How we got started

Our company was born on the golf course. In the summer of 1969, our founder Bill Ganskopp, an avid golfer, played with a caddie at least three times a week—mostly on his home course, Red Fox Country Club in Columbus, North Carolina. In autumn, when the caddies headed back to school, Bill found that pulling his golf bag or riding in a cart disrupted his game. He thought why not motorize a pull cart so it could be steered like a self-propelled lawnmower.

Before long, Bill was breezing around his club with his prototype, and fellow golfers were asking where they could get one. Kangaroo Products of Columbus, North Carolina, was born. Bill named his invention “Kangaroo” in tribute to how a mother kangaroo carries her joey lightly and quietly, and to honor the courses he’d played and enjoyed in Australia.

"Owning this motorcaddie has added a new dimension to the game of golf. Being able to continue to walk without carrying my bag has added years to my playing." -Louis Longo Basking Ridge, New Jersey

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