Bags
Stand bags, cart bags and how to carry your kit without the back-ache.
Golf bag waterproofing splits two ways: rain hoods keep the clubs dry, welded seams keep the bag dry
Every bag in the shop claims some version of weather protection, and the claims describe two completely different products. One protects your grips for four hours. The other stops the bag itself turning into a sponge until March.
By Tom Whitaker
Nobody checks what a cart bag weighs, and the car park is where you find out
Pocket count is the number every shopper reads. Empty weight, and whether the base actually locks to the trolley it will live on, is the number that decides whether you like the bag.
By Tom Whitaker
The bag that only holds eight clubs is the most interesting thing in golf retail
Small carry bags started as a nine-hole novelty and quietly became a statement about how much of your bag you actually use. The gear is good now — the argument underneath it is better.
By Tom Whitaker
The 14-way divider is the most oversold feature in golf, and it's quietly wrecking your grips
A slot for every club sounds like the end of the tangle. It isn't — what actually matters is whether those 14 dividers run to the base, and most shoppers never check.
By Tom Whitaker
Your golf bag is too big
Fourteen clubs is a limit, not a target, and you bought a bag sized for the target. If you walk, weight beats storage. If you ride, ignore every word.
By Ben Marsden
Sunday Golf El Camino review: the featherweight bag that made walking cool again
At 1.8kg the El Camino weighs less than two dozen balls, yet it still carries ten-plus clubs, keeps two cans cold and stands rock-steady on the tee. For the walking golfer who's cut back to a half-set, it's close to perfect — as long as you're not trying to lug a full 14.
By Tom Whitaker
Titleist Players 4 Plus vs Sun Mountain 2.5+: the tour default takes on the walking specialist
The walking revival has made the ultralight stand bag the most competitive category in golf, and this is its classic head-to-head: Titleist's do-everything carry bag against the featherweight from the company that invented the modern stand bag. One wins on storage and looks, the other on your shoulders after ten thousand steps.
By Jordan Hale
How to choose a golf bag: cart, stand, or carry for how you actually play
The right bag is decided by how you get round the course — so match it to your real golf, not the bag the pros carry.
By Tom Whitaker
Sun Mountain C-130 review: the cart bag with a place for everything
Cavernous, brilliantly organised and built to lock onto a trolley — if you ride or push every round, this is the one.
By Tom Whitaker
PING Hoofer 14 review: still the stand bag to beat
Not the lightest, not the flashiest — but the most sensible carry bag in golf, and the one we keep recommending over everything else.
By Ross Hamilton
Vessel Player V Pro review: the carry bag that feels like a luxury good
Stupidly nice to own, genuinely good to carry — if you can stomach the price, almost nothing else feels like this.
By Dan Mercer
Stand bag vs cart bag: which one's right for you?
Buy the wrong one and you'll fight it every round. The choice is simpler than the wall of bags suggests — it's about how you get round.
By Jordan Hale