DF 2.1 and carry bags

[bnperrone]

I went to a two-bag setup with a Ping Pioneer cart bag then a Sun Mountain 2.5+ so I’d have an ultralight full set carry bag. I am now using an LAB DF 2.1 at 35” and it’s obviously fine in the cart bag but it’s a beast in the carry bag. 
 

I’ve had thoughts about going back to a single carry bag that’s a bit more normal size and wanted to see if anybody else feels that putter is better suited to one or the other of the standards such as a hoofer or Linksmaster, etc.

 

Maybe I should just suck it up and get a pushcart and use the Pioneer all the time…

[flubberlange]

DF is fine in a carry bag. This is my DF in a MacKenzie walking bag (14 clubs + trestle sticks fit fine). 

[bnperrone]

5 hours ago, flubberlange said:

DF is fine in a carry bag. This is my DF in a MacKenzie walking bag (14 clubs + trestle sticks fit fine). 

I walked and carried today. It wasn’t nearly as much of a pain as it seemed it was going to be when I was just swapping stuff out of the cart bag and into the carry bar.

[BYK]

Had mine in my 2.5+
seemed to be big but worked just fine

 

 back to my 11.5 which is kinda big but obviously not as bad as the DF 

 

[labgolf]

The best bag out there for a DF is the Nike Air Sport (not the lite) from 6 or 7 years ago. It has the PERFECT putter well. Fits and protects the putter well enough that I don't even need a cover. They are ugly and tough to find in good condition but the putter well aside, its a GREAT bag. One of these days we will make a bag of our own!

[labgolf]

Here's a beauty! Make sure you don't get the new one with the same name. The new one has a handle that gets in the way.

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/304719704332?hash=item46f2b5b10c:g:XAEAAOSwpFtjQ016&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAoAIapStc%2FGZHiamq3wUbuZGNKKEpZvFHsD%2FRY7UKnLi9ziHtc5JoOYxnRvCh1LhHOa4vlWIRVpyEi7MKrWagUF%2FuG7aSIWycnJi%2FKSSByZLLh7ckUmwvyJBOLzhLnMufNdXrY5dJg33hzie4WmGynPiPaGK%2BnNTd8rJw7xI3YApFLsYELrsBODb0NL%2BWdS1uzPv5XGcEqCkgwFKM3OBmXr4%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR6jmsKycYQ

[bnperrone]

34 minutes ago, labgolf said:

Here's a beauty! Make sure you don't get the new one with the same name. The new one has a handle that gets in the way.

 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/304719704332?hash=item46f2b5b10c:g:XAEAAOSwpFtjQ016&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAoAIapStc%2FGZHiamq3wUbuZGNKKEpZvFHsD%2FRY7UKnLi9ziHtc5JoOYxnRvCh1LhHOa4vlWIRVpyEi7MKrWagUF%2FuG7aSIWycnJi%2FKSSByZLLh7ckUmwvyJBOLzhLnMufNdXrY5dJg33hzie4WmGynPiPaGK%2BnNTd8rJw7xI3YApFLsYELrsBODb0NL%2BWdS1uzPv5XGcEqCkgwFKM3OBmXr4%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR6jmsKycYQ

Thanks for sending! Having grown up caddying as a kid and then over the last decade between grad school and career changes I simply can’t own a Nike bag. Or Ogio. I’m sure they both make some good models but that Nike external bar/brace/WTF rod and the OGIO “Oh G-d It’s Owerweight” memories are too fresh!

 

That said it seems like light carry bag with a separate tube for the putter, sort of like where an umbrella sleeve goes, would be a neat design. Give the putter head some more room, leave the main bag compartments for the other clubs, and allow the putter to sit a bit higher so it isn’t dangling inside the bag…

 

Hmm. Let me know when you’re ready to design a bag. Us caddies have some thoughts after carrying thousands of em. 

[bnperrone]

@labgolf I do want to point out that hitting my starting lines has never been better! 
 

Played the fastest and most undulating greens I’ve seen in years for my first round with the DF so I can’t say the stats would show improvement, but it was pretty cool to have the ball come off the putter the way I intended, even when I’m wrong.

 

Former putter going to be up for sale soon, cause I won’t have a need to go back.