The Importance of a Good Golf Bag!

Few things are more important to a golfer than a goodpockets will be used to hold the golf bag's hood. The
golf bag. First off, golf bags come in many styles andhood is used to keep the clubs and bag from getting
a wide variety of colors. You can choose a bag fordrenched 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 placedimportant in the summer to keep the sweat off the
on the ground and stand upright so the golfer doesn'tbrow and out of the eyes, along with keeping the
have to bend down and pick it up. That's a nicehands relatively dry. Then, there is the pocket used for
feature in golf bags, especially if the golfer tends tokeeping the extra golf tees and possibly the divot tool.
walk the course, as many do. There is plenty ofFinally, a pocket is needed for the golf balls
bending to be done when a golfer is trying to removethemselves, and it doesn't hurt to have a pocket to
an obstacle from around his or her ball, or to get thecarry another dozen balls in, just in case.
ball out of the cup, so any way to avoid bending overSome 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 clubsextra box of balls around a good thing, but there has
are to be placed. Each golfer has his or her own wayto be somewhere in the golf bag to keep them, which
of doing this and putting clubs where he or she wantsmeans another pocket.
them. Some golfers, though, are lazy and just stickImagine trying to play golf without a bag. The golfer
their clubs in the compartments, grabbing whicheverwould 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 canstuff, select a club, hit the ball, and start the process all
get his or her clubs out easier. The clubs are neverover 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 theround of golf. So, golf bags are an essential part of the
number of pockets it has. Frankly, there's no such thinggame of golf.
as too many pockets in a golf bag. First, one of the