North Carolina golf course rents llama caddies to transport your clubs
Llama shopping carts? Llama shopping carts! No need to mention anything else. Let’s get right into it.
Sherwood Forest Golf Club in Brevard, North Carolina, has been promoting this new type of caddie for a while, but according to Axios, with “llama tourism and recreational activity on the rise,” these camel loopers are just as popular as camel loopers. They can. There are about 30 llamas on site who are trained to carry loads, and it’s as tasty as you’d expect. Caddies don’t need money either. All they need is water and “a handful of tasty greens.”
Historically, llamas have been used to carry heavy objects and can typically pull anything weighing between 70 and 120 pounds. They live in the Andean mountain ranges of Peru, Bolivia and Chile, and are known as “light walkers” so they don’t damage the grass they walk on, according to the Rutgers 4-H Animal Science blog Resource.
The use of llamas as caddies dates back to the early 1990s, when Tullamore Golf Resort in Southern Pines used the idea to highlight a new Rees Jones-designed course. It was a success and is now being replicated by golfer and nearby llama farm owner Mark English, who shared the idea with Sherwood Club pro Brian Lautenschlager.
Golfers are assigned their own llama and an expert to accompany each foursome. I’m sorry for all human caddies, but it could be the future of golf. Perhaps it was time to return to college for all chickens to get an animal science degree. The game is constantly evolving, and we don’t want to fall behind.