Of course, you could go the other way, make the players carry their own bags. But no, they have caddies. Something that the upper crust is used to. Someone has to be subservient to them in order for them to feel like they are men. There is still this belief that golf is a sport played by athletes.
Golf is a game.
It is played by players. Why should it matter what shape their bodies have. Craig Stadler can play golf. He is so fat though that even the athletic activity of walking challenges his game so severely that he can't compete most weeks. Casey Martin should be allowed to ride a cart and participate in tour golf.