Golf Carry Bag Reviews – Overall Ranking

Critical Golf rates and reviews the latest in golf carry bags. We lug them around, weigh them, and test all of their features so you don’t have to. Our reviews are from the perspective of golfers who WALK the course. There were a few standouts, but in the end, we found that all of the bags work pretty well, so there’s a bit of a clumping in our ratings. Your purchase decision will most likely be driven by the tradeoffs you’re willing to make between weight, storage capacity, and price.

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SCORE
(1 – 100)
GRADE
Sun Mountain Zero-G

Sun Mountain Zero-G

The Sun Mountain Zero-G is pricey, but delivers excellence. Like a stay at the Ritz-Carlton. Or dinner at Nobu. Includes the nifty invention of a belt strap to distribute weight to the hips and legs and keep your back healthy. Let’s loop another 18!

Retail price: $229.99

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94 A
Titleist Premium

Titleist Premium

The Titleist Premium Stand Bag delivers on all of the features a consumer would expect from a product with “premium” in its name. Those looking for lots of storage space (and not as concerned about weight) will love this bag.

Retail price: $190

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92 A-
Titleist Lightweight Stand Bag

Titleist Lightweight Stand Bag

A virtual twin to the Sun Mountain Superlight 3.5, the Titleist Lightweight Stand Bag provides top-notch quality at a fair price.

Retail price: $160

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90 A-
Sun Mountain Superlight 3.5

Sun Mountain Superlight 3.5

The Sun Mountain Superlight 3.5 delivers excellence at a reasonable price. Unlike the CEO of GM. Or Barry Zito. Or “Waterworld”.

Retail Price: $169.99

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90 A-

Nike SasQuatch Tour Carry Bag

Nike SasQuatch Tour Carry Bag

The Nike SasQuatch Tour Carry Bag looks very cool, so if style is of paramount importance in your bag-purchasing decision, you will like it a lot. But it struggles trying to be both a carry bag and a cart bag at the same time, and ultimately succeeds at neither. Some odd design elements left us scratching our heads.

Retail price: $190

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86 B
Ping Hoofer Vantage

Ping Hoofer Vantage

The good news is that it’s just like your old Hoofer. The bad news is that it’s just like your old Hoofer.

Retail Price: $189.99

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86 B
Nike Xtreme Element

Nike Xtreme Element

Not bad, but it doesn’t make your heart go pitter pat either. Good beat, easy to dance to, I give it an 85.

Retail price: $160

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85 B
Ogio Nexos

Ogio Nexos

The OGIO Nexos has lots of gadgets and doodads, some of which are VERY cool. On the other hand, some of the inventions are ho-hum, and they all combine to make this the heaviest bag tested. Oh, and it’s the most expensive one as well.

Retail Price: $260

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85 B
Sun Mountain Four 5

Sun Mountain Four 5

If you are anal as some of us, you’ll love being able to put your clubs into 14 individual slots. Otherwise, you might not think the extra cost, in both dollars and weight, is justified.

Retail Price: $199.99

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84 B