- Oct 28, 1999
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Talk about livening up your game a bit!
We went to an executive course outside of town. The 17th hole is at the top of a hill with about a 25 degree incline. For those who don't know inclines - for every 100 feet of the hill, it goes up/down 25 feet...so, needless to say, it was a pretty damn steep hill.
Anywhoo...there's a gravel cart path, but the recent rains of 4 inches in under an hour have left it pretty much undriveable due to 4"-6" ruts. So I decide to take the grass down.
Bad choice.
It was going on dark, and the nightly dew had set in making the grass wet. I start heading down the hill. Start gaining speed. See a huge bump ahead. Hit the breaks.
NOTHING happens. The breaks did nothing, and we continue to decend the hill at a speed no golf cart should ever reach. We hit the bump, clear all four wheels off the ground and land. The cart manages to go sideways, sliding on the nice, wet grass.
We hit another bump, causing the cart to go on two wheels, knocking my friend off of it. The cart spins backwards and nearly runs over my friend as he is franticly trying to roll out of the way.
I eventually get the cart under control after doing a complete 360, and bring it to a stop halfway down the hill.
I probably left an imprint of my fingers on the steering wheel, and my friend was shaken, but okay.
Moral of the story....don't take a golf cart with bad breaks down a big ass hill at 30+ MPH in wet grass. Bad things happen.
But, it added some excitement to the night, that's for damn sure!
We went to an executive course outside of town. The 17th hole is at the top of a hill with about a 25 degree incline. For those who don't know inclines - for every 100 feet of the hill, it goes up/down 25 feet...so, needless to say, it was a pretty damn steep hill.
Anywhoo...there's a gravel cart path, but the recent rains of 4 inches in under an hour have left it pretty much undriveable due to 4"-6" ruts. So I decide to take the grass down.
Bad choice.
It was going on dark, and the nightly dew had set in making the grass wet. I start heading down the hill. Start gaining speed. See a huge bump ahead. Hit the breaks.
NOTHING happens. The breaks did nothing, and we continue to decend the hill at a speed no golf cart should ever reach. We hit the bump, clear all four wheels off the ground and land. The cart manages to go sideways, sliding on the nice, wet grass.
We hit another bump, causing the cart to go on two wheels, knocking my friend off of it. The cart spins backwards and nearly runs over my friend as he is franticly trying to roll out of the way.
I eventually get the cart under control after doing a complete 360, and bring it to a stop halfway down the hill.
I probably left an imprint of my fingers on the steering wheel, and my friend was shaken, but okay.
Moral of the story....don't take a golf cart with bad breaks down a big ass hill at 30+ MPH in wet grass. Bad things happen.
But, it added some excitement to the night, that's for damn sure!
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