Hey, John, you’re too nice. I’m much more angry about this. I find it unconscionable that as a golfer for 50 years I find it very difficult to find a place that encourages me to play golf instead of “ride golf” these days. When they redid my “home course” at Forest Park. for example, virtually all benches were eliminated (they figure you can sit in your cart if you’re waiting), and many of the new tees were placed a very long way from greens (witness the first hole of Redbud, across the street and up the very steep hill from the ninth greens of the other two courses). Most places I’ve tried look at you like you’re some kind of alien if you say you are walking, and” as you noted, don’t give any discount. The argument is that carts are faster and so more people can be funneled onto the course on any one day; but I and my friends play “ready golf,” with alacrity, and often, in fact most times, are waiting for people ahead of us in carts. (This is especially true when it is “cart path only” and people have to (eek!) walk to their balls. I’m so saddened when I see young folks, college age and even worse, grade schoolers, playing in carts. They’ve been indoctrinated by parents who take riding for granted and, sadly, think that this is what golf is. I’m not trying to change the good old boy, smoke your cigar, buy the newest equipment, male-dominated culture that golf in our country has become; I just want a place for old farts like me who grew up walking and carrying, who love the exercise, and who appreciate the “feel’ of the course as they traverse it—who want to play golf, not ride it.