14 Way Bags - Love em? Or Hate em?

[Jimmybagofdounuts]

I love dividers. In June of 23' I decided to replace my Taylormade 2019 Tour cart bag for a new Sun Mountain C-130 Cart Bag due to the tour bag's weight. That thing is heavy! This new 1, It has the full length dividers and is very well built and WAY lighter! Taylormade bag has 6 chambers and it was hard getting clubs in and out.

[greyhounds15]

I love my TaylorMade 14 slot cart bag plenty of room for the clubs without him rubbing against each another. Plus the other pockets for storage. Love the cooler bag. Will keep six drinks cold for 2 hours with a ice pack or ice if you want to put it in. Two pockets for keys in such but I like most about these is you don't have to keep looking for your where your club is. It's third properly speeds up. The time looking for them. Great bag. Had other 14ers like to just as good the 5 and 7 slot bags. You would get your clubs tangled up too much. That's why I don't like about those.

[Tom the Golf Nut]

1 hour ago, Indy_Oz said:

The Bag Boy chiller has my attention, mainly due to the Top Lock compatibility with my Bag Boy Nitron cart. I like the idea of it being stable and not twisting at all during the round!

It is a superior bag. It’s just hard to travel with by plane. I travel a lot and got tired of switching bags every time.

[Jim Shaw]

5 hours ago, GolfSpy_APH said:

If you love them, why?

If you despise them, why?

Hot topic from our Community Call. 

I just bought an Ogio 14 way bag, why wouldn't you like them? keeps my clubs separated and keeps them from banging into each other, if the sections are rubber then they won't run your graphite shafts but regular bags do that as well, no issues here...

[Preeway]

4 hours ago, bens197 said:

Not for me but I get why people like them. 
 

Especially pull / push cart mafia. 

100% this. I’m more of a 5 or 6 way divider guy when it comes to stand bags but I definitely prefer a 14 way divider bag for a cart bag. 

[GolfSpy BOS]

30 minutes ago, Lacassem said:

I can see @Getoffmylawn and @GolfSpy BOS sporting this soon

Bruh…

[fozcycle]

I have a 15 way and really like how the dividers set up the clubs, even though the partitions are only 3 sections. The bag is a Vice cart bag, purchased from Walmart for $125 after they moved it to the wrong platform and was $270. Anyway, has plenty of pockets and is easy to use.

[jbern]

I have always used 5 way divider bags mostly because I like to walk and 5 way bags are much smaller and lighter. I also think they’re easier to clean and I’ve never had a problem with the organization piece for the 5 way divider. 
Now that I use a pushcart or powered cart, I could probably look into the larger 14 divider bags. The NevrLooz bag caught my eye last year:

They’re not sexy, but seem extremely functional.  Anyone try one of these (I did not do a forum search yet)?

[downlowkey]

1 hour ago, jbern said:

The NevrLooz bag caught my eye last year: They’re not sexy, but seem extremely functional.  Anyone try one of these (I did not do a forum search yet)?

At least a couple Spies on the forum have them - @jnagel posted a glowing Unofficial Review last year.

I don’t necessarily mean this in a derogatory sense, but from a certain angle, the bag sort of reminds me of a gutted fish. Particularly when it’s full of clubs. Marketing the interchangeable pocket system as an ExoSkin probably didn’t help to dissuade that mental image. It also comes in silver if you really wanted to… go fish?

[GolfSpy_APH]

3 hours ago, Silver Fawkes said:

For me it depends on the purpose of the bag. I have a lighter stand bag that I use for walking/push cart, and then I have a cart bag. The stand bag has only 4 dividers and it's great for that purpose. The cart bag pictured below I picked up for Christmas and it has 15 way individual dividers that extend the length of the bag. It makes it easier to pull clubs out of a cart and put them back in. I love it. 

@GolfSpy BOS

[Silver Fawkes]

2 hours ago, GolfSpy BOS said:

Bruh…

It's hands down the most spectacular golf bag I've ever owned. 

[Dallan33]

I never understood the hate for the 14 way divider bag. I totally understand if you’re walking then the 5 way is probably best but as others have said, if you are carting I find the 14 way divider the only way to go. Always know where everything is and where everything goes. 
 

I have a lighter 5 way divider bag for when I travel and need something lighter but for my home course it’s carts only and the 14 way bag is awesome. 

[Woodrow72]

I have a 14 divider in Florida cart bag that I really like , in the north I have a stand bag that is a 4/5 divider , I really prefer the 14 cart bag since I rarely walk anymore , if I was walking I’d go with the smaller bag and a lot less items 

[GolfSpy_SHARK]

7 hours ago, GolfSpy BOS said:

Bruh…

[Rob Person]

What this topic has taught me is, I don't need another bag, I WANT another bag.

[EasyPutter]

2 hours ago, Dave Allan said:

I never understood the hate for the 14 way divider bag. I totally understand if you’re walking then the 5 way is probably best but as others have said, if you are carting I find the 14 way divider the only way to go. Always know where everything is and where everything goes. 
 

I have a lighter 5 way divider bag for when I travel and need something lighter but for my home course it’s carts only and the 14 way bag is awesome. 

Dave Allan congratulations for your first post in the MGS Forum and a good one it is.  Totally agreed even if others don't, but that doesn't matter.  Friendships abound here and this is a great start, you might have a look at The Good Morning Thread too, welcome in! 

[Bassbeamer]

I like my 14-way bag. I know where my clubs are exactly and that is important at my age. I use mid grips. Dividers from top to bottom. I have a Titleist 14-way bag.

 

[JAYER38]

Was just thinking of getting this type of bag honestly...

My old 5 way bag does not enjoy my oversized grips and makes it hard to pull 1 club quickly or easily most of the time. Specially if I'm walking!

[Parshooter36]

Love em!  I have used 14-way divider bags for at least 20 years.  I wouldn't even consider a different style at this point.

[Rob Person]

In my early morning rabbit hole of research,  fascination with wanting a new bag, amazon searches, etc, another thing to consider is some of the companies say that the external putter wells, (and separate top putter slots) are not designed for oversized grips. So be mindful. 

And I've realized there may be some compromise with features  vs price point.

Finding tons of 14/15 - TOP- divider options, but not alot with full length dividers to match (again, sub 150 price point)

Would a good top divider negate the need for it being full length to the bottom?

Also, do they make a of universal divider top to purchase separately, that would snap to the rain cover snaps maybe?

[EMacK1961]

I'm in the "more dividers the better" camp. Full dividers, in fact, if you must know. I hate the incessant clanging and clanking of the ever-shifting clubs.

[KaptainFantastic]

They make it so easy to find the club you need. And you can see immediately if you left that wedge on the side of the of the green. You do want the full length dividers though. Keep those grips from wear and tear.

[jbern]

2 hours ago, Rob Person said:

What this topic has taught me is, I don't need another bag, I WANT another bag.

I feel like the gray area between need and want is HUGE! 

[mellowe4]

I'm getting old, an empty space on the 14 way tells me, it's time to backtrack

 

[RayP]

I have a Ping Pioneer with 15 divider's. Love how everything is organized. The clubs go in and out with ease. With the price of new golf clubs and high end shafts today you need to show em some love! 

[StrokerAce]

I've tried them all, 5 way, 3 way, 7 way, 14 way... I even had an insert that I bought years and years ago that would hold each club so it didn't rattle.

I have a Callaway 14 way now and it's....fine; works better on the pushcart than the stand bag.

I also have a Callaway stand bag that's a 5 way and it's also... fine; good for traveling and when riding in a cart since you can bring your bag to the range and not have it falling down all the time.

I won my golf league last 2 years and had shop credit; outside of a few shirts these were the only things I was interested in. I probably wouldn't have bought them myself.

Honestly, I don't think I've ever had a bag that I've *really* liked. Bags are hard to get rid of; I think I have 4 or 5 in my basement. 

Edited January 26 by StrokerAce

[George Munck]

11 hours ago, Lacassem said:

I can see @Getoffmylawn and @GolfSpy BOS sporting this soon

I'm a five way with the bag - old school I guess.....

[schintz0]

Really enjoy my Titleist Hybrid 14! has full length dividers, removable straps, large cooler pocket, range finder and several other pockets for gear. I mainly carry but it works great in a cart or on a push cart also. About 6.5lbs if I remember correctly. I carried a 160 rounds last season with zero problems from this bag. 
 

[Mrs. Golf]

Love it and 15 divider that's even better. I can put my orange whip in the extra slot.

[russtopherb]

I've got a 14 way cart bag that I use for storage. I tried it on the course more than once and it just didn't work out the way I wanted it to. 

I'm fine with a 5 way divider, provided there's a putter well. I really want one of those on my next bag.