Last week, I wrote about the differences between carry bags and stand bags. While pulling that email together, I asked my Instagram followers how many golf bags they own. I was pleasantly surprised to learn that most of you, like me, own more than one bag. And that 48% of the 1,475 people who responded to my Instagram poll own more than three golf bags.
That begs the question—what should we do with the bags that aren’t currently in play? Assuming the overwhelming majority of us owns just one set of golf clubs, how can we bench our bags without stuffing them into a corner?
Here’s a simple solution: find an empty wall in your house and decorate it with golf bags. This might sound strange, but in the right space it works. Golf is art, amirite?
I did this for the first time when I lived in a tiny apartment in New York City. The wall you see above served as a partition between my kitchenette and my office, and staring at the bags while typing away was a wonderful way to spend my days.
Just last week, my husband moved his standing desk out of our bedroom and into a proper office, and we found ourselves wondering how to dress the newly-empty wall. Enter, wooden hooks and golf bags!
These are the exact wooden hooks we used, and there are tons of options on Amazon. One thing I look for is that the hooks are large in diameter (anything larger than 1.5 inches would cut it). If I were to do this all over again, I’d likely use these hooks. While I love the ones we used, they enter the wall at an angle, which ruins more of the wall than feels necessary.
Regardless, I’m so pleased with the way this wall looks! And I’m going to continue to dress it up over the coming weeks—a stack of books, some artwork, a long bench, etc. might round it out nicely. Most importantly, I find myself smiling every time I walk by it, and what could possibly be better than that?
Highlights of the Week
PODCAST EPISODE I ENJOYED: Andrew Huberman’s interview with Dr. Casey Means.
When Dr. Means speaks, I listen. I’ve enjoyed “discovering” her recently, and her stance on leveraging nutrition and exercise to prevent and cure chronic illness is wildly motivating.
ITEM IN MY CART: U.S. Kids Golf Clubs.
Now that my boys are 3 and 5 years old, I’m ready to enjoy *actual* rounds of golf with them. They’ve shown me they can handle hanging on a golf course for two hours, and I will seize that opportunity to squeeze in 9 holes with them once or twice per week. My quick search for a stylish set of junior golf clubs came up short, so I’ve decided to stick with the ol’ trusty option: U.S. Kids Golf. The sets are color-coded by height, and I’m eyeing the yellow 42-45-inch set for my 3-year-old and the orange 51-54-inch set for my 5-year-old. Can’t wait to watch my boys enjoy them!
QUOTE I SHARED WITH MULTIPLE PEOPLE: "Above all, do not lose your desire to walk: every day I walk myself into a state of well-being and walk away from every illness; I have walked myself into my best thoughts, and I know of no thought so burdensome that one cannot walk away from it. Even if one were to walk for one's health and it were constantly one station ahead—I would still say: Walk! Besides, it is also apparent that in walking one constantly gets as close to well-being as possible, even if one does not quite reach it—but by sitting still, and the more one sits still, the closer one comes to feeling ill. Health and salvation can be found only in motion... if one just keeps on walking, everything will be all right." —Theologian and philosopher Soren Kierkegaard
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Something about your previous article on stand vs carry bags (thanks to MW over at ACL for leading me your way) made me instantly ditch my cart bag, put my Kaddey in storage and bust out the Jones Rover Carry… played a round with it and while the round wasn’t great, that bag sure refreshed things for me. Cheers!
Also read through your Substack, wish I found it sooner.