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Old 05-18-2022, 06:30 AM
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Originally Posted by alwann View Post
You'd better have good health insurance. Walking many of the execs., especially in the summer, is an invitation for a heart attack or heat stroke. The execs are not routed with older golfer in mind. Walk the championship courses? Maybe if you're a tri-athlete. I wonder if this was poor course design or marketing strategy.
I think it was well thought out. It is all about pace of play. If they had even 20% of the people walking it would mean x% of tee times they would loose. On the championship courses that means revenue. So yes they want people riding.