How do you organize an 8-way golf bag? Organizing your golf bag is not always an obvious task to complete correctly for beginners. Organizing your 8-slot golf bag will be different from organizing 4, 6 or 14 slot bags.
Organizing your golf bag correctly can save you lots of time when wanting to retrieve a specific golf club while on the course. In fact, organizing your golf bag will also save you potential frustration from not being able to find that one club you need in the moment. Finally, organizing your bag correctly will help you protect your golf clubs from damage caused by metal clunking.
How to Organize an 8-Way Golf Bag?
An 8-way golf bag holds its name from the fact it is divided in 8 slots in which to place the 14 golf clubs you are allowed to carry. In addition, an 8-way golf bag’s medium amount of dividers strikes a good balance between organization of golf clubs and ease of pulling them in and out. In reality, an 8-way golf bag will allow you to separate your short game clubs from your long game clubs.
A golf bag with less dividers is less of a hassle to organize than one with more dividers, and clubs slide into the compartments more easily. Therefore, an 8-way golf bag will allow for easier stowing of golf clubs than a 14-way golf bag. As a general rule of thumb, keep your longer clubs towards the top of your golf bag, and the shorter ones at the bottom.
Steps to Organize an 8-Way Golf Bag
Step 1: Place your driver and 3 wood in the top compartment of the golf bag
Step 2: Place your hybrids in the top left compartment of the golf bag
Step 3: Place your 4 and 5 irons in the middle compartment of the golf bag
Step 4: Place your 6 and 7 irons to the right of the 4 and 5 irons
Step 5: Place your 8 and 9 irons in the bottom leftmost compartment of the golf bag
Step 6: Place half of your wedges to the right of the 8 and 9 irons
Step 7: Place your remaining wedges in the compartment to the right of the first half of wedges
Step 8: Place your putter in the final compartment
Step 9: Stow your exercise clothes in the full length-pocket of the bag
Step 10: Stow all your golf balls, tees, refreshments and other accessories in the remaining pockets of the bag. If you use items like a portable golf cleaner, attach them to the clips on your golf bag, provided it features clips.
P.S.: If you carry a slightly different set of 14 golf clubs, do not worry. Simply, organize your clubs from top to bottom, putting the longer clubs in the top and the shorter ones in the bottom of the bag.
Important Notes
When you place a golf club in your bag, or remove it, do not clunk it against your other golf clubs. In fact, this physical contact leads to wear and potential damage to your expensive golf clubs.
An 8-way golf bag will not separate each one of your golf clubs with dividers. Therefore, you must still exercise some caution when moving them. On the other hand, with an average amount of dividers, the 8-way bag has an average weight. This means an 8-way golf bag will not be the easiest bag to carry, but not the hardest either.
If you intend on carrying your bag for long distances, you might want to invest in a 4-way or a 6-way golf bag. If you are not keen on carrying your golf bag, you can also opt for purchasing a stand bag; this type of bag comes with rods attached to the bag that allow the bag to sit upright with stability.
Video Summary
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How To Organize Other Golf Bag Configurations
If you wish to learn how to optimally organize 4-way, 6-way, 7-way, or 14-way golf bags, click on the links to our articles down below:
How to Organize a 4-Way Golf Bag?
How to Organize a 6-Way Golf Bag?
How to Organize a 7-Way Golf Bag?
How to Organize a 14-Way Golf Bag?
Conclusion
After reading this article, you now understand the best, most optimal way to organize your golf clubs in an 8-way golf bag. Thanks to this setup, you will limit the wear and damage dealt to your clubs through normal usage.
Why do you use an 8-way bag over other bag sizes? Let us know in the comments down below!
