Equipment

Still Classic: Catching Up with the Jones Golf Bag Company

Published

10 years ago

Mar 1, 2016

At the 2016 PGA Merchandise Show, GolfWRX took note of some impressive gear seemingly appropriate for its gear heads, which will be featured on its website. For this third and final feature, we are highlighting the Jones Sports Company based in Portland, Oregon. In particular, Jones has made the trek to the “Show” each and every year since re-launching in 2011 to do something rare, which is introduce its new product line for the coming season.

If you are between the ages of 35-55, you might have one in your garage, or been given one when you made your varsity golf team in high school, and kept it until now since parting with it would be simply too painful. Known by sight alone, your Jones golf bag is a piece of history and a reminder of a different time in the game of golf. Jones golf bags were an original creation of George Jones back in 1971 when he began hand sewing bags and selling them out of his cab in Portland, Oregon. Today, Jones is in the midst of a well-established rebirth due to efforts of an ownership group now happily responsible for the fate of this iconic symbol in golf.

While golfers like you have played a significant and integral role in the comeback made by Jones, some of the credit also goes to Chris Carnahan, Business and Creative Director for Jones. A former member of the University of Oregon golf team, former professional golfer (primarily on what is now known as the Mackenzie Tour), and for super golf nerds, original designer of the Carnahan Golf line of putters, Carnahan’s devotion to rebuilding something special has paid substantial dividends for Jones.

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Call it an emotional resurrection, but Jones has successfully tapped into the nostalgia that kept those old Jones golf bags in the garage for so long.

So what can you expect when you purchase an Original Jones Bag ($139.95), which even in 2016 has stayed true to its original design (now 45 years in the making): quality, simplicity, and style.

Designed with the modern, fashion forward golfer in mind, Jones has found its place by creating a line of bags, including the Jones Rider Bag ($269.95), which appeals to almost any golfer. And in doing so, Jones has been able to honor its original design principles, without sacrificing its identity in the process. Whether now or in the future, regardless of where Jones takes it brand, your Original Jones Bag will remain instantly recognizable and forever iconic.

Part of the appeal of Jones golf bags and accessories can also be tied to the customization options available. Up to 95 percent of the current line of products available at Jones provide for custom options and the work done with respect to those options is performed in Portland at Jones’ home base. The customization element of Jones products is critical in the grand scheme, and every new product design considered by Jones accounts for the same. Jones offers golfers the chance to be both unique, as well as instantly recognizable when deciding on their next golf bag.

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Having firmly re-established Jones as a household name in golf bags, Jones will be taking its time to focus on a new line of products in 2016, the Utility Series. Designed for the golfer that desires something true to Jones’ style, but isn’t ready to pack it in the offseason, this line is dedicated to golfer willing to tee it up in the elements.

The Utility Stand Bag ($199.95) in that regard was inspired by the challenges inherent in being a year-round golfer in the Pacific Northwest. And consistent with past years, Jones will also launch a Masters-themed Original Jones in conjunction with this year’s event at Augusta.

Jones golf bags may not be for everybody, but they are designed with every golfer in mind. As the brand continues to evolve and expand, Jones will continue to honor the design and players that helped it re-emerge as strong as ever after slowly becoming a footnote in the game of golf.

You can always find out what’s new with Jones by visiting their website at https://www.jonesgolfbags.com.

Equipment

Putters that never made it: Check out some of the best tour builds that didn’t make the cut

Published

2 weeks ago

May 18, 2026

Alistair Cameron

Arguably, the best perk of being a professional golfer on the PGA Tour is the ability to request or even just be handed pretty much any club you could think of. It happens more often than you think, usually with putters around the practice green from one event to the next. Come Wednesday, the Tour bags lining the edge of the putting surface become resting places for fallen flatsticks that never made the cut.

So let’s take a look at some of the best we’ve seen out on Tour this year that never made it to the competition. (You may notice none of Hideki Matsuyama’s custom Scotty Cameron putters made this list. There are too many.)

Let’s start with this custom Damascus Milled Odyssey Rossie made for Ryo Hisatsune. Featuring a single line and the short-slant hossel, we’ve seen plenty of Number 7 and jailbird heads featuring the Damascus Milled insert, but this is the first and only one we’ve spotted in a Rossie. Hisatsune primarily putts with an Odyssey Black Series iX #9, but we have seen him recently with a TaylorMade TP Collection SOTO, so there could be potential that the Damascus Milled Rossie could end up in the bag.

Everyone wants to be Cameron Young right now. We’ve had Justin Thomas and Tom Hoge both game the Scotty Cameron 9.5R prototype. Well, for the PGA Championship, Brooks Koepka nearly joined that list after requesting the same style of putter, with the full-length alignment line. But the Scotty Cameron reps took the request a step further and made one specially for Koepka with a Teryllium insert, similar to one in his previous Newport 2 gamers. The reason why this one didn’t go into play, though? Because it was too heavy.

Harry Hall was the third-best putter on Tour last year, so when Bettinardi made him a custom proto, you know it was going to be good. The custom BB28 blade features VDF face milling, a custom-welded single-bend shaft, and the owner’s initials – HH – on the sole of the putter. Hall, who usually games an Odyssey O-Works #7 W, has dabbled with a TaylorMade Spider Tour X already this year. Maybe there’s a chance this Bettinardi might make his bag.

Honestly, this one doesn’t need a description. It’s Kieth Mitchell’s custom Scotty Cameron Napa. One Scotty Cameron face stamp, two Scotty Dogs, two Scotty Cameron 7-Point Crowns and one Circle T. That is all. Oh, except for the Cashmere Cameron headcover.

Finally, and just for fun, how about we pour one out for this TaylorMade Spider Tour X made for Scottie Scheffler in its new torched finish. It’s unlikely we’ll see a putter change anytime soon from the best golfer in the world. In fact, he hit just two putts with it on the Harbour Town practice before going back to his trusty gamer.

Whats in the Bag

Patrick Reed WITB 2026 (May)

Published

2 weeks ago

May 18, 2026

GolfWRX Staff

Driver: Titleist GT3 (9 degrees) Buy here.
Shaft: Aldila Rogue Silver 130 M.S.I. 70 TX

3-wood: TaylorMade Qi35 (15 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Blue 7 X

7-wood: TaylorMade Qi35 (21 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Blue 8 X

Irons: Grindworks PR-202 (4), Grindworks PR-101A (5-PW)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100

Wedges: Cleveland RTX6 Tour Rack (52-10 Mid), Titleist Vokey Design SM10 (56-08M), SM11 (60-04T)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400

Putter: Scotty Cameron Tour Rat 1.5 Tour Prototype

Ball: Titleist Pro V1x

Grips: Golf Pride MCC

See more photos of Patrick Reed’s clubs here.

Equipment

Which of Tiger’s major winning irons are your favorite? – GolfWRXers discuss

Published

2 weeks ago

May 18, 2026

Gianni Magliocco

In our forums, our members have been discussing their favorite major winning irons used by Tiger Woods. WRXer ‘golferdude54’ kicks off the thread saying:

“Mizuno MP 14/29. Titleist 681T. Nike Forged Blades. TaylorMade P7TW.

Among these irons that helped Tiger win 15 majors, which is your favorite in terms of looks?”

And our members have been naming their favorites and why in response.

Here are a couple of posts from the thread, but make sure to check out the entire discussion and have your say at the link below.

SwingBlade: “I prefer the early blades he played and the more recent TM TW’s especially because after Tiger had his major behavioral setbacks, part of Nikes support payback was making Tiger play a Nike putter and cease using his beloved uniquely customized Scotty putter.”
ProjectX: “This (Nike Forged Blades) and there’s not even a close second.”

Entire Thread: “Which of Tiger’s major winning irons are your favorite? – GolfWRXers discuss”