This Pro tour is allowing electric cadets thanks to a new partnership

If you go to an Epson Tour event this year, you can see something you will not find in any other big professional tour.

Starting this week with the first season of the season at the Central Championship in Florida, Epson Tour Players will now be able to use electric carriages, distance controlled, or electric cadets, in competition.

Change of rules was born of a partnership between Tour Epson and MGI, an Australian manufacturer of electric velvet and power carriages This entered the US market eight years ago.

Epson Tour Jody Brother of Business and Operations Officer said the partnership was born after the tournament, the only direct nutrient at the LPGA Tour, arrived at MGI, seeking to flatten the playing field for all their members.

“When I made a relationship with someone at MGI, it made me think about this whole idea if we allowed you to get to know the motorized cadets, would you level that playing field for someone who may not afford to take a week with kadi and week at Tour Epson?” The brothers told golf.com this week. “And that is really how the whole thing started.”

The brothers said about one -third of the players in Tour Epson use a professional caddy who travels with their player weekly and usually has prior experience in the LPGA Tour or another global professional tour. Then there is a third of the players who either use local caddies or a family member who do not do much more than keep the bag and only give advice several times in the round, if at all.

The last third are the players holding their bag or using a pushing cart.

The brothers say he expects many of the players falling into the last two categories to benefit from the new MGI tournament partnership, which allows players to buy their MGI Electric caddy at exclusive prices.

Those who already use a professional caddy are likely to continue to use one, but changing the rule and access to the descended electric caskets can be a help for those who could not afford a pro -kad.

“What I felt like I saw like an observer of the game was that those who could afford a caddy really really had an advantage over those who could not potentially afford a caddy,” the brothers said. “Our athletes come from many different countries, many different social backgrounds and I really just wanted to have the most playing field.”

As Caddy’s rates vary in Tour Epson, Brothers estimated that on average, a player who buys an MGI Electric Caddy to the discount would be approximately equal to the average velvet rate for a week. Of course, the MGI cart can last for many weeks and possible years.

As a bonus, MGI was a logical partner for Tour Epson over other manufacturers while led by two female CEO, sisters Carrie Edwards-Britt and Miranda Turner, who joined their father’s business in 2005.

“We are more than excited to be partners with Tour Epson after continuing to redefine the future of women’s golf at the JB Epson Tourneu is really leading the charge, demonstrating innovation, talent and vital role in the development of the next generation of LPGA stars,” Turner said in a press release. “In MGI, we are very proud to support this exciting change in the game, standing behind these pushed athletes while competing – state according to the state, course from course – on their journey to the top.”

Using an electric cadet in competition probably opposes many conventional norms for many people, and this is not something brothers see to have fun from the LPGA Tour with their biggest bags and coverage of TV.

But it has a logical meaning for the EPSON tournament given that it is a development tournament.

“I understand it will look a little different,” he said. “In a perfect world. Each of our athletes would get a professional cadet and they would make enough money they could afford. They would be able to learn to use a caddy in the right way and help someone read greens and keep their clubs clean and do all the things that do not do – this is not a sneakers. We have increased her bags enough to be able to really support it.

“There will be some who will not like it at all, and there will be many who applaud us for perhaps a little tradition of a little golf and be innovative and trying to balance the playing field for those who cannot afford a caddy.”

To those who may be surprised to see professionals The use of electrical cartsThe brothers hope they can inspire them to try one themselves.

“This encourages people to walk and if there are fans coming out to see a tour in Epson and they see it,” he said. “The only difference between them riding in a four -wheeled golf cart with walking along with a motorized caddy is the fact that they thought it was strange.”

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