I used to have a wonderfully lightweight carry bag, the Trekker Ultra Lite Stand Bag. Unfortunately the legs got inoperably broken and, sadly, these bags are no longer made. (So much for the power of the press and my glowing review). Various attempts at replacing my lost love have proved to be a case of, “You are nice, but you’re no Trekker Ultra Lite.”
The main thing I seek in a lightweight golf bag is that it is has little weight. I used a push cart for years until I joined Reigate Heath GC which has a superb heathland track, but also has several steep narrow paths which made using a trolley a challenge. So I moved over to carrying and discovered that carrying is more convenient almost everywhere, but more tiring, hence why I favor lightweight bags, the lighter the better.
My Trekker Ultra Lite was 1.3kg and the TaylorMade FlexTech SuperLite Golf Stand Bag is a declared 1.4kg. This makes it genuinely lightweight, and two-thirds the weight of some bags which are marketed as a lightweight.
The TaylorMade FlexTech SuperLite Golf Stand Bag is a comfortable carry and easy to use. The straps are quick and easy to loop over your shoulder, and there is a padded section on the section of bag where it rests and bumps against your body.
The legs give a sturdy base when the bag is set down and are a triggered to extend automatically when you put the bag down at an angle. There are no straps to pin the legs to the bag if you choose to use it on a trolley, as some stand bags have.
The top of the bag has a four-way divider typical of lightweight bags and there are five pockets. Balls, tees, gloves, keys etc are easily catered for in quantity across three of them. There is a full-length pocket, for spare clothing, and a valuables pocket. This valuables pocket is on the outside of the top of the full-length pocket, which means these two pockets are competing for some of the same space.
The full-length pocket is not especially roomy, and a set of waterproofs easily fills it. This has made getting my phone in and out of the valuables pocket trickier than ideal, especially as the zipped length of this pocket is smaller than the length of my phone. So the phone has to be angled in and then maneuvered down. So far this is the only downside I have found with this bag which I have carried for various rounds over different courses and terrain.
However this bag is not waterproof. It has coped with light showers fine, which is all I have encountered so far when out on the course. So I subjected it to a minute’s deluge with my shower hose directed at the zips from a few inches away, with paper inside the pockets. The paper got slightly damp, though the valuables pocket performed the best. The bag has a detachable rain hood.
