Day 9 - Pre-Season Training

We are fortunate here that our golf courses are pretty much available for play the whole year around (as long as there is no snow...).  This is not the case in other parts of the world (Cue pictures of mega storms in the US for example). Do now is the time that the sports magazines there fill their pages with exercises to carry out at home to prepare for the new season: swing stretches, muscle workouts, flexibility regimes etc. etc.

I spent time at the Club this morning running trough a number of things with the Director of golf, for he is off to St Lucia for 2 weeks and we shall have to survive in his absence. This means that I will help by doing some of the Knock-out draws and opening up some of the April competitions to entries.  We also spent some time discussing some of the issues that will be on the table at the next Men's Committee meeting, which Pip normally attends, but that he shall miss next month.

Arriving home with time to spare before putting the dinner on (slow roasted shoulder of lamb, from Australian MasterChef, if you're interested!), I decided to spend some time doing my own form of pre-season training: getting the hang of the new trolley.


Those who know me already are aware of the fact that (and as any who read this blog will soon learn)  I am a sucker for the latest gadget.  When I heard about the new Bluetooth enabled Stewart Golf X9 trolley, I was immediately hooked: an electric trolley that would follow me about the course wirelessly, how cool would that be?!

Accordingly, the order was placed and on Sunday I collected my new toy. Mike Evans advised some practice at home before letting it loose on the course so today was the day I tested it out.


Well, in Lego Movie speak, it was "awesome"!  The trolley happily followed me around the garden, down the drive, along the road, basically any where I went. As long as you keep the transponder n your pocket, the trolley will keep up with you but at a respectful distance.  And for the tricky bits, you can use the remote control to guide the trolley on its way or, heaven forbid, you can even use the handle like a normal trolley.

This is one very clever piece of kit: over -priced, over-engineered for the purpose but will give me hours of amusement in the year ahead! Just keep out of my way and warn me of any lakes in the vicinity....