in your bag

What do you carry in your golf bag, besides clubs, I recently started carrying my bag giving up on the trolley it's the best move I've made, but I have noticed it is getting heavier everytime I go out lol, had a bit of a clear out and was amazed at the ammount of items I had in it, inluding around 40 golf balls. So what do you carry around ?

Just out of interest - why do you prefer to carry?

Carrying is the easiest way to get around a golf course.

NIce to see Pat, you doing what us old golfers did for many, many years. My first heart attack put paid to that unfortunately.

Sun Mountian Ligthweight carry bag

6 balls

3" wooden tees

towel

4 gloves

1 pair wet gloves

Skycaddie

Sunderland gortex Lightweight wet suit

Pencils

Pitch repairer 

Callaway Stand Bag

12 balls

Assorted tees/pitch mark repairer/pencils/pencil sharpener/ball markers (all in a large pencil case)

3 towels (one on me, one on bag and a spare)

3 gloves (one wet weather)

Rules of golf book

Yardage chart

Golf club diary

Waterproofs

Shower/wind top

Waterproof hat

Woolie hat

Baseball cap

Winter mits

Flask (Bovril & Pepper)

I like to carry my bag during the winter months, it helps to speed up play and keep me warm at the same time.  Once the weather starts to get wetter then I put my trolley away and carry my bag.  Then during the spring I'll go back to the trolley.  Normally I wait until it's noticable that play is slowing up so therefore I lose any advantage of carrying.

Russ

In the summer I use a trolley and carry everything including the kitchen, bathroom and downstairs cloak room sink. 

In the winter when I cannot use a trolley, I use a pencil bag and carry:-

Driver or 3 wood (depending on which one is behaving), 2 and 4 hybrid, 6, 8 irons, PW, SW and putter.  Half a dozen balls a pocket full of tees, towel, pitchmark repairer and a glove. 

The only draw back is that unless I pick the weather conditions correctly when choosing my mode of dress it can get a little cold and wet.

I used to use a trolley all the time after carrying for the first few months I played and then before Christmas a trolley ban meant I had to dig out my old stand bag.  After a couple of rounds I realised I preferred carrying and the reason I had gone to a trolley and cart bag was that I didn't like the bag.  Got a new (decent) stand bag and became a convert to the old ways. 

Balls

Pencils

Pitch repairer

Ball marker

Towel

Wet gear

Rules book

Lucky turkish eye charm

Lucky mauri hook

Tees

Winter gloves

Glove

Car keys

Golfshake handicap certificate

The pitch mark repairer, Rob, is for repairing the ice on the greens..... 

Jonny,

I recently read a study where they compared golfers fitness & concentration levels between bag carriers & trolley users. There was apparently no difference in fitness levels but found that the carriers concentration levels fell towards the end of the round. Don't know how true it is??

I have really enjoyed carrying my bag during the winter months but will go back to my electric trolley in the Spring as I tend to carry a few more things in my bag during that time & my poor knees won't be able to take the strain.

John.