Sun Mountain New Caddie Bag

Lighten Someone's Load

By Brian Weis

Sun Mountain now makes it easier for golfers to lighten someone else's load with the new Caddie Bag. Based upon the top-selling Sun Mountain Superlight 3.5, the Caddie Bag is a lightweight stand bag featuring a reversible single strap that allows the bag to be carried comfortably on either shoulder. Caddie Bag features a 9.5", six-way top and is available now at $189. For the retailer nearest you, call 800-227-9224 or visit www.sunmountain.com.

Features on the Sun Mountain Caddie Bag include a 9.5", six-way oval top with full length club dividers and Sun Mountain's ever-popular integrated handle for picking up the bag. The unique strap system on the Caddie Bag features a pivoting, non-slip strap, contoured for maximum comfort and easily reversible so a caddie can carry the bag on either shoulder.

Caddie Bag has six pockets including: beverage pouch, velour-lined valuables pocket, yardage book pocket, and a full-length clothing pocket. The stand system on the Caddie Bag features a top mounted stand attachment for increased durability and stability and Sun Mountain's patented Roller Bottom and recessed Y-Spring activator for faster leg action and tight-to-the-bag retraction. The legs on the bag are lightweight, high-tensile aluminum with triangular non-slip foot pads that resist sinking into grass and sliding on slick surfaces.

"In the past, some golfers at clubs with caddie programs would buy larger and heavier cart bags because of the single strap," said Sun Mountain President, Ed Kowachek. "With the new Caddie Bag, golfers can get the single strap their caddie prefers in a lightweight bag that their caddie will appreciate."

Caddie Bag is based upon the design of Sun Mountain's popular Superlight line of stand bags. For the third consecutive year, the Sun Mountain Superlight SLX golf stand bag has been awarded a Gold medal in Golf Digest magazine's annual Hot List. The panel of judges specifically commented on the SLX's light weight, easy to use shoulder straps, effective stand mechanism and innovative legs. The SLX ($199) is one of three models in the Sun Mountain Superlight line of bags, joining the Superlight 3.5 ($179) and the college-licensed version of the 3.5 ($209).

In addition to golf bags, Sun Mountain is dedicated to finding the most innovative fabrics, the latest weaving processes, and the best designs to manufacture a line of performance outerwear that includes rainsuits, windshirts, fleece and the RainFlex® collection. Sun Mountain is an officially licensed supplier of outerwear to the PGA TOUR, Champions Tour, Duramed Futures Tour, and Nationwide Tour, and was the official outerwear provider of the victorious Presidents Cup 2009 US Team. The Sun Mountain Speed Cart® and ClubGlider® travel bag are leaders in their respective categories.

For over 25 years, Sun Mountain has been designing and manufacturing functional, high-quality, lightweight golf bags for the serious golfer. Sun Mountain is responsible for many industry firsts, including being the first to use backpacking technology to produce a lightweight nylon golf bag, and being the first to develop a stand bag with integral legs.

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About: Brian Weis

Brian Weis is the mastermind behind GolfTrips.com, a vast network of golf travel and directory sites covering everything from the rolling fairways of Wisconsin to the sunbaked desert layouts of Arizona. If there’s a golf destination worth visiting, chances are, Brian has written about it, played it, or at the very least, found a way to justify a "business trip" there.

As a card-carrying member of the Golf Writers Association of America (GWAA), International Network of Golf (ING), Golf Travel Writers of America (GTWA), International Golf Travel Writers Association (IGTWA), and The Society of Hickory Golfers (SoHG), Brian has the credentials to prove that talking about golf is his full-time job. In 2016, his peers even handed him The Shaheen Cup, a prestigious award in golf travel writing—essentially the Masters green jacket for guys who don’t hit the range but still know where the best 19th holes are.

Brian’s love for golf goes way back. As a kid, he competed in junior and high school golf, only to realize that his dreams of a college golf scholarship had about the same odds as a 30-handicap making a hole-in-one. Instead, he took the more practical route—working on the West Bend Country Club grounds crew to fund his University of Wisconsin education. Little did he know that mowing greens and fixing divots would one day lead to a career writing about the best courses on the planet.

In 2004, Brian turned his golf passion into a business, launching GolfWisconsin.com. Three years later, he expanded his vision, and GolfTrips.com was born—a one-stop shop for golf travel junkies looking for their next tee time. Today, his empire spans all 50 states, and 20+ international destinations.

On the course, Brian is a weekend warrior who oscillates between a 5 and 9 handicap, depending on how much he's been traveling (or how generous he’s feeling with his scorecard). His signature move" A high, soft fade that his playing partners affectionately (or not-so-affectionately) call "The Weis Slice." But when he catches one clean, his 300+ yard drives remind everyone that while he may write about golf for a living, he can still send a ball into the next zip code with the best of them.

Whether he’s hunting down the best public courses, digging up hidden gems, or simply outdriving his buddies, Brian Weis is living proof that golf is more than a game—it’s a way of life.