Stand Golf Bags

If you are looking for a new golf bag and plan on carrying your bag around the course with you, as most people tend to do, you are probably best to get a stand golf bag. Stand golf bags are simply carry bags with stands which are spring loaded and operate when you place the bag on the ground.

Stands Provide Easy Access

The stands are retractable, and when you set the bag down the spring activates to extend that so that your bag sits up from the ground at an angle. This prevents it from lying horizontally on the ground with the possibility of damage to your golf clubs, and also helps to keep them and your golf bag clean in wet and possibly muddy conditions. It also allows easy access to clubs and bag without you having to bend down to reach them.

If you have a bad back, or are elderly, it can be extremely difficult, if not impossible, to go eighteen holes dropping your bag, selecting and replacing clubs then picking the bag up again without having someone do it for you.

This ability to place the bag down and retrieve and replace the required club without excessive bending could be invaluable, not only allowing you to play a full round, but giving you more independence. Stand golf bags are essential for those with back problems who do not want to go to the expense of buggies or trolleys for a temporary condition.

Standard Options are Available

Stand golf bags can carry a full set of clubs in addition to the tees, balls, gloves, rainwear, etc required. You should also look for divided club compartments, and a convenient putter tube.

Extras such as beverage (or 6 pack!) holders, rain canopies which allow you to view your clubs while keeping them dry, shoe bags and travel covers to provide protection in the trunk are all available with stand golf bags as they are with normal carry bags.

The stands themselves can frequently be adjusted to suit your personal preference and covers are available to keep the rain out and your equipment dry. Travel covers are also options with some stand golf bags, designed to protect your equipment in transit, either in your trunk or from the stresses of airport baggage handling.

Other than this, all the normal things you look for in a new golf bag are available in stand golf bags, and you have a very wide range of choice of sizes, designs, colors and prices.

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