Driving the cart for a while (how long??) should charge the battery.
BUT
As many others have pointed out, you really should figure out why it lost charge in the first place.
1. If the generator is bad then driving it won't charge it at all (probably won't go far either)
2. If something is drawing current when the key is off then it will continue to discharge while you are away and you'll come back to a problem again
3. If the battery is bad (happens at about 5 years) then it won't hold charge and you will have the same problem about three days from now.
I have left the cart for several months multiple times without a battery tender. Most of those times I disconnected the battery cable to ensure there was no load but not every time.
One time after not using it for a week it had a dead battery. No problem, I put the charger on it and used it later that day. Two days later the battery was dead again. I knew there was no extra load because of my past experience with letting it sit for months. I guessed it was a bad battery and found a replacement. It has worked fine ever since.
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