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Though I am absolutely with you in spirit, your argument is apples versus oranges:

Modern golf course design in the United States is subordinate to real estate development -- a ratio of so many building sites per fairway, if you will. Consequently, distances from green to next tee are daunting physically and time consuming, as often are distances from clubhouse to opening tee and even the ninth green to the 10th tee. Prodigious changes in elevation are also common, as golf courses are sited in unusual and unnatural locations; courses are built in spite of the topography, not because of it.

Further, there is a cultural bias against trolleys and economic biases against caddies.

Further, golf cart rental is a significant profit center for golf club operations. Clubs discovered this decades ago and took cart rental profits away from club professionals, which turned golf pros into retail shop operators for their bread and butter which, in my view, ruined golf -- PGA pros were forced to abandon their traditional roles as teachers and club-fitters and standard bearers and were reduced to boutique shirt salesmen.

Further, many regions in the U.S. in mid-summer are brutally hot, unlike the U.K. and much of Europe. Walking in these conditions can be medically threatening, particularly for older players -- even those of us who are relatively fit and prefer to walk. (My adjustment, now that I play infrequently and only for a bit of hit-and-giggle, is seven clubs and a pair of trainers on my feet.)

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