| Few things are more important to a golfer than a good | | | | pockets will be used to hold the golf bag's hood. The |
| golf bag. First off, golf bags come in many styles and | | | | hood is used to keep the clubs and bag from getting |
| a wide variety of colors. You can choose a bag for | | | | drenched when it rains. Another pocket will be used to |
| style, features or pick a color to match your mood. | | | | keep extra towels (believe it or not, extra towels are |
| Some have legs that fold out when they are placed | | | | important in the summer to keep the sweat off the |
| on the ground and stand upright so the golfer doesn't | | | | brow and out of the eyes, along with keeping the |
| have to bend down and pick it up. That's a nice | | | | hands relatively dry. Then, there is the pocket used for |
| feature in golf bags, especially if the golfer tends to | | | | keeping the extra golf tees and possibly the divot tool. |
| walk the course, as many do. There is plenty of | | | | Finally, a pocket is needed for the golf balls |
| bending to be done when a golfer is trying to remove | | | | themselves, and it doesn't hurt to have a pocket to |
| an obstacle from around his or her ball, or to get the | | | | carry another dozen balls in, just in case. |
| ball out of the cup, so any way to avoid bending over | | | | Some courses are so difficult it is easy to lose a lot of |
| is more than appreciated. | | | | balls during 18-holes of play. This makes having an |
| All golf bags have compartments where the golf clubs | | | | extra box of balls around a good thing, but there has |
| are to be placed. Each golfer has his or her own way | | | | to be somewhere in the golf bag to keep them, which |
| of doing this and putting clubs where he or she wants | | | | means another pocket. |
| them. Some golfers, though, are lazy and just stick | | | | Imagine trying to play golf without a bag. The golfer |
| their clubs in the compartments, grabbing whichever | | | | would be constantly stooping over picking up clubs, |
| one they want when a particular club is needed. But, | | | | tees, balls, towels and the divot tool. Then he or she |
| some golf bags have tubes to protect the club grips. | | | | would have to walk to the ball, drop all of the clubs and |
| These are nice to have. With the tubes, a golfer can | | | | stuff, select a club, hit the ball, and start the process all |
| get his or her clubs out easier. The clubs are never | | | | over again. It would be a major pain in the neck, and |
| tangled up, and the grips last a lot longer. | | | | would make it nearly impossible to finish playing a |
| Another important factor in choosing a golf bag is the | | | | round of golf. So, golf bags are an essential part of the |
| number of pockets it has. Frankly, there's no such thing | | | | game of golf. |
| as too many pockets in a golf bag. First, one of the | | | | |