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The article focuses on the impact of the Masters golf tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club on the lives of people in Georgia. An effort run by W. A. Ethridge is one local religious operation with a tie-in to the Masters. Bookstores in the town notes that the tournament brings extra custom. It also has beneficial effect on the company of Robert L. Balfour , which makes golf carts. However, it the taxi business gained no benefit from the event.

The article emphasizes the use of golf carts on the desert courses of Palm Springs resort in California. Both the younger and older generations of golfers appreciate the use the carts on the field. The carts led to an increase in the number of individuals who want to play golf at any given day or time. A new business sector was also built around the use of carts.

Reports efforts of golfer Ford Olinger to legally force the Professional Golfers Association (PGA) to allow him to use a golf cart in competitions. Details of his condition, called bilateral avascular necrosis of both hips, and how it affects his golf game; Comparison to Casey Martin, who won approval to use a cart; Decision of Judge Terence Evans that the PGA did not have to allow the use of a cart in qualifying rounds.

The article presents news briefs on several celebrities. Elvis Presley is reported to have a passion for golf carts. Former Las Vegas, Nevada showgirl Georgi Edwards will wed Philip Crosby, son of singer Bing Crosby. World Middleweight champion Nino Benvenuti prefers water and skis in his boxing training while British Grand Prix racer Graham Hill uses trampoline.

This article discusses the possible impact of global warming on golf courses. A diagram is presented of Cooks Creek Golf Club in Asheville, Ohio, which was designed with environmental principles in mind. The golf course features solar panels, organic fertilizers, and golf carts using hydrogen cells and biodiesel fuel.

A photo essay which documents the events that lead to fourteen year old golfer MacKinzie Kline's use of a golf cart during a LPGA event, a first, is presented.

This article provides a discussion regarding golf carts from U.S. Congressman Sam Farr. Farr notes that golf carts allow disabled soldiers to play the game of golf, as carts would allow them to travel the golf course. Farr also discusses his experience visiting the amputee ward at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, where soldiers use golf as physical therapy.

This article discusses the Senior Professional Golf Association Tour at its 2006 midseason point. Jay Haas is named "Player of the Half Year" due to his five top ten finishes in 2006 tournaments, as well as his victory at the 2006 Senior PGA Championship. Notable moments in the 2006 season are discussed as well, including the lifting of a ban on golf carts at most tournaments, the debut of golfer Loren Roberts to the tour, and the lack of success of golfer Hale Irwin.

A photograph is presented of golfers using golf carts at the Tournament Club in Iowa golf course, even though a ban on using golf carts at championship tours started in 2005.

This section offers sports news briefs as of June 21, 1976. Bobby Clarke of the Philadelphia Flyers supported the National Hockey League's decision to introduce stringent penalties against game-related violence. The U.S. National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Amateur Athletic Union both accused the President's Commission on Olympic Sports of favoring either party when it created new rules governing amateur athletics in the U.S. Profit took precedence when Macadam cart paths were put along the fairways of the Pebble Beach Golf Links.

This section offers news briefs about notable people as of June 1974. Fans presented Bill Yoeman with a 3,000 U.S. dollar-golf cart which was not allowed in the Sugar Creek Country Club. Suzie Hawes, who was smaller than other competitors, was second-placer at the annual sausage-eating contest at Polock Johnny's in Baltimore, Maryland. Queen Elizabeth has won 7.20 U.S. dollars when her pigeon beat 200 others in a 140-mile race in Winchester.

The article explores the evolution of golf-cart customizing. In the late 1940s, George Bands started chopping and channeling Detroit iron into kandy-kolored bombs, while motorcycle dealer Horace Watson adapted a three-wheeled Cushman utility cart into a vehicle for golfers. Eventually, Bands became a famous car customizer, while Cushman became a leading maker of golf carts. In 1967, singer Frank Sinatra asked Bands to create a Cushman cart with a rug, television set, radio and bar. Since then, golf-cart customizing has been done at Bands' plant.

The article focuses on the subtle adjustments to The Rules of Golf published by the committees on rules. It notes the many amendments to the 41 rules governing the game and the aim of the changes to clarify and simplify some rules that are usually consulted by golfers. Issues covered by the amendments include the classification of sand and loose soil on the greens, the recognition of the automotive golf cart, and the extension of referees' authority in interference calls to the putting surface.

The article presents the opinions of several personalities on the use of motorized carts on golf courses. According to Tim Holland, the use of the carts is the best ever invention in golf. Durham, North Carolina-based golfer Mike Souchak said that the carts are beneficial for women and older golfers. The other individuals who gave their opinions include Doug Ford, Nat Gutmacher and Sam Snead.