Carry or cart bag brand question.

[DBeane]

The only carry bag used to be the Ping Hoofer...however, I see great reviews on many of them now.  My only advice is to stay away from the staff bags, or the tour look-a-like bags.  When I see that its usually pretty apparent that some sales guy sold that to your wife and she gave it to you for fathers day...or that your a dork.  I would go with whatever bag fits you and your budget best.

[sean_miller]

Originally Posted by DBeane

The only carry bag used to be the Ping Hoofer...however, I see great reviews on many of them now.  My only advice is to stay away from the staff bags, or the tour look-a-like bags.  When I see that its usually pretty apparent that some sales guy sold that to your wife and she gave it to you for fathers day...or that your a dork.  I would go with whatever bag fits you and your budget best.

How long ago was that? I have a couple pretty old Sun Mountains. My oldest Izzo and Ogios are old, but they're pups compared to the Sun Mountains.

[lumpuckeroo]

Originally Posted by sean_miller

How long ago was that? I have a couple pretty old Sun Mountains. My oldest Izzo and Ogios are old, but they're pups compared to the Sun Mountains.

The original Ping carry bag was the L8, it can out in the late 70's early 80's.  I still have mine and my son uses it, it was the lightest bag of it's time and still one of the lightest.  It had two seperate straps instead of the harness type straps that almost all bags have today.  Then came the Hoofer in the early 90's, it was slightly larger and the bottom of the bag rested completely on the ground, looked like a horse or cows hoof.

Currently, I happen to have a Mizuno bag and plan Mizuno irons, but my next bag will likely be a Ogio.

[Nine Iron]

Originally Posted by grifenhagen

you can get a callaway hyperlite 4.0 that doesnt say "callaway" in big letters across it

Yeah I saw that the black one doesnt have the big logo.

Might go with that one.

[Jmdmbike]

I bought a Sun Mountain bag partly because it doesn't match and never will match the brands of any of my clubs.  This way any club i'll ever have will look good in my bag.

I think Sun Mountain and Ogio bags look better than the club maker bag brands anyway.  Plus they're better quality.

Absolutely true. If you buy a Sun Mountain, make sure you like it because you are going to have it for a long time. They're built to last.

[sean_miller]

http://www.sunmountain.com/history.php

Must be partly a regional thing and partly how "first" is defined. Stand bags have been around for 100 years, but not the "automatic" legs. Most people with carry bags just laid them down on the ground. Once people tried a stand bag (SM, Hoofer, whatever) they never went back. Then when Izzo came out with the the double straps - oh man!!

Originally Posted by lumpuckeroo

The original Ping carry bag was the L8, it can out in the late 70's early 80's.  I still have mine and my son uses it, it was the lightest bag of it's time and still one of the lightest.  It had two seperate straps instead of the harness type straps that almost all bags have today.  Then came the Hoofer in the early 90's, it was slightly larger and the bottom of the bag rested completely on the ground, looked like a horse or cows hoof.

Currently, I happen to have a Mizuno bag and plan Mizuno irons, but my next bag will likely be a Ogio.