WILL
ELECTRIC
SCOOTERS
PUMP UP THE
SPORT OF
GOLF?
WILL THEY TURN MORE GOLFERS
INTO RIDERS?
We don’t usually cover what goes on at
the annual PGA show in Orlando, FL, but
this past week two companies showed
electric golf motor scooters. Despite
what the Motorcycle Industry Council
recently reported, everyone agrees that
the average motorcycle rider is ap-
proaching retirement from riding. Could
these new scooters be a subversive way
to win over some new motorcycle rid-
ers? The Finn Scooter does not list a top
speed, but the Phat Golf tops out at 20
mph when switched from turf to street
mode, and that surely is more exciting
than hitting a little ball.
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Now, one might think that golf and motor-
cycles don’t have a lot of crossover, but Evel
Knievel himself made a living in his later
years by hustling guys on the course for the
money. Modern motorcycle daredevil Robbie
Madison also seems to like the game, or at
the very least literally “liked” some of Phat
Golf’s pictures on Instagram (but seriously,
he enjoys playing and says the pressure of
it freaks him out and gives him the chills). A
little research turned the “Milwaukee Golf
Caddy” up a rack that installs in place of a
saddlebag on your Harley that came out in
2010, sells for $500, and is still being sold 8
years later, so there must be more golfers
who ride out there than you’d think.