The ifrothgolf review
A 64-inch double-canopy golf umbrella from trolley specialist Motocaddy. Its party trick is a pair of clear see-through panels set into the canopy, so you can keep it low over your head and still track your ball flight and read the green. The vented twin-layer canopy lets wind pass through rather than flipping inside out, it auto-opens one-handed, and the handle is shaped to drop straight into a Motocaddy umbrella holder.
What's great
The clear panels are the genuine selling point and they work: you can hunker down under it and still see where you are walking and where the ball went, which a normal brolly forces you to lift or tilt for. The double canopy genuinely shrugs off gusts that turn cheaper umbrellas into scrap metal, and the auto-open and trolley-friendly handle make it fuss-free if you already run a Motocaddy cart.
Worth knowing
It is built around the Motocaddy ecosystem, so the handle shape is optimised for their holders and can feel a touch bulky in a generic trolley clamp or just carried by hand. The clear panels are a practical plus, not crystal optical glass, so vision through them is good but slightly hazy. At around GBP50 it sits above the supermarket-umbrella crowd, and it is a large canopy, so it is overkill if you only ever play in light drizzle. Stock comes and goes as Motocaddy refreshes the range, so colour and availability can be patchy.
The verdict
If you walk with a trolley, particularly a Motocaddy, this is one of the few umbrellas that solves a real annoyance rather than just keeping you dry. The clear panels are a small idea executed well, the build is sturdy in wind, and the trolley-fit handle is a neat touch. Buy it for the visibility and the durability, not because it is the cheapest brolly on the rack.
