Friday, March 20, 2015

Baggers vs. Carts

With the progression of our sport comes the ingenuity of players to identify a problem and find a solution, usually before a money making company figures it out. Years ago I thought we were so far ahead of the game when someone converted a golf ball retriever pole to a disc grabbing pole. The days of finding a long enough tree limb and ripping it down for one time use was out the window. Just like carrying your bulky bag on your shoulder turned into larger bags that were ergonomically correct to reduce fatigue. Now carrying a bag on your back for the common weekend warrior is as outdated as having your messenger bag filled with your DX plasitic arsenal along with your hackysac. You have all seen them, players pushing around their souped up baby strollers with every amenity you could think of to use during a 2 hour round. 20+ discs at your disposal, cooler with "drink" of choice, speakers attached to jam out to their tunes, bag of throwers chalk, plenty of towels, disc retrieval poles in tow, seat for down time, and even a GoPro camera attached to review and post their "wicked" round on YouTube later that day. I can't help but feel like that is just an albatross to have toting around in the woods for that long. As much as I can appreciate having every need at an arms length away, we are that much closer to requiring golf carts for a standard casual round. Even when I play ball golf I do not require some of the extensive gear these guys are carrying. But, knowing how the evolution of disc golf is, I am hip enough to see the area of opportunity. Even ball golfers got to a point where they realized they needed a caddy to tote around everything they need to play a round.
Sooooooo......will we see a higher influx of "baggers" converting to a "pimped out" stroller? Yes. Will there be a disc manufacturing company capitalizing on making a disc golf cart? Yes. Will I still be stubborn and carry my stuff on my back? For the time being yes, but because the pace of play has moved to a snails pace, eventually my back will require me to re-think it. It saddens me to say all this, but I ask you to disprove me. I am not blind to it.

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