Think about how much of a round of golf happens in the cart.
You climb in after the opening tee shot. Check the GPS. Grab a drink. Toss your phone in the cubby. Drive to your ball. Check the yardage. Repeat the process for the next four hours.
The golf cart is along for almost every shot you hit, which means the little things start to matter.
That’s the idea behind We-Ko-Pa Golf Club’s new fleet of Club Car golf carts. New technology, a redesigned dashboard and a collection of practical upgrades make getting around Saguaro and Cholla easier while giving golfers more useful information throughout the round.
Here are a few things you’ll notice the next time you play.
Think about how much of a round of golf happens in the cart.
You climb in after the opening tee shot. Check the GPS. Grab a drink. Toss your phone in the cubby. Drive to your ball. Check the yardage. Repeat the process for the next four hours.
The golf cart is along for almost every shot you hit, which means the little things start to matter.
That’s the idea behind We-Ko-Pa Golf Club’s new fleet of Club Car golf carts. New technology, a redesigned dashboard and a collection of practical upgrades make getting around Saguaro and Cholla easier while giving golfers more useful information throughout the round.
Here are a few things you’ll notice the next time you play.
That Screen Got a Serious Upgrade
The centerpiece of the new Visage system is a 10-inch LCD touchscreen with enhanced graphics and a much better look at the golf course ahead.
That matters at We-Ko-Pa.
Saguaro and Cholla both ask golfers to make decisions from the tee and fairway, and the desert terrain can make those decisions a little more complicated the first time around. The new display provides a clearer picture of the hole and includes an elevation perspective that can help you understand what you’re looking at before choosing a club.
It’s essentially a better set of eyes on a golf course you may still be learning.
There’s More Information Between You and the Green
GPS in a golf cart has been around long enough that most golfers expect to see a number on the screen.
The new system goes considerably further.
Improved GPS information gives golfers yardages to pins, hazards and other important points around the golf course. More detailed green maps provide additional information as you get closer to the hole.
Standing in the fairway wondering whether that bunker is 215 yards away or 235? Now you have a better answer.
Of course, what you do with that answer remains entirely up to you.
Someone Finally Rethought the Dashboard
This might end up being the upgrade you appreciate the most.
Club Car redesigned the Tempo dashboard around the things golfers actually carry and use. There are dedicated phone holders, four larger cupholders and a relocated forward-neutral-reverse control that helps clean up the space in front of you.
Everything feels like it has somewhere to go.
Anyone who has spent a round juggling a phone, water bottle, scorecard, sunglasses and whatever else accumulated in the cart by the sixth hole will understand the appeal immediately.
The Cart Can Help You Navigate More Than the Hole
The Visage system also gives We-Ko-Pa’s golf operations team more control over how carts move around the property.
Specific areas can have designated speed limits, and restricted areas can be managed through the system. That becomes especially useful when weather, maintenance or course conditions require traffic to be redirected away from a particular spot.
For golfers, there’s less guesswork about where the cart should go.
For the golf course, it provides another way to manage traffic and protect playing surfaces throughout the day.
And considering how much work goes into maintaining Saguaro and Cholla, that technology can have an impact long after your cart has been returned.
Important Updates Can Find You
Things change during a round. The Visage system allows We-Ko-Pa’s golf operation to send information directly to the cart screen, giving the staff another way to communicate with golfers already out on the course. It could be an operational update, information about conditions or something else you need to know.
You don’t have to go looking for it. It shows up right where you’re already looking.
Yes, You Can Bring the Playlist
The new carts also include integrated Bluetooth speakers that pair with a smartphone. Connect your phone, cue up whatever constitutes good golf music in your group and you’re set for the round. We’ll leave the playlist choices to you, but the volume choices should probably involve a little more consideration.
The Details Add Up
Nobody spends four hours thinking about the golf cart. That’s probably the point.
You want to play Saguaro or Cholla, enjoy the golf course and have everything around the round work the way it should. A clearer view of the hole helps. Better yardages help. A dashboard that holds your stuff helps.
We-Ko-Pa’s new Club Car fleet takes care of a lot of those small details throughout the day. So climb in, check the screen and head toward your ball. Hopefully it’s in the fairway.
