Why Tiger Woods can't (and won't) just use a golf cart to compete in The Masters, explained

It’s actually happening, people. It’s happening. Well, we think it’s happening, anyway.

Tiger Woods might actually play in The Masters this week. Literally “as of right now,” Woods says he’s ready to play in the tournament and also feels like he could actually win it.

Now, clearly, that could change. And the big caveat here is his leg. As we all know, Woods injured his leg in the horrific car accident he was in last year. It’s still an issue. He can physically play golf well, but as he said on Tuesday, walking the course is more of an issue.

This point from Woods brought up what I thought was a very valid question in my mind which was, “why would Tiger not just use a golf cart?” Yup. I asked my For the Win coworkers. I had to.

 

Let me preface this by saying I don’t know nothing about golf, y’all. The closest I’ve gotten to a legitimate course was Top Golf. And I’m not very good at that. (I can hit the ball kind of far but not super far, you know?)

Luckily, my colleagues didn’t roast me there. Instead, they told me golf carts are basically not allowed. Which was news to me! I mean, golf carts exist for golf. Why would they not be allowed, right? Right.

That sent me on a (slightly) deep dive into why carts are taboo in professional golf. Here’s what I came up with.