Talk about sacrilege. It may surprise architects, but this game is meant for walking. It's about walking and talking and falling silent in all the right places. Carts are for golfers who could not play otherwise, and for nobody else. It's played outdoors on a field of no fixed dimensions.
Bad things happen to good golfers, to any golfers.
But the golfer who plays the ball as it lies can turn a bad thing into a good thing. He or she accepts the game in the best spirit. There is only the shot to play, and the considerations that go into playing it. Play winter rules and you are no longer responding to the game's essential challenge. And that means you are playing a lesser game.