How to be an easy rider
Your cart is your chariot. Here's how to make the other guy do the pulling
• Ride shotgun. The driver has to worry about where to park, can't put his feet up and hang onto the roof with his right hand, and can't reach back into the cooler. When you're the passenger, you can eat, drink and trash talk — all at the same time!
• Request chauffer service. Make the other guy drop you off at your ball, then make him come back to pick you up after he hits his shot.
• Grab a handful of clubs. On those incredibly annoying cart-path only courses, take several clubs with you to each shot. Yeah, it's more weight to carry, but it'll save you walking back when you realize you need a different club.
• Make an early exit. When you get near your ball on the green, just say, "I'll jump out here, you can pull it around to the back," as in back of the green, where the cart should always be parked.
• Go straight to the lot. When the round is over, direct your driver to make a beeline for your car. That way there's no lugging your clubs and no tipping the kid who wants to clean them.
