Let's get one thing out of the way: this isn't a list about clubs. Your clubs are your business. What we're talking about is everything else — the things that live in your bag, ride with you all 18 holes, and determine whether you finish the round feeling good or feeling like you made a terrible life decision somewhere around the 14th hole.
I've been carrying a golf bag since I was in my thirties. I've owned bags from Callaway, TaylorMade, Sun Mountain, Ping, Titleist, and a half-dozen others. Some were great. Most were fine. None of them came close to solving the problem I kept running into: they held my clubs but they didn't think about the round.
That frustration is part of why we started Bad Bunzy Golf. But before we get there — here's the definitive list of what belongs in every bag in 2026.
A golf bag should carry your clubs. Your accessories should carry your experience. Most golfers have never separated the two — and it costs them every single round.
— Brian, Co-Founder, Bad Bunzy Golf
The List
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A Tumbler That Actually Does Something
A water bottle is not enough in 2026. Not when you can have a 28 oz insulated tumbler with a built-in Bluetooth speaker that plays music for 8 hours straight and connects to the next cart over for stereo. That's the Bad Bunzy Blaster. It keeps your drink cold, your music playing, and your playing partners wondering where you got it. A plain tumbler is the golf equivalent of a flip phone.
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A Rangefinder — And a Place to Put It
If you don't have a rangefinder yet, get one. Today. The days of pacing off yardage markers are long over. But almost as important as having one is having it accessible. Not buried in a side pocket under three sleeves of balls. Our Bad Bunzy Bracket clips to any bag strap and holds your rangefinder magnetically — you grab it in one second, every hole, without thinking about it.
Pro Tip -
Sunscreen (That You'll Actually Use)
We're in Boca Raton. We play in Florida. The sun is a real and present threat. A 4-hour round in South Florida without sunscreen isn't a golf round — it's a skin damage session. Keep a small bottle in your bag's outer pocket. Apply before you tee off and at the turn. This is not negotiable.
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A Flask or Beverage Vessel Worth Talking About
Look — a lot of people enjoy an adult beverage on the course. That's golf culture. It's been golf culture since before most of us were born. The question is whether you're doing it with a warm can you fished out of a cart cooler, or a 20 oz insulated flask with four hidden shot cups in the removable base. When someone in your group makes a birdie, the Boozy is ready. That's called culture.
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Extra Gloves (At Least Two)
One glove is not enough. You will lose one. You will get one soaked in a weather delay. You will leave one in the cart and drive away. Carry two minimum — one in use, one in reserve. This is basic golf logistics and yet most golfers have none.
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A Magnetic Towel That Stays Put
A golf towel that clips to your bag and stays there magnetically — accessible, fast, always in the same spot. Not the ones that spin around on the zipper pull and end up tangled in your clubs. Our Bad Bunzy Bracket holds a magnetic towel right where you can grab it on every approach shot. Game changer is an understatement.
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Phone Charging — On the Bag
Your phone is your scorecard, your GPS, your camera, your music controller, and your emergency contact. A dead phone on the 13th hole is a four-alarm problem. A slim power bank that slides into the external pocket of your golf bag — always charged, always accessible — means you finish every round with battery to spare. If your bag doesn't have an external phone-charging pocket, that's the first thing we fixed with the Bad Bunzy Golf bag design.
Tech Essential -
Three Times As Many Ball Markers As You Think You Need
You will lose ball markers. They fall in the cup. They blow off the green. Your playing partner accidentally pockets yours and doesn't notice until the 19th hole. Carry at least six. Keep them loose in your pocket during the round. This is one of those things that sounds ridiculous until you're standing on the green with nothing to mark your ball and everyone is staring at you.
Pro Tip -
A Divot Tool You Actually Like
A good divot tool makes a difference — not just for you but for everyone playing behind you. A quality one with a solid ball marker on it, that's comfortable to use and lives on your bag rather than getting lost in a pocket, is a better on-course experience for everyone. Respect the greens. Carry a good divot tool. It says something about you as a golfer.
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A Bag That Thinks About All of This For You
Everything above is easier — and better — when your bag is designed with it in mind. Hot and cold drink insulation. A built-in Bluetooth speaker. A charging pocket for your phone. Magnetic attachment points for the Bracket. That's what we set out to build with the Bad Bunzy Golf stand bag. The bag that finally thinks about Bad Bunzy Golf Bag
A Final Word
Gina picked up her first set of clubs about ten years ago. Seven months later she had a hole-in-one. Then she made an albatross — a hole-in-one on a par 4 — one of the rarest shots in golf. She did all of this while learning the game. She also did it while I was telling her what to carry in her bag.
She didn't listen to all of it. But she did put the Boozy in her bag. And when she made that albatross, everyone in the group took a shot.
That's what golf is about. That's what Bad Bunzy Golf is about.
Let's play a round. ⛳