Garages and closets are full of all sorts of useless golf gadgets. At some point, they might have helped slice the ball a little less or slow your swing speed down to, say, 199 mph. Like kids with new toys, we play and tinker with them and hope (mostly hope) it’s a cure-all, until a week or so later they’re collecting dust.
Did you hear the one about the faux club that doubles as a urinal and discreetly allows you to stay on the course instead of going in the woods? No, really … it’s called the UroClub, it fits in your golf bag, and it was the brainchild of some Miami Beach urologist.
Hey, if anything, you can leave the Flomax bottle at home.
The City of St. Petersburg, Fla., has done golfers a much better service. Its two golf courses, Mangrove Bay and Cypress Links, now offer a cart for use by persons with disabilities. It fits a single rider and allows wheelchair users and people with mobility issues to play directly from the cart, utilizing a swivel-type seat to help make a swing.
It’s a cool-looking cart, and even better, regular fees will apply and it can be reserved seven days in advance.
Well done.
Tom Spousta is a national correspondent for WorldGolf.com, writing about anything and everything that encompasses his passions for golf and travel. He previously has covered golf and other sports for USA Today and The New York Times. Tom lives on a Donald Ross-designed golf course in Sarasota, Fla.
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