The Things You Find in Your Golf Bag

Us golfers have plenty in common, not least the fact that we’re not always sticklers for cleaning out our bags after each round! Whether it’s an unused Christmas gift, an ill-supported effort to get ‘golf fit’, or even something sentimental - how many of our list are currently in your golf bag?

Old Banana (Or Other Fruit)

Those with a larger trolley or tour bag are at a disadvantage here - but we guarantee that a fair few of you, like us, will have discovered an old piece of fruit that’s wriggled it’s way to the bottom of the bag. After taking it from the family kitchen with all the intent in the world to use it to sustain your energy throughout the round, it’d be hypocritical of us to judge you for opting for a sausage sandwich from the halfway-hut instead …

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Suncream (Out of Date)

Like the fruit - we applaud your effort at looking after yourself. Heck, you may have even used this on multiple occasions. However, the chances are, it was long-forgotten after a few weeks of rain. Buried under a plethora of junk that’s been added to the bag in the meantime. You may have even gone as far as to buy another bottle since the first was ‘lost’. Unlike many others on this list though, we’d recommend this is the one thing you do keep in the bag, as golfers are more prone than most others to the damage caused by prolonged exposure to the sun - even in the UK!

Novelty Tee Pegs & Balls

We’ll have all received a fair few of these over the years; and it’s rude to just chuck them away. The brush tees (in their own plastic case), or the football club logoed golf balls need to go somewhere, and whether it’s following a bout of tidying in the house, or sheer politeness on Christmas morning, we bet a few of these have made their way into the bag.

The One Good Scorecard From The Year

There’s nothing like a bit of positive affirmation! Keeping hold of that one decent score you’ve had this year is a great way of giving yourself a little boost. We’re not quite sure what else you intended to do with it - but whether it’s a particularly low round, or just the memory of a great time around a stellar track, we imagine you’ll be able to find an old scorecard or two around your bag (or boot of your car!).

Training Aids (Relatively-Unused)

The start of the season began with much promise. If you could just do that one-hour a week of putting practice, you’ll be Spieth-esque in no time! You’ve even gone out and bought yourself a little putting mirror, or the traditional string line and chalk (after all, that’s what the pros do). The problem is, after two weeks of semi-dedicated practice in February, it’s been tucked away ever since, with you returning to your old habit of screeching into the car park five minutes before your tee time. Still, there’s always next year.

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Really Good & Really Bad Golf Balls

The good news is that the small amount of putting practice you did at the start of the year helped you to pick up a few sleeves of golf balls from the Pro Shop. However, there’s no point wasting them on a knock with your mates. May as well leave them in the bag until you’re playing in something big (when you’ll inevitably forget about them and thus buy another sleeve with your own cash on the way to the first tee). Conversely, some balls are just not fit for playing with. However, you couldn’t possibly leave it in the rough where you found it? No, we’ll pop it in the bag, then move it to the practice bag … after seven months of lugging it around with us!

Out of Date Currency

With the old pound coins becoming no longer legal in October 2017, it was reported that more than £100m are still to be swapped in at the bank for a new version. We can guess where a fair few might be. Us golfers always need a quid or two - either to settle a bet, or to use as a ball marker. And it’ll be no surprise to us at all if half the coins that are in your bag are no longer accepted at your own 19th hole!

Old Gloves

Throw them out. They’ve got holes in them. They’ve got no grip. You’re not going to bring it out on a rainy day once your others have got wet - you’ll use your dedicated rain gloves for that. Just throw them out.

Golf Club Wrench(s)

For the past ten years or so, every adjustable golf club has generally come with its own wrench. However, since most of us change our metalwoods every few years, there’s a very decent chance that you’ve got a fair few of these knocking about - collecting in your bag like mechanical Top Trumps cards. They’ve mostly had universal fittings now for the majority of the time they’ve been around, so perhaps have a double check to see whether you actually need one the next time you’re looking at upgrading your kit. At the very least, sell your old metalwood with the wrench it came with!

Key - Door, Unknown

Was it your locker key at the previous club? Or the buggy key from the lads’ holiday in Portugal? Perhaps it was an old house key? Whatever door it opens, it hasn’t been used in some time, and the owner hasn’t made it known to you. As with the gloves - chuck it out. You’re never going to figure out where it came from, all it does is make you look a bit unusual the next time you go to get a pitchmark repairer out of the same pocket!

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