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I'm leaning towards a stand bag at the moment, the weight difference seems pretty minimal. But.....transferring some clubs from one bag to another takes...what....about 15 seconds? If I do change bags for the winter.....I wouldn't go back and forth to different sized bags...I would stick to the same bag as long as the weather is sloppy. I haven't carried a bag since I was pretty young....15? And back in those days it was just the one strap on one shoulder and I used my other arm to hold the bottom of the bag. No idea if it will bother me until I do it. Whether it's a pencil bag or a stand bag....it will force me to down-size mentally. I tend to just throw lots of crap in the bag that I "might" need. Sometimes I look in the ball pocket and wonder how I got 20+ balls in there. With a trolley I don't care. With a carry bag it's kind of like hiking, you don't take what you don't need.
I don’t find it to be.
Agree, swapping the clubs is easy. I was thinking about going through all the bag pockets for all the other bits and pieces like pitch mark repairers, laser, etc.
Don't know how old you are but if you're comparing with bags from 20 years ago there is a world of difference. So much lighter now, and the double strap makes a massive difference by spreading the weight, plus frees up both your hands while walking.
I'm 63....make that closer to 50 years ago. Yeah, I know....bags were beasts back then. I am a slob.....so I try to keep my ball marks, tees, repair tools etc in a small plastic container so I don't have to hunt for them. If I didn't do that.....I'd just fill up pockets with way too much junk and have to hunt for stuff all the time.
Yep, there are several companies doing them.....Mizuno, Taylormade, Callaway.
The ones I've seen are from £69-89, I think that was through clubhouse golf.
Definitely thinking stand up bag. But....bending half way down to pick up a pencil bag with a small stand isn't the issue (and I am assuming you can stick your club straight in one of those). How many times do I bend over to pick up my ball? Mark my ball? Preferred lies...pick up the ball. Bending down a few more times for the bag is irrelevant, I'm not out of shape. If there was a bigger weight saving with the pencil bag I think I would go that way, but it's not enough to tip me that way.
Do the dividers go full length? Unlikely I guess
Shhhh....don't say that out loud......it can't be.... golf needs to stay the same.....forever......
