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Casey Wade, Head Golf Professional
at High Meadow Ranch, which has
eight GolfBoards in its fleet and first
sent them out on the course about six
months ago. "We're one of two public
courses in the Houston area that has
GolfBoards, so we're getting a lot of
people coming out who have never
played our course just to use them."
For the uninitiated, GolfBoards are
an alternative to traditional golf cars
that were first introduced three years
ago, and are now in use
at more than 200 golf
courses worldwide, ac-
cording to the com-
pany's website.
Golfers ride them like
a surfboard, skateboard or snow-
board, steering with their feet simply
by leaning one way or the other. Your
golf bag attaches to the front of the
board, where there is also a handle for
stability. They can be taken nearly
anywhere on the course, and with var-
ied terrain there's just as much fun to
be had between shots as there is with
a club in your hand.
"Maybe the biggest factor for us in
wanting to bring in the GolfBoards is
that our area is really becoming a big
adventure town," said Jeremy Hay-
man, the General Manager at Sedona
Golf Resort, which has eight boards
and first offered them to guests in
early March. "There are all kinds of
outdoor adventure sports offered, and
this is sort of an extension of that."
Wade said the feedback has been
unanimously positive. Some golfers
have said they were able to converse
with all their playing partners more
than they would have using tradi-
tional golf cars. A player at High
Meadow Ranch with back problems
recently shot his career low score rid-
ing a GolfBoard, Wade said, because
not having to sit down and stand up
repeatedly kept him looser and feeling
better throughout the round.
Aside from those surprising bene-
fits, golfers say rounds are signifi-
cantly faster on GolfBoards – and a lot
more enjoyable.
"The whole point of playing golf is
recreation," Hayman said. "Offering
GolfBoards is just one more way to
bring players to the game."
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