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Originally Posted by DuffMan
Could you bring your own pullcart I wonder?
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Yes. Per the email: Push carts and power carts are not available for use. Members may bring their own push cart.
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Originally Posted by Dion
I'm guessing it's a high end course that doesn't have a lot of seniors as members. I can understand no power carts but no push or pull carts from members seems a tod over the top.
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It's an expensive private club, but there are definitely lots of seniors. They are the ones that have money. All the private clubs in Vancouver have a high average age. About 5 years ago they all realized it and had to do membership drives because there weren't enough members coming in to pay monthly dues with the older ones retiring from the club or dying.
A follow up after a couple days of operations:
Why are we not allowing the use of the club's push carts? Can someone not disinfect them like a grocery cart?
The club's push carts have several touch points with various types of surfaces (rubber handle, plastic compartments, metal frame and mesh bags). Hard surfaces and porous surfaces must be disinfected differently and we are getting professional consultation to see if there is a way to fully disinfect the cart properly in a timely fashion.
The course is fairly flat for the first 13 holes. The last five there are some hikes up and down. A few older members use the push carts for the first nine holes and rent a power cart for the last nine. I still don't like carrying my own clubs and I'm in reasonably fit shape. I think this policy at our club will get changed. There are seniors and there are those who have trouble walking. There are about 5 members I see who regularly carry their own clubs.