Abstract: Disclosed is a manually actuated sliding golf cart cover system to protect both the occupants and the golf equipment from the elements. Several overlapping panels are configured such that they telescope one with respect to the other in the closed position until all that is visible is a single panel. In the deployed position, the several overlapping panels form a roof cover and the rear-most panel pivots around a hinge and extends over an item storage area thereby protecting the golf equipment housed therein.