Any Means Necessary

Golf's reinvention of the wheel

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A hat tip to the traditionalists: Yes, the game is meant to be enjoyed with a pushcart, comfortable shoes and an open fairway. But anyone who’s put a peg in the ground knows that golf is an imperfect pursuit. And sometimes you’ve just gotta get on your moped and go. This is a celebration of those who will do anything to play—the diehards who use any transport possible to get to, and through, the course. So, to the maniacs with your robot caddies, hoverboards, wheelchairs, camels and more: We salute you.

To the flag puller in the U.K., the ferryboat captains in France and the robot-caddie makers in Australia: Thanks for being there. Photo by Tony Roberts/Corbis via Getty Images

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American golfer Arnold Palmer in the cockpit of his Cessna Citation private jet in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, circa 1982. (Photo by Leonard Kamsler/Popperfoto via Getty Images/Getty Images)

Comedian Dickie Henderson (1922 – 1985) plays a round of golf at Selsdon Park, Surrey, with Mini the Indian elephant, his co-star in the upcoming TV series ‘A Present For Dickie’ – 6th October 1969. (Photo by Leonard Burt/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Three-time Open champion Sir Henry Cotton and this camel. Photo by Bob Thomas/Popperfoto via Getty Images.

Whether it’s a two-wheeler in New Zealand, a three-wheeler outside of Palm Springs, California, or a Japanese cargo ship, the questions remain the same: Where’s the first tee and what’s the course record? Photo by ullstein bild via Getty Images.

Some guy on a hoverboard in Turkey. Photo by Orhan Çiçek/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images