Are putter covers worth the hassle?

[zeg]

Originally Posted by JerseyThursday

I’m not use to grabbing my golf bag and violently shaking it.

I’m more inclined to pick up the stand bag placing the straps across my shoulders and proceeding to the next shot where I set the bag down on its legs.

The one place I could see club damage happening is in riding carts and hitting a lot of pot holes, etc. at a high rate of speed. Also, the infamous forgetting to strap in the bag on the riding cart. It’s an ugly (and embarrassing) sight seeing the bag lying there like a fallen soldier.

When I carry my bag, the bouncing from walking is enough that all my irons chatter and I've got marks on the graphite shafts on some old clubs.  It wouldn't take an enormous force to damage a graphite shaft on a sharp-edged putter head, just some bad luck.  That's the main reason why I cover the putter.  I also don't feel comfortable with the insert taking even occasional dings from other clubs, something I don't worry about with other clubs.

[NM Golf]

Putter cover....yes absolutely. Wood covers.....Yes Absolutely. Iron covers....Are you kidding me absolutely not!

[sean_miller]

I use one in transport on my Odyssey because the face can get marred up if the irons or wedges shift. When walking on the course it's 100% unnecessary because of where I put it in the bag, so it [the cover] stays in the bag. It's not that it's a hassle or that I'm against them, it's just simply not necessary so it seems a little ocd to do it every time.

[The Recreational Golfer]

Mine stopped being a problem when I lost it.

[c. lassiter]

Never used one, never needed one - seems like just one more thing to lose.

[Yuri Gadow]

For me a putter cover is worth it, but only because I carry my bag and tend to walk fast enough to get the everything clanking around a good bit and being a dawn patroller I really don't like the noise. So I have covers for all my clubs, but tend to leave them off my commonly used clubs after their first use; having even half the clubs covered cuts down that "wandering iron monger" racket plenty. That said, my putter cover is magnetic and so easy to take off/on that I tend to keep the putter covered just because it's no more time consuming than not

If pushed my bag, I doubt I'd cover any of them—outside an airport.

[Yukari]

Originally Posted by The Recreational Golfer

Mine stopped being a problem when I lost it.

ROFLMAO!!!  Same with me.  In fact, after losing two covers, I stopped using it altogether.  Now the only thing with a cover is my driver and my 3 wood to protect the graphite shaft.

Putter cover is pain in the you know where.  And when you walk, you are bound to lose it someday.

[Bigtank]

Originally Posted by JerseyThursday

I’m not use to grabbing my golf bag and violently shaking it.

I’m more inclined to pick up the stand bag placing the straps across my shoulders and proceeding to the next shot where I set the bag down on its legs.

The one place I could see club damage happening is in riding carts and hitting a lot of pot holes, etc. at a high rate of speed. Also, the infamous forgetting to strap in the bag on the riding cart. It’s an ugly (and embarrassing) sight seeing the bag lying there like a fallen soldier.

The rhythmic back forth from walking can damage the graphite shafts and putter just as much as riding in a cart. I walked 5-6 rounds for a week for 8 years for juniors, high school, college and competitive amateur golf.  I have several graphite shafts with distinct wear marks are them all from walking.