The Golf Thread

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

Any recommendation on a bag that I can use to walk courses? I only have a cart bag but I would like to have a bag that i can carry on my shoulders while I walk the course.

I have a Sun Mountain bag with the pop out legs. I think it is called four5, I've enjoyed it.

[Drunk Tank]

Any recommendation on a bag that I can use to walk courses? I only have a cart bag but I would like to have a bag that i can carry on my shoulders while I walk the course.

I have always been a fan of the Ping carry bags. I have read good things about their new strap system. Look at either the Hoofer or the Latitude. The Latitude is a little bigger and has 2 more pockets than the Hoofer it also has a 6 way divided top instead of a 5 way divided top.

[il Padrino Ute]

I have a Sun Mountain bag with the pop out legs. I think it is called four5, I've enjoyed it.

Ogio bags. They're pricey, but it's a quality product and you'd be supporting a local company.

[Drunk Tank]

I have a Sun Mountain bag with the pop out legs. I think it is called four5, I've enjoyed it.

The four5 looks really nice. Looks like it can be just as easily carried or used with a cart. I like that it has a 14-way divided top.

[chrisrenrut]

. . .and a Clicgear 3.0 pull cart. . .

I've had a Clicgear cart for the past 4 years, and love it. They are built to last. I have a plate on my right collarbone, so I can't do the shoulderstraps on a carry bag for very long.

[Shaka]

Ogio bags. They're pricey, but it's a quality product and you'd be supporting a local company.

Love my Ogio.

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[il Padrino Ute]

I've had a Clicgear cart for the past 4 years, and love it. They are built to last. I have a plate on my right collarbone, so I can't do the shoulderstraps on a carry bag for very long.

Fortunately, I'm not to the point where I need a pull cart for my clubs - my pride won't let me not shoulder them when I play with my boys - but when the time comes, that looks like a good one.

[clackamascoug]

Fortunately, I'm not to the point where I need a pull cart for my clubs - my pride won't let me not shoulder them when I play with my boys - but when the time comes, that looks like a good one.

For me, the push/pull cart will be a huge change for me, as I've been a golf cart rider for 20 years. Golf is now morphing into exercise instead of recreation, and I'm going to have to hit the grass. I think my wife will encourage me to golf even more now.

[falafel]

For me, the push/pull cart will be a huge change for me, as I've been a golf cart rider for 20 years. Golf is now morphing into exercise instead of recreation, and I'm going to have to hit the grass. I think my wife will encourage me to golf even more now.

I spent a summer in Maryland a few years ago and golfed every Saturday with my FIL. Back there, walking was the norm/default. The only people who rode in a cart were the very elderly and the injured. I have to admit, it was nice (and it was also more difficult).

[chrisrenrut]

I'm noticing more courses going away from the flags being blue=back, white=middle, red=front of green. That bugs me. Pros are given pin placements every day, why put recreational golfers at a disadvantage?

Valley View in Layton has a nice system. It gives you a green map on the scorecard, and zones labeled 1-6. The zone for the day is listed on the 1st tee.

I'm not anywhere near accurate enough to think I can fire right at the pin like the pros, but 200 yards out it can be tough to tell the depth of the green, and 60 feet of difference can definitely affect what club I am going to hit.

[Donuthole]

I'm noticing more courses going away from the flags being blue=back, white=middle, red=front of green. That bugs me. Pros are given pin placements every day, why put recreational golfers at a disadvantage?

Valley View in Layton has a nice system. It gives you a green map on the scorecard, and zones labeled 1-6. The zone for the day is listed on the 1st tee.

I'm not anywhere near accurate enough to think I can fire right at the pin like the pros, but 200 yards out it can be tough to tell the depth of the green, and 60 feet of difference can definitely affect what club I am going to hit.

Unless you are a 5 handicap or lower, you should probably just be hitting for the center of the green. (Smart ass response, I know.)

[Drunk Tank]

Unless you are a 5 handicap or lower, you should probably just be hitting for the center of the green. (Smart ass response, I know.)

Smart ass, but true.

[Art Vandelay]

Unless you are a 5 handicap or lower, you should probably just be hitting for the center of the green. (Smart ass response, I know.)

Or just aim for the center of the trap... as you did on the first few holes and I did on the last several holes.

[clackamascoug]

It really irks me how much cheaper golf in Utah is than Oregon/Washington. I resigned from my old club last year when annual fees went up, and now I'm looking at just the annual pass at a course closer to home for $1800. An annual pass at Hobble Creek is $675 and Fox Hollow $675. Wasatch SP Lake and Meadow $750 - I'm sure there are even better deals if I knew where to look. (I was thinking that I'd buy one for my son in Provo, but he's getting married in June, and I'm pretty sure his golf game is going to be regulated from here on...)

[RC Vikings]

I love walking and playing. It feels like more of an athletic event when you walk. It drives me absolutely crazy when I see all these college kids out playing and they are riding.