Things you must have in your bag, or atleast say you do

[TheLauncher]

I have a ballmarker/divot tool from the 2005 open at Pinehurst that my wife picked up at a thrift store for $.25. So far I haven't been without it.

[MiniMoe]

Have to have's .. Laser range finder, Ipod with external speakers just in case anyone else wants to listen, 1959 & 1957 Silver half dollar (1959 to remember I shot 59 once, and 1957 to remember the possibilities).

[-BAMA-]

2 or 3 gloves, some wintersoft gloves, a ping boggin, about 10 balls, lemon lime gatorade, and a couple extra cans of timberwolf long cut straight just in case i run out....

[Uthinkso]

My Michigan State Spartans divot repair tool with magnetic ball marker must be clipped on my pocket before I start a round.

[chipper2]

My Buick golf tool to wear on my belt. It looks like a jack knife. It has a knife blade, a brush, a divot tool, a cleat tool and a magnet ball marker. It came with a black cloth bag that goes on your belt. I was given this tool at a Buick Open several years ago.

Also a spare glove, tees, balls, ball marker, 2 towels and a bottle of Alieve.

[eneloop]

emergency food rations (chocolate chip granola bars)

[Dub]

I have to have my Duke Blue Devils divot repair tool/ ball marker. Using it and knowing it's there is a constant reminder of one of my Grandfathers and the time we were able to spend on the golf course over the last ten years of his life. It is the first thing out of my bag and into my left pocket at the beginning of a round and the last thing to be returned to the bag.


I've also gone nuts for a specific type of tee since getting back into the game last year. I'm not certain, but I believe they are made by 'PTS'. They are white tees with the blue band painted on them....3.5", I think. These tees work really well for me....tee up my driver in just the right spot. I pick up a bag every time I'm in the golf shops....my golf bag is loaded with them...enough for a decade of golf.

Two gloves(same type)...minimum. It gets humid down here....we'll be fighting it in two months or so.....heck, it was mid 70's yesterday, early Feb.!!!! You have to rotate your gloves....one wearing....at least one hanging up and drying.

Red Sharpie pen....simply gotta have it to mark my golf ball prior to putting it into play. Nothing I've tried works better than the trusty old Sharpie.

A dozen balls of the current type I'm gaming. Don't need that many...but it's just a thing...want to know they are there. I'll sometimes get them all out and use them for pre-round warm up on the putting green and then on the chipping green.

A couple of found balls in the bottom pocket of my bag....use them for shag balls.

Two pairs of rain gloves...the type that works best when saturated.

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Biggest wasted space in my golf bag must be my umbrella. I never use it on the course...too cumbersome and a time waster. With my game, I should replace it with a nice ball retriever.

Aside from these items, I'm trying to keep other clutter out of my bag.

[TheWarHound]

Green Sharpies
Gerber LST pocket Knife
Kel-Tec PF9
Stainless flask full of Maker's Mark (for snakebites)

[Bump-n-MI]

2-tone Ping golf ball (which I have had for years).

[msd3075]

I know this is a bit random, but I always have an empty pocket in my bag where I can put "free" tees from away courses I play. My home course charges you for tees with the reasoning that if you have to buy them you won't leave them laying all over the tee boxes. Because of that, whenever I do run into someplace where I can take handfuls of them for free, I always want to make sure I have a place in my bag to put them.

[flopdarock]

i absolutely must have snacks in my bag... but i make sure i eat them or take them out before the end of the round

[Doctorfro]

I have a condensed rules of golf on a folding card but nothing other than the usual balls, tees, repair tools, a glove, etc.

[ChiChiIsMe]

rule book, finger-nail clippers, band-aids and aleve.

[wannabe]

I've got about a million shag balls for the regular deposits I make into water, hazards, etc.;
a ball marker and divot tool from a trip to England;
sunscreen, bug spray;
towel;
brush;
tees;
couple of gloves;
and clubs.

From this thread, I like the ideas of bandaids and Aleve, as well as the flask of MM.

[I <3 Titleist]

Gotta have the Texas flag towel swingin.

Couple of old ball markers, 3 sleeves of balls, and a C&B; wind/rain pullover jacket.

[FortAsel]

I have my name stamped on a Belas Clube de Campo metal coin for bag ID, a plastic card that has my name and the federation's logo, a necklasse with the cross of christ, a towel that I only clean every 6 months, band aids, a tennis ball, so that I can throw it against the ground whenever I get mad, 3 pitch repair tools, a rules book, usually a yardage book... I don't know, for me that's not much, but they've been in the bag everytime I win, so I won't take them out

[shakogolfer78]

I always have my line me up to mark my titleist with a black line and one black dot, and I always need my Masters ball marker and my Odyssey Divot tool. My lucky Srixon towel is always draped over my clubs each round to clean my grooves after every shot. I also have a rule book, and in Minnesota I need to have rain gloves for high school golf in April. Unfortunately, I also need a stocking cap, rain pants, and mittens to be prepared for the 40 degree weather with 30 mph winds and sideways rain!