By contrast, the single-rider companies together have sold fewer than 300 of their carts over the past three years. The dual-riders have simply become an indelible part of the U.S. golf scene. Golfers conduct business on them. They schmooze and drink beers on them. And while their golf buddy hits a shot, they can comfortably prop up their feet.
Golfers say single-rider carts detract from their sense of camaraderie.
Take the case of Don Brown, who played the Stone Mountain Park Golf Course in Atlanta recently while in town for a gathering of plastics manufacturers. When asked in an interview at the course if he would use a single-rider, Mr. Brown said he wouldn't. The fun is who you're with. More important perhaps than the social aspect of the dual riders is their economics. The Big Three usually lease carts by the fleet.