A history of golf trolleys
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A pull golf trolley was the original help to golfers in getting them round the course with there golf clubs. Remember years back it was not only common to have less clubs in the bag but half sets or clubs were very common. This meant instead of Driver, 3 wood, 5 wood, an iron set of 3,4,5,6,7,8,9, Pitching Wedge, Sand Wedge and Putter. Golfers would carry a half set, usually consisting of 2# wood’s an iron set of 3, 5, 7, 9, and Sand Wedge or Pitching Wedge and Putter, around 7 or 8 clubs instead of the full set of 13 or 14 clubs. With most golfers having many less than the full set of clubs in their golf bags, the bags were much lighter to carry and therefore there was not such an urgency to purchase a pull trolley.
The first golf trolleys had a narrow wheel breadth/tread, and at the time was not a problem but as heavier bags were becoming common on the course, these narrow tread tires started causing a problem for the course and a headache to the greens staff by churning up soft ground. By the mid to late seventies the wide tread wheeled golf trolleys became prevalent, this allowed the spreading of the weight over a larger area footprint, this caused to less damage to the golf course.
Times moved on and it is now very uncommon for golfers to carry half sets of clubs in their bags with most golfers carrying; balls, gloves, tees, markers, waterproofs, jumpers, hats, towels, etc. meaning golfers carrying twice the amount and weight they did years ago, even taking into consideration the lightweight materials the modern golf bags are constructed with.
The advances in technology have led golfers to move with the times, most have at least have pull golf trolleys and many are buying electric golf trolleys. Although it’s only in the last 10 to 20 years that electric golf trolleys have been introduced, electric golf trolleys are very common now. In the future people will look back and wonder why any golfer carried or ever used a pull trolley – now you know!
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