Porsche Cayenne Makes the Perfect ‘Outlaw Golf’ Cart

Porsche partners with cross golf, an outlaw sport with few rules, just in time for first-ever World Urban Golf Cup, Sept. 22 in Paris.

Golf is a many-faceted thing. But, having the image of an expensive, elite sport, it is also subject to prejudices. While there may be reasons for this, cross golf (or “urban golf“) is changing perceptions as the smaller, wilder brother of traditional golf. All you need to play it are one or two standard golf clubs, special cross golf balls, and a little creativity, because practically anywhere can be used as a course — as long as passers-by are not endangered.

Claudio Orlik has been a fixture on the cross golf scene for many years now. The 42-year-old is a member of the German national team, winning a European cross golf runner-up medal in 2016 as an active player and becoming European champion in 2017 as the team manager. The tournaments are organised by the Urban Golf Collective, the world federation of cross golf, so to speak, which is run on a voluntary basis.

Orlik’s appearance reflects the character of the sport: long beard, undercut hairstyle, upper-arm tattoos, sunglasses usually on, and cheeky Berlin attitude. He reminds us a little of Magnus Walker, so basically, the “Urban Outlaw” of cross golf. There are no labels or dress code.

‘The Porsche Cayenne has enough space for our golf bags, it’s as sporty as we are, and it can also take us off-road to the best spots.’

Together with Orlik, Porsche invited six German online media presences to take a closer look at the sport. “Anyone can play,” Orlik reminds the participants before the start. Age is just as unimportant as where you come from or whether you’ve played before. This is also reflected in the group, which represents travel, urban culture, photography, men’s affairs, entertainment and also golf in particular.

The Porsche Cayenne is selected as the mobile base. “A good choice,” says Orlik. “The car has enough space for our golf bags, it’s as sporty as we are, and it can also take us off-road to the best spots.” The cross golfers immediately got an opportunity to test what the Cayenne can deliver away from the asphalt, on the off-road site of Porsche Leipzig. On gravel or sand, through ditches or over sloping tracks, the Cayenne progressed smoothly through the unpredictable terrain. Even an incline of 80 percent was no problem for the off-road vehicle with its 324 kW (440 hp; Cayenne S: combined fuel consumption 9.4 – 9.2 l/100 km; CO₂ emission 213 – 209 g/km).

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