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Golf used to be exciting. There were argyle socks, knickers and Tam O’Shanters to coordinate. Woods were made of actual wood, and would occasionally shatter upon impact with the ball. People who wanted to play golf had to slog through the often-damp links on foot, prior the invention of Gore-Tex golf shoes. But with the recent revolution in golf equipment technology, playing golf has become tediously boring. Rare-earth metal drivers with ham-sized club heads catapult GPS-guided nanotechnology balls directly to the green, tweeting the golfer’s score en-route via 4G LTE. Putting greens automatically adjust for errant taps, rewarding duffers and hackers with praiseworthy handicaps.

All that soggy, wood-shattering plaid excitement led to forty years of snooze-worthy golf carts. Since the ‘50s, when carts became accepted at even the finest clubs, the same basic design has persisted. But when golf got boring, golf carts started to take up the slack. Here are six over-the-top carts sure to bring the excitement back to your golf course.

1. Liberal Guilt Cart

Envisioned by a group of ‘90s dot-com millionaires who were forced by sudden wealth to eschew ratty hoodies in favor of collared shirts while sharing country clubs with fossil fuel barons, this solar cart’s shade canopy not only protects pasty IT professionals from melanoma, but also charges the cart’s batteries! Naturally, Hammacher Schlemmer offers it in four snazzy colors. No word on iPod connectivity.

2. Antique Cart-vertible

There is nothing quite like the feeling of the 5 MPH wind in your thinning, combed-over hair while traversing the fairways in Streetrod Productions Kustom Karts inscrutably named LE290A. Apparently, LECART was already taken. You’ll provide instant class to the shoddiest goat track in this retractible-roofed beauty. Or, you’ll get mugged for your fancy cart. Even odds.

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