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[brodkorbtd]

What are the necessities that you have to have in your golf bag?  We all carry around the tools of the trade (clubs, balls, tees, divot tool, etc), but what else do you carry in the bag just in case or to make the average round better.

Here are my must haves:

• chap stick
• contact re-wetting drops
• ipuprofen
• icy hot roll on
• athletic tape

Sorry if this has been done.  The season is just starting here in South Dakota and I'm getting everything ready for another season!!!!

[XFelon]

Sunscreen

[TigerStrong]

Couple spikes with wrench...
Water bottle...

[scotchblade]

Something to eat.

[eric_b]

3 L of water....minimum
Electrolyte tablets....so in case you didn't notice, I sweat alot
Blister pads
lip balm
food....usually a pb&j sandwich....maybe some almonds
spare change....usually to buy food or an electrolyte beverage
ridiculous amount of ball markers
tons of spare tees and balls

[MichiganMike]

April:  New balls, new tees, divot tools, gloves, couple bandaids, ball markers, rain pants

October:  All the above, except the balls are scuffed and mismatched and the tees are broken because they were 'saved' for par 3 holes.  Then throw in loose change, countless gum wrappers, half packs of unused, but now stale gum, loose scorecards, dozens of starter tickets & greens fee credit card reciepts, gloves with holes saved 'in case I need a glove in a pinch.'

[+Church]

Rain gloves, tons of quarters, a Cliff bar(always), water bottle, band-aids, extra pencil, and a sharpie(I don't mark my ball, but I carry a marker just in-case someone is playing the same ball and number as me.)

[onetime19]

food
sunscreen
prophylactics

[larrybud]

Well, usually come March when I clean the bag out, an old banana.

Ok, that's now what I NEED, but find...  Don't try this at home!

[onelochevy]

sunscreen
icyhot for my back
sunflower seeds.

[Jonnybagadonuts]

lipbalm
golfers tape
balls
tees
marker
divot tool

toilet paper, in case i gatta drop the kids off to the park ( if you know what i mean )

[thaus7]

Jonnybagadonuts, on 12 March 2012 - 08:05 PM, said:

lipbalm
golfers tape
balls
tees
marker
divot tool

toilet paper, in case i gatta drop the kids off to the park ( if you know what i mean )

gross...

[rcaddell23]

Off the top of my head...  

first the normal stuff - 2 sleeves of balls, 3 or 4 gloves, tees, half dozen divot tools, 3 ball markers (Putterboy, St. Andrews, and Panthers helmet)

• sharpie's
• 3 in 1 pocket groove/brush tool
• spike tool
• rain cap
• nike therma-sleeves
• swingyde
• first aid tape
• sweet/salty snack mix
• impact tape
• sun screen

I'm sure I've missed a few things

[RGrinn13]

Sunscreen
Sunflower Seeds
Gatorade
Granola Bars
Bug Spray

[kmayer99]

onelochevy, on 12 March 2012 - 07:58 PM, said:

sunscreen
icyhot for my back
sunflower seeds.

So you are the one who leaves the shells on the green.

[BENNYSUPREME]

Golf balls, 13 to 14 clubs, golf tees, my sun glasses(RX),  couple of WRX poker chips, Golf Gloves, and towel

[onelochevy]

kmayer99, on 12 March 2012 - 09:01 PM, said:

So you are the one who leaves the shells on the green.

negative.  i was raised better than that.

[hckymeyer]

I usually ride instead of walk, but here's what's in my bag.

iPod
Bluetooth speaker (jabra jambox)
Sharpie
Can Koozie's (both cans and bottle koozies)
Bottle openers
Mosquito spray
Sunscreen
Some change

Those are all the non-golf types of items I can think of that never leave the bag.

[Fourmyle of Ceres]

The only "must haves" beside clubs and balls are tees and some sort of towel. That's the only two things that will send me scurrying to my locker or into the proshop before teeing off if I realize I've left them out of the bag. And something to use as a ball marker if I'm playing with other people and keeping score. Divot tool is nice, as well.

In truth, I seldom tee off without some kind of snack in the bag too.

[ewart]

FLASK.

And maybe a few balls, some tees, a divot repair, and ball marker.

[gambit]

Balls
Tees
Divot tool
Glove
Towel
2 quarters for ball markers (always the same two)
Cigar cutter
Water
Allergy medicine
Kleenex
A long sleeve
Clubs help
Receipts from my golf purchases that my wife doesn't know about yet

[SilverBullets]

Athletic tape, 2 extra gloves, tins of chew, and that's pretty much it

[adam.knudson]

Athletic tape, extra gloves, pack of smokes, lighter, water, protein bar or trail mix, 2 or 3 divot tools, quarters for ball markers and that's about it

[Sean2]

I'm a minimalist:

Tees
Balls
Water
Ball marker
Pitch mark repair tool
Range finder

[JoEY C]

Chapstick
Sunscreen
Bug spray
Water
Gum
Divot/ball marker

[MichiganMike]

For all you guys with chapstick in the bag, don't you find it melts on you?

[JoEY C]

MichiganMike, on 14 March 2012 - 10:41 AM, said:

For all you guys with chapstick in the bag, don't you find it melts on you?

Gotta put it in your cooler compartment

[mljones99]

couple gloves, spikes and wrench, ball markers, divot tool, sharpie, aleve, bandaids, chapstick, sunscreen, skycaddie and extra batteries, golf balls, bottle of water, pencil, tees, and depending on the forcast either a windshirt or rainshirt

[swbyps]

Bayer low dose aspirin!

I heard somewhere once years ago that conditions out on the golf course are often prime for sudden cardiac arrest. Since then, Ive been carrying some low dose aspirin in a tiny ziplock bag.

[J_D]

Wow you guys don't walk much huh? I'm a walker usually so here's what I carry.
6-10 balls depending on how many holes I'm playing.
tees, usually zero friction so about 50 until I run out.
3-5 gloves, a range glove, a match glove, a practice round glove, and maybe another practice round glove.
Oakleys, eyedrops, a pack of gum, water bottle, maybe a granola bar..
athletic tape, and a large towel ex: titleist players towel, or a big bath towel or something.