Golf bags are an unavoidable part of golfing. Most of the time you had to stroll on the golf course carrying these bags. These are made for carrying your necessary clubs and other things and give you an enjoyable golfing session. But this bag can turn into a massive pain if you don’t properly carry the bag or overweight it.
Most new players and some experienced players don’t know how to carry a golf bag correctly and don’t organize them properly. They also don’t give any importance to the total weight of their golf bag. This is not a good practice and sooner or later they will suffer for it. If you don’t know how to carry and organize golf bags and looking for a perfect solution. Then this article is for you! Read it and you will have a clear idea about carrying and loading golf bags in a rightmost way.
The Necessity of Learning About Golf Bags
The word ‘golf bag’ may sound very simple but wrongly carrying or overloading this can truly harm your body and give you lots of suffering.
Golf bags are pretty heavy while loaded. Carrying it incorrectly will surely put extra-pressure on various parts of your body. It may give you pain and muscle injuries in the worst case.
Weighting golf bags more than their carry-limits increases the probability of breaking the straps. It will be a huge problem if you are in the middle of a deserted course and broke bag straps.
Unorganized golf bags are a great excuse to distract you from the game. When your golf bag is unorganized, you will have to look for your required clubs at every hit. It will surely decrease your focus on your game and affect your performance negatively.
Finally, incorrectly carrying a golf bag and overweighting it decreases the service life. No matter how good your golf bag is, it is sure to lose its durability and lifetime if you treat it badly.
Types of Golf Bag:
Before knowing the proper way of carrying a golf bag and its maximum capacity, you must know the variation and types of golf bags and what are their purposes.
The most types of golf bags are-
- Tour Bags/Staff Bags
These are the sturdiest and high-quality golf bags and widely popular among professionals. These are fully covered and have much more extra spaces inside. However, these are much heavier(around 10 pounds when empty). Mosty comes with a single straps system.
- Stand Bags
These golf bags come with two adjustable legs for standing the bag. These bags are much popular for easy packing and unpacking ability. They usually come with two straps and weigh around 5 pounds or 2.2 kilograms. Bag-legs are suitable for almost all types of course-terrains.
- Cart Bags
As its name, these golf bags are specially designed for carrying on carts or trolleys. These have a non-slip base for good gripping on the cart. It generally doesn’t come with any carryings straps and only good with a trolley or a cart.
- Pencil Bags
These bags have become much popular nowadays. These are much smaller bags and offer less extra-space for personal accessories. It also comes with stylish designs and can fit in much smaller spaces. Unfortunately, this type of golf bag doesn’t offer much weather protection.
How to Carry a Golf Bag The Right Way
Now for the core part. What is the proper way of carrying golf bags? Here is the answer with many simple descriptions.
Step 1: Adjust The Bag for Your Back
We all have different heights, body-ratio, strength, and comfort zone. That’s why adjustments are also different for different persons. For adjusting your golf bag, first, empty the bag and then put it on your shoulder. For single-straps bags put the bag on your dominant shoulder. Now adjust the strap length and confirm a good fitting on your back and shoulder.
Step 2: Balanced Packing
After a good fitting on your shoulder, you have to put your equipment and clubs in the bag. But you must keep in mind that if your golf bag is a shoulder-carrying type bag, then avoid putting and unnecessary things in the bag. It will only increase the paining your shoulder.
You also follow the proper way of organizing a golf bag to ensure an evenly balanced golf bag. It will ensure your comfort while walking carrying the bag.
Step 3: Put The Golf Bag On Your Shoulder.
If your bag is a single strapped one, then put your dominant hand inside the strap and place the strap properly on your shoulder. If your golf bag is a two-strap one, then put the upper-side strap first on the shoulder and then place the lower-side strap.
Now slowly stand straight and make sure that the golf bag feels comfortable and the weight is well distributed. If not, then again put off the bag and fix the issue. Do not walk until you are sure of your comfort and suitability with the bag.
Tips On How to Carry a Golf Bag Properly:
The fundamental things of carrying a golf bag with a single strap or double straps are the same. But a golfer should pay attention to how to carry a golf bag properly. Generally, a golfer makes some mistakes. So, I give you some tips on it to focus on.
- Before loading with clubs and accessories, it is best to empty out your golf bag for adjustment.
- When you using two straps, make sure the weight must be distributed equally to both shoulders.
- The bag should be resting not so higher not so lean against your back.
- Walk tall. That means, no bend, no lean.
- Try to avoid carrying with one strap if you are decided to walk on the golf course without a helping hand/vehicle.
- Always carry your golf bag using your leg. Do not tend your back to lift the major weight when carrying heavy pieces of equipment on your golf bag. It is the wrong posture.
- When you pick up your fully equipped bag from the ground, use the lift handle.
- When it needs to walk a long run always carry with the dominant shoulder. That means the weight of your strap on the dominant shoulder should feel it. Because the opposite shoulder is weaker.
- You should wear comfortable and supportive golf shoes while carrying a golf bag. It will provide you proper traction and support to carry your heavy golf bag comfortably.
How Many Things You Can Carry in The Golf Bag
If you think of the capacity of a golf bag to wondering how many clubs to carry in a golf bag. Then the straightforward answer is, carry only your necessary clubs and other stuff. For example, you probably never need more than six golf balls in a game. So don’t carry more than six balls. Moreover, the answer to the question of how many clubs are legal to carry in a golf bag is 14. These are the maximum amount you can carry with you can there are also penalties on carrying more than 14 clubs with you.
Don’t Carry These Bags
Most carting bags come with no straps. On the other hand, tour bags are much bigger and often heavier for carrying on the shoulder. Most of the time caddies of the golfer carry these bags. The benefits of these two types of bags are, you can carry many more things in them than other bags.
Final Verdict
Golf is a classic and elegant game. Every aspect of this game should be perfect. Carrying a golf bag is also not different. You must know how to carry a golf bag with two straps or one strap if you want to prove yourself as a pro golfer. It also keeps you safe from having pain in your shoulder or getting muscle injuries.
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