the back.
Plus the fact, the straps really scag up cashmere sweaters.
Give me the ease of stopping an electric trolley, selecting a club easily, playing the shot, replacing the club and walking alongside the faithful bag lugger - no contest.

;-)

bought a cheap leccy trolley a few months ago and its been tip top. game has improved noticably and whilst never really tired after a round I definately have the energy now to go to the range after a round and practice what wasnt right during the round.

Hey!! Just realised thats why I've gotten better!!!

Slow witted me....never