The golf related accessory bags I take to the course or practice green have been down sized. It’s a great idea to weed out what you are not going to use for the day and carry what you need.
For practice, I’ve divided up equipment into two smaller bags. One for putting and one for the range. I’m using foldable six pack sized cooler bags for both.
I still like the trunk organizers I purchased to carry or store almost everything that I have for golf practice or playing items.
However, I find large bags to be overkill for use every time I go to the course. I do use half of one of the trunk organizers for play. Mostly, because it won’t go flying out of the cart and I can store everything I use in it.
I haven’t left anything in a cart since I’ve started to use a trunk organizer.
To sort things out better, I’ve decided some things are for use at home and some things I take to the course.
50 mm gate or 1.97 inches
Note: Keeping track of your putts in a notebook, computer, etc. may be the most import of all these items.
Practice Green Bag
- Small PuttOUT putting mirror
- Digital level for measuring slope
- Metronome
- A couple poker chips and a bunch of golf tees, ball markers and divots tools (Used as markers)
- The Perfect Putter, putting gates and H alignment aid
- 3 lined golf balls and a dozen unlined golf balls in a large Crown Royal bag
- 3 Eyeline target holes
- 1 Dave Pelz Elevated Aimline
- 1 – 50 foot tape measure
Additional items I always take are a camp stool to sit on, a towel and a note book.
Optional items would be a tripod and a holder for my tablet or phone.
Just as an example
Setup for putts from 3 to 60 feet
with the laser option.
Rolling the ball down this
eliminates human error
when lining up putting practice.
Practice Range Bag
- Small Voice Caddie launch monitor
- Bushnell laser rangefinder
Additional items I always take are a camp stool to sit on, a towel and a notebook. In addition, I take my pull cart which has a drink holder. My cart bag has alignment rods, short tees and long tees.
Play Accessory Bag
All of this stuff goes into one half of a trunk organizer.
- Soft sided foldable cooler (Holds small personal items and water)
- Beach size towel
- Golf towel
- Spray bottle for cleaning golf clubs or golf balls
- Yardage / Green book
- Bushnell laser rangefinder
- Note book
- Large Crown Royal bag and golf balls
- Long and short tees
See our Golf Accessories page, our Putting Accessories page and our article on The Perfect Putter
Other items
Putting Notebook – This folder contains green maps for our practice greens, putting drills, spiral notebook and a mechanical pencil.
iPad and phone – If I’m going to work on mechanics, I would bring these along with two tripods of different sizes. The tripods are so I can get the devices closer without bending over or setting them on the green.
Putting Practice Book
It helps to remember drills, find the right spot to practice on the green and take notes about all putts. I have a spreadsheet for practicing putting. It helps me keep track of things I do right and things I need to improve on.
Recent putting practice:
The1st practice was from 50 feet up hill and down hill. 10 shots from each of the following locations uphill and 10 shots at each location down hill. 3 ft, 6 ft, 10 ft, 15 ft, 20 ft, 30 ft, 40 ft and 50 ft.
The putts downhill were right to left breaking and the putts uphill were left to right breaking.
I measured the distance putts missed and where they missed in relation to the hole.
The 2nd practice was from 25ft uphill and down hill with 60 putts total. I hit 3 lined balls in each direction 10 times.
Then I did the mirror drill as shown above from 6 ft. Best of 15 shots.
I write the results down in the notebook.
Range practice:
100 golf balls. I hit about a third of the bucket with a 7 iron. Then another third with a 5 iron. The reason was I’m having trouble hitting consistent tee shots with those clubs. Then I hit all wedges with most of the rest and 2 drivers. The wedges included 6 sand shots.
Normally, I would hit more short game shots.
Writing down distances for full, 3/4 and half shots is important to me. I have a chart for all my clubs. I carry it in my scorecard / green map holder.