“There was nothing controversial about it, ours just looked different. Trolleys were a huge advantage for playing, but there was a stigma attached to it. They were just for old guys who had a bad knee or some other disability. We were looking for amateur golfers walking the fairways, and if we could make it look different, we had a chance.’’ That chance paid off. Stewart Golf has now sold its products in 50 countries. The first sales in the United States were made in 2008, and they’ve since reached every state except Hawaii and Alaska. another level. It was not just eye-catching, but it was fun to watch something following someone down a fairway.’’ The present version, called the Q Follow, has a futuristic look as it follows automatically down the fairway with full remotecontrolled functionality. The golfer can putt out on a green, then remotely guide the trolley to the next tee without walking back to his bag. Initially golfers could strap their bags to Stewart Golf’s “trolley’’ and then enjoy their walks around the course without carrying their clubs. The bags could move with remote commands that a golfer would make with a hand-held device and could be attached to a belt, or in a pocket. Business really took off in 2015 when the “follow’’ system was launched, which made it possible for the bag to follow the golfer, much like a human caddie would. “It was a big change in our business, because it took us to
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