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In the days when wooden heads and steel shafts defined a golfer, when grips were green and irons thin, the Jones bag company ruled the land.

No matter what other bag you had, once you saw a single-strapped Jones bag slung backward across the shoulder of a player, you had to have one. They were that cool. If the most interesting man in the world had been a thing back then, he would have toted his clubs in a Jones.

In 2013, the Jones Sports Company introduced a forward-thinking version of its original stand bag. The padded strap, the twisted carry handle, and the signature, two-zippered ball pouch are back. The lightweight bag, maxing out at 5.4 pounds, is available in four colors: navy blue, black, grey and red.

“The Jones golf bag is an icon for many golfers and seeing the pure and simple design again is both nostalgic and refreshing in today’s marketplace. It’s an honor to receive recognition.”

These words from Chris Carnahan, business development director at Jones, isolate focus on the basic lines of a golf bag in a world where golf bag development is more complicated than the engine of a sports car. The recognition of which he speaks was a Silver medal distinction by one of the major golf magazines.

Pockets define the Jones golf bag. Each side is equipped with full-length pockets, so that all foul-weather gear need not be crammed into one, ill-equipped pouch. At the top of each side pocket is a separate, mesh section for valuables that need to be separated and accessed with ease. The ball space is pure Jones: two zippers, one enormous pouch. The club divider is three-tiered, like stadium seating for golf clubs. Padded separators ensure that no club shafts will be scraped or gouged. The umbrella sleeve is truly a sleeve, not a hopeful ring offering little support for today’s super umbrellas.

If there is a drawback, it’s the single strap. Medical science and ergonomics support dual-strapped systems, from book bags for kids to golf bags for those who choose to carry their clubs. While the Jones bag strap is wide and comfortable in the contact area, there will still be shifting from left to right shoulder over the course of the round. The price point ($199.95) is not in the economy range, but if the quality of the bag warrants it, they will come and they will buy it.

Visit www.jonesgolfbags.com to learn more about all of the company’s products.

Ronald Montesano writes for GolfWRX.com from western New York. He dabbles in coaching golf and teaching Spanish, in addition to scribbling columns on all aspects of golf, from apparel to architecture, from equipment to travel. Follow Ronald on Twitter at @buffalogolfer.

14 Comments

14 Comments

  1. James

    Feb 25, 2015 at 12:44 pm

    I still have my High School Jones bag gently boxed away in my garage from 1992! The reason I ditched it was because I wanted a bag with a stand. If I’m feeling nostalgic, I suppose I can always dig it out.

  2. Scott king

    Sep 29, 2014 at 11:54 am

    I ride, carry and pushcart does this work for all? I hate my stand bag for being in the cart. It squeezes my clubs and pisses me off. I want to know if this bag will work on my pushcart as well.

  3. Ronald Montesano

    Aug 15, 2013 at 6:15 am

    Jeff…when I received the assignment, I was immediately time-traveled back to the early 1980s, playing high school golf, carrying my Jones bag. It IS good that they are still around. I also hope that they stay. We hope that you stay, too, and keep providing enthusiastic (or critical, if necessary) commentary.

  4. Ronald Montesano

    Aug 15, 2013 at 6:14 am

    Ben…Jones will depend on word of mouth and keyboard from guys like you. While the bag market may be expansive, advertising dollars (as you know) are needed to open the door. An experience like yours is precisely what they want to hear. I appreciate you stopping by…don’t be a stranger!

  5. Ronald Montesano

    Aug 15, 2013 at 6:11 am

    Chuck…different straps for different saps, I guess. I’m known for carrying supplies for days in my bag, but do have a smaller, one-strapped bag to carry a few clubs to the range. Excellent point.

  6. Jeff

    Aug 14, 2013 at 1:35 pm

    Wow, I had a Jones bag more than 20 years ago and completely forgot all about them. Good to see they are still around!

  7. Ben Barren

    Jul 28, 2013 at 10:48 pm

    I have carried my Jones Players #001 Carry bag with 14 clubs half a dozen balls, gatorade, incidentals etc for over 150 rounds now on a hilly Norman 7000 yard course and not a scratch. The balance of the bag is really good and I’ve tried many over the years. So functionally they are great I expect this bag to be the same. And it’s a huge relief not to pay few hundred dollars for huge advertising logos for the major brands. Golf should not be a big advertisement for conglomerates. #EnjoyYourWalk and all that 🙂 Go Jones! If anything I hope they take it more high end with exotic leather touches and technical innovations in sturdiness, weight and carryability. While also staying at least half to one third cheaper than all leather $800+ MacKenzie Walker carry bags or some of the interesting Japanese stand/travel/golf bags such as the Mizuno/Porter stand collaboration bags that went over the $1000USD level on Rakuten. The golf bag market is big enough not to be the latest tack TaylorMade/Titleist/Calloway logo on the side of a cart bag that goes onto a driveable cart while people take 4.5-5 hours to play a resort course.

  8. Chuck

    Jul 28, 2013 at 2:50 pm

    I always thought that if a bag required two straps, it was too big and/or you were carrying too much stuff.

  9. Ronald Montesano

    Jul 26, 2013 at 5:24 pm

    C Harman,

    Long live defiance! Jones should use you in its advertising campaign. Thank you for writing today.

  10. C Harman

    Jul 26, 2013 at 4:08 pm

    Best bags ever made! I have used mine for 25 years. I am glad to see hey are making a come back. I will defiantly buy one!

  11. Ronald Montesano

    Jul 26, 2013 at 3:17 pm

    Thanks for the comment, Omar. For some people, $200 is a cheap go for the memories. Here’s hoping that Jones’ return makes it big.

  12. Omar

    Jul 26, 2013 at 2:26 pm

    For $200 you can get a lighter, much better stand bag from most other companies. Only reason to by this is for old memories, or too much money burning a hole in your pocket

  13. Ronald Montesano

    Jul 26, 2013 at 1:54 pm

    Don’t know, David. What was his putting line called? I’ll do a little digging.

  14. David

    Jul 26, 2013 at 1:14 pm

    So has Chris Carnahan abandoned his putter business?

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Christiaan Maas WITB 2026 (June)

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Driver: TaylorMade Qi4D LS (8 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Blue 6 X

3-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (15 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 9 TX

Irons: TaylorMade P770 (3), TaylorMade P7CB (4), TaylorMade P7TW (5-PW)
Shafts: Fujikura Ventus Black HB 10 X, True Temper Dynamic Gold X100

Wedges: TaylorMade Prototype (50-SB09), TaylorMade MG5 (56-HB12, 60-LV07)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold S400

Putter: TaylorMade TP Juno

Ball: Titleist Pro V1x

Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Cord

Check out more in-hand photos of Christiaan Maas’ clubs here.

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TaylorMade MySpider Tour and Tour X: More customizable build options now available

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TaylorMade Golf’s MySpider program underwent a substantial overhaul over the last month. Firstly, the company launched the option to customize the Spider ZT model, and now the program has returned with the MySpider Tour and MySpider Tour X.

The revamped page now gives golfers complete control over every visual and functional detail of their putter on the popular Tour and Tour X head, with every cosmetic idea thought of. In MySpider Tour, golfers can choose from four head finishes, 16 paint fill colors, nine Surlyn face insert colors, three aluminum insert options, six sightline configurations, and four hosel options — L-neck, small slant, double bend, center shaft. Six sightline options are available in MySpider Tour, including the optically engineered True Path alignment system. MySpider Tour X gives builders the option of four head finishes, four hosel configurations, and five sightline options, also including True Path alignment.

One of the more interesting features of the new MySpider program is the availability of three distinct face insert options. Along with the usual Surlyn Pure Roll insert trusted by Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy, which can be customized from nine colors, golfers can now also select firmer options. Two are offered with the black aluminum Pure Roll insert, slightly firmer than the traditional insert, or for the firmest feel, golfers can choose from two colors of milled aluminum inserts.

Another fun addition to the MySpider Tour is the ability to use the “Tommy Sightline.” The custom alignment aid design, which was first drawn onto Tommy Fleetwood’s putter by PGA Tour Rep James Holley, is based on the milled sightline on his Spider ZT head. There are five shorter lines on the left and right of a longer central line serving as the traditional short line alignment aid.

See below for the full specifications sheet for MySpider Tour and Tour X:

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Then and now: Comparing Rory McIlroy’s current setup to his record-breaking 2019 Canadian Open victory

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In Rory McIlroy’s first appearance at the 2019 RBC Canadian Open, he crushed the record books to earn his 16th PGA Tour title in dominating fashion, winning by seven shots over Shane Lowry and Webb Simpson.

McIlroy’s score of 22-under-par 258 is the lowest 72-hole score to date at the Canadian Open, and his closing 61 is also the best final-round score in the history of one of golf’s oldest tournaments. Finally, with his win in 2019, McIlroy became only the sixth player to win the career Triple Crown, adding to his victories at the U.S. Open in 2011 and The Open Championship in 2014, joining Tommy Armour, Walter Hagen, Arnold Palmer, Lee Trevino and Tiger Woods in a coveted list.

So, with that, why not compare his current setup to the clubs he used to break all the records?

Driver

2019: TaylorMade M5 (9 degrees), Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei CK Pro White 70 TX
2026: TaylorMade Qi4D (9 degrees @8), Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 7X (45 5/8 inches)

McIroy led the Tour in Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee in 2019; he’s doing the same in 2026. Between now and then, McIlroy has switched from the Mitsubishi Tensei CK Pro White 70 TX (a shaft with slightly more feeling in the tip) to the original Fujikura Ventus Black 7X, having just made the change to the heavier version from playing the 60X.

What’s interesting about McIlroy’s 2019 setup is that the weighting on his driver is actually set in the high-draw setting, using the T-Track weighting system, whereas in the Qi4D, he’s currently using a heavily rear-weighted setup. (Two 13-gram weights in the rear and only two 4-gram front weights.)

The TaylorMade M5 driver he played in during his Canadian Open win was the company’s first head that they claimed to design to initially exceed the USGA’s COR limit, and then injected with tuning resin to bring it back in bounds.

Fairway woods

2019: TaylorMade M6 3-wood (15 degrees), Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei CK Pro White 80 TX; TaylorMade M5 5-wood (19 degrees), Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei CK Pro White 90 TX
2026: TaylorMade Qi4D 3-wood (15 degrees), Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 8X; TaylorMade Qi4D 5-wood (18 degrees), Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 9X

The TaylorMade M6 fairway wood that McIlroy was using during the 2019 season is still in the bag of some of the best golfers on Tour in 2026. Just check out Justin Rose’s winning setup from the Farmers Insurance Open earlier this year. This year, though, McIlroy has still been searching for his top-end-of-the-bag setup, having played both the new Qi4D and the Qi10, which he won the Masters with.

The same shaft swap can be seen in the fairway woods as the driver, along with slightly less loft on the 5-wood.

Irons

2019: TaylorMade P750 (4) Buy here, TaylorMade P730 (5-9), Shafts: Project X 7.0
2026: TaylorMade P760 (4), TaylorMade Rors Proto (5-9), Shafts: Project X 7.0

The biggest difference between McIlroy’s custom set and the stock P730s is the groove design. While the P730s were constructed with 14 MX-9 grooves on their milled faces, McIlroy’s proto heads instead use the higher-spinning, 16-groove layout of the TW2 grooves. Other big differences between the sets are that McIlroy’s 7- and 8-irons have thinner toplines, are 1 degree stronger in loft, and are 1/4 inch longer than the original P730 builds.

With McIlroy’s 4-iron, the switch from P750 to P760 sees a transition to a two-piece construction with Speed Foam in it, which allows McIlroy to launch the ball slightly higher, with more workability.

Wedges

2019: TaylorMade Milled Grind (48-09SB), TaylorMade MG Hi-Toe (52-09SB, 56-09SB, 60-LB09), Shafts: Project X Rifle 6.5
2026: TaylorMade MG5 (46-09SB, 50-09SB, 54-11SB, 60-08LB @61), Shafts: Project X 6.5 (46-54), Project X 6.5 Wedge (60)

Between 2019 and 2026, McIlroy’s focus on his short game has been much more apparent. It was the reason why he switched back to the TP5 golf ball, to help with launch, spin and control with his wedges leading up to his career Grand Slam victory in 2025. The most apparent changes to McIlroy’s wedge setup are his lofts and bounce. He’s slowly delofted his pitching to a sand wedge, but has increased the loft on the lob wedge, bending his current 60-degree to 61. With that, adding more loft to his lob wedge also slightly increases the bounce and leading-edge sit point, so, as a result, he plays a lower-bounce lob wedge compared to 2019. The MG5 wedges are also softer than the first Milled Grind option from 2019. McIlroy also no longer plays the full-face grooves found on the Hi-Toe.

Putter

2019: TaylorMade Spider X
2026: TaylorMade Spider Tour X

Notice anything similar. Yes, the copper finish on Rory McIlroy’s Spider X putter in 2019 is a slightly more reflective finish than the recently released torched PVD finish. McIlroy was using the True Path alignment system, but now uses only a single white sightline.

Ball

2019: 2019 TaylorMade TP5 (#22)
2026: 2025 TaylorMade TP5 (RORS)

As mentioned above, McIlroy had transitioned from the TP5 to TP5x golf ball since his victory in Canada in 2019, but now is black with the same style of golf ball as his victory at Hamilton Golf & Country Club.

Grips

2019: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Cord
2026: Golf Pride MCC

Interesting, McIlroy actually used Golf Pride’s Tour Velvet Cord grips during his victory in 2019 (it was during a 2+ year switch to the corded TV) as opposed to his usual MCC grips, which he has played for most of his career.

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