A Selection of Some Fine Golf Bags

All of the equipment you will use when you play golf matters as far as performance is concerned. Each club head and shaft you pair will impact your ability on the course and at the range. The gloves you choose to play with will impact your comfort. There is a diverse array of quality represented in finer equipment like rangefinders. Some will even swear by a certain brand of tee or golf ball. The point is, nothing goes by the wayside in golf. Manufacturers take great pride in the equipment they produce as it affects the performance of their products and subsequently the end-users. They expend great resources and get the input from professionals during development in order to roll out the finest versions that they can possibly create.

This is every bit as true of golf bags as it is of other equipment. While your clubs, for example, might steal a lot of the thunder for your success on the course, your golf bag makes the entire endeavor possible. Picking out the right golf bag - or bags - for your style of play can have a big impact on your comfort and success.

Taking this a step further, this goes beyond simply picking out a golf bag that offers the features that you want in terms of space, shape, and other characteristics. Broadly speaking, golf bags come in three distinct categories of design, being travel bags, stand bags, and cart bags, and each of them is carefully designed to fit a special niche. Whether you want to pick out one from a collection of stock models or have golf bags custom made, the choices you make will have a ripple effect through your game.

In this article, we’re going to take a fairly close look at the different categories of golf bags and how they are specialized to suit a specific role. Then we will take a look at some really great choices in some specific golf bags and go over some of their features as they are designed for success. Start here when you are shopping for golf bags even if you want to have golf bags custom made and you will have a good framework for what you need - and keep in mind, many players need more than one golf bag because the same bag can’t be used effectively in all instances.

Cart Bags

The first category of golf bags we will investigate are cart bags, which are designed to be used in relative comfort from the back of a golf cart. For those players who travel the course from the convenience of a cart, they won’t have too much need to go it on foot, and so cart bags are designed to be optimized for use from a cart.

As a result, most cart bags don’t place much emphasis on their weight. Many of them incorporate features that make it easier to lift them but aren’t too concerned with their overall weight since they aren’t meant to be moved around while you are on the course. Rather, they are designed to make it easy for the player to access all of their components from the back of a golf cart. To illustrate this point, take a look at the 2020 Sun Mountain C-130 5 Way Cart Bag.

This cart bag, which comes in your choice of many attractive colors, is a really great introduction into what it means to be a great cart bag. This bag, which offers a ton of space, also comes in a format for those who don’t need the additional protection of too many full-length dividers. This cart bag comes with 5 instead of other C-130 models that come with 14. Here’s another big feature to keep in mind; the C-130 comes with 13 capacious pockets that are perfect for storing your gear, and every pocket can be accessed from the front while the bag is loaded on a golf cart. It comes with a single padded shoulder strap because while it is important to be able to move the bag around periodically, it is not meant to be carried for the entire day.

Another great cart bag is the Titleist Cart 15 StaDry which is also available in a wide number of colors, although it is slightly smaller than the above option. This particular cart bag comes with a 15 way top that is easy to organize as well as 9 roomy pockets. Though it offers slightly fewer pockets than the above cart bag, it has plenty of room for most players and they are all designed to be accessed easily. In addition, this bag is entirely waterproof and comes with a matching rain hood. This bag is not just waterproof; it has features that enhance that promise, such as seam-sealed zippers. It’s another great option for a cart bag, especially for serious golfers in climates where you can get caught in the rain at a moment’s notice. It will keep your gear accessible, but safe and dry.

These are only a handful of the cart bags that we offer here at Dallas Golf Company. If you want to see how some others are arranged to get a better idea of what they are or to pick out your next one, check out our collection of cart bags.

Stand Bags

Whereas cart bags are designed to make it easier for a golfer to access all of his or her equipment while it is loaded up on the back of a golf cart, stand bags make it easier for golfers who walk the course to take their gear along. Most cart bags, while they hold all the gear - and more - that you would typically use on any given outing, they are usually far too bulky and heavy to be carried around all day long.

Stand bags, by contrast, are designed for players who walk the course and carry their equipment along with them. It would follow, then, that space does not come at as much of a premium with stand bags as with cart bags. It would also follow that ergonomic design as it respects access is not as important with stand bags. The greatest emphasis, however, is placed on the weight of a bag. The basis of a stand bag is that it can be carried all day and should reduce fatigue; therefore the defining feature of most of them is how light they are.

Check out the Titleist Players 4 Carbon Stand Bag, which like the others so far investigated is available in your choice of several different colors. This bag comes with a 4 way organizational top as well as five roomy pockets so you can bring along all of your essential gear. Here’s what defines this as a stand bag, however. When empty, this bag comes in at an amazingly low weight. Unloaded the bag clocks in at just 2.8 pounds. Load it up how you will, and your gear will probably significantly outweigh the bag itself. Another thing to keep in mind with stand bags is that they can stand, in accordance with the name. They’re not only lightweight but since they’re designed to make it easy for golfers to carry them around, they also need to stand on their own. As such, stand bags like this one have ultra-lightweight and extremely strong legs so that you can take a load off and stand the bag up on its own when you’re out on the course.

That checks off most of the boxes for what it means to be a stand bag, although there are other accommodations you could look for. Check out our collection of stand bags to find the model you need.

Travel Bags

As we have covered what features are necessary to designate a golf bag as either a stand bag or a cart bag, we come to the final category of bags which consists of travel bags. Travel bags, unlike stand bags and cart bags, are not designed to be used on the course. As their name might suggest, they are designed to travel, and so they are built with several features that make them more suitable for travel than alternatives.

As you might have expected, traits that offer protection and security to your gear are significantly more important in travel bags than traits that lighten them or make them easier to access. Since there are innumerable hazards that your gear can face in transit, the idea is to create a travel bag that is as protective as possible. That being said, some manufacturers intentionally design them to be easy to tow around, as well.

Therefore, if you search through a catalog of travel bags like the ones that we offer here at Dallas Golf Company, you will come across many options that have a lot of internal and sometimes external padding in order to protect your gear.

Many travel bags are hard-sided or contain inserts to protect the clubs and other fragile equipment that they contain. Some travel bags even have internal retention straps to prevent anything inside from clattering around or being scratched or damaged. Additionally, you’ll find that many if not all travel bags come with wheels so they can be rolled, and some have convenient tow handles to make this easier.

Check out the New Bag Boy Freestyle Six-Wheel Travel Bag, available in your choice of colors, to see some great features that typically accompany travel bags. This particular bag is made not only with security in mind, but also convenience of use.

This bag comes with padded panel supports to protect and cushion the gear it contains, along with handles to make it easier to lift the bag when it needs to be transported in such a manner. It also has 6 wheels along the base which allow for it to be smoothly rolled along when you need to get it to the car or through the airport. It’s not something you’d take on the course, but it certainly will keep your equipment safe and sound until you get there.

This is only one illustration of what a travel bag can offer - if you want to see more, make sure you check out our collection of travel bags. You’ll find that many of them offer the same level of protection if not more.

Custom Bags

As you can see so far, each class of golf bag is defined by the features it possesses that make it most suitable to a given situation. There are times that you might find that you want some other features that are not commonly provided. At the same time, you might simply want a cosmetic alteration to a bag. In that event, you might want to investigate having golf bags custom made or at least looking for some options in customization for your gear. While a custom golf bag may not affect your performance the way that custom clubs can, it can make you more comfortable and effective on and off the course. We offer plenty of customized equipment here at Dallas Golf Company; be sure to give our customer service team a call at 800-955-9550 to speak more with us about what we can do for you.

Give Us a Call

We don’t just offer a broad selection of golf bags and customized equipment at Dallas Golf - we are the foremost provider of shafts and clubs, travel gear, gloves, and other accessories like rangefinders and more. If you need something for your golf game, you can rest assured that we can provide it - and if you can’t find it easily enough on our site, reach out to our team at the number listed above and we’d be more than glad to help.

You’ll get the full experience when you visit us in our retail location in Dallas, Texas, where you can take full advantage of the services offered by our team. Whether you’re looking to feel out some shafts before investing or you need a fitting service, come on by our store to see what we can do for you.