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The full service golf bag includes a rigid body with a separate tube for the shaft of each club and a deck with cradles shaped to fit the respective club heads. The tubes are shaped to frictionally retain the clubs by their handgrips. An adjustable retainer clip for the putter is shown, as are speci

The full service golf bag includes a rigid body with a separate tube for the shaft of each club and a deck with cradles shaped to fit the respective club heads. The tubes are shaped to frictionally retain the clubs by their handgrips. An adjustable retainer clip for the putter is shown, as are specially designed compartments for all usual golfing accessories such as shoes, rake/retriever, thermos, umbrella, towel, balls and the like. A rigid, removable cover is provided over the upper end of the bag body. The lower end may include a rotatable base further provided with rollers useful for rolling the bag along airport concourses and the like.

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1. A golf bag, comprising: a body including a generally tubular perimetrical sidewall and a lower end wall providing an interior space; means providing an upper deck for said body; means providing a plurality of individual generally longitudinally oriented wells in said interior space, each ope

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A golf bag, comprising: a body including a generally tubular perimetrical sidewall and a lower end wall providing an interior space; means providing an upper deck for said body; means providing a plurality of individual generally longitudinally oriented wells in said interior space, each opening through said deck and being adapted to axially slidingly removably receive an elongated item of golfing equipment such as a golf club shaft, handle end first; means on said deck individually associated with each of at least several of said wells for removably accepting and holding a respective golf club head means; each said well being constituted by a respective tube having opposite ends mounted and extending between said deck and said lower end wall; at least one of said tubes including means extending throughout a portion of the length thereof constructed and arranged for resiliently gripping a corresponding portion of the respective golf club when such respective golf club is received handle end first into such tube; said sidewall including at least one handle means whereby said golf bag may be hand-carried; and cover means including a cover and securement means for releasably securing the cover to the sidewall in domed enclosing relation to said deck. 2. The golf bag of claim 1, wherein: said body is made of molded semi-rigid material. 3. The golf bag of claim 2, wherein: said cover is made of molded semi-rigid material. 4. The golf bag of claim 3, wherein: said cover includes a liner of resilient cushioning material. 5. The golf bag of claim 1, wherein: at least one of said accepting and holding means comprises an upwardly opening cradle formed in said deck where the respective said well opens through said deck, said cradle being asymetrically shaped angularly of such opening, in a sense such as to socketingly receive the top of a respective golf club head only when, as such golf club while being received handle-end first in the respective said well is guided to assume a unique angular orientation about the longitudinal axis of its shaft. 6. The golf bag of claim 5, wherein: a respective said cradle is provided for each of nine said wells, which are shaped to receive the backs of a series of nine respective irons. 7. The golf bag of claim 6, wherein: a further respective said cradle is provided for each of four said wells, which are shaped to receive the backs of a series of four respective woods. 8. The golf bag of claim 7, wherein: said cradles are grouped in respective clusters, with the said cradles for the irons flanking a centrally located cluster of respective said cradles for the woods. 9. The golf bag of claim 8, wherein: the deck is of split-level form, with an upper level for said cluster of cradles for the woods, and a lower level for said cradles for the irons. 10. The golf bag of claim 9, wherein: said cradles are provided in three rows, consisting of a central row having said upper level and two flanking rows for said lower level. 11. The golf bag of claim 10, wherein: the cradles for the woods are angularly oriented to face the woods in two groups of two facing woods with faces disposed approximately diagonally to a rectangular array defined by said three rows; and the cradles for the irons are angularly oriented to face the irons at least generally parallel to the woods. 12. The golf bag of claim 5, wherein: said body includes an upper end wall with said deck comprising a separately-formed sculptured block means mounted thereon, said wells opening through said upper end wall and each said cradle being formed in said sculptured block means. 13. The golf bag of claim 5, wherein: at least another of said accepting and holding means comprises an adjustably-mounted clip mounted to said body and juxtaposed with where the respective well opens through said deck; said clip being constructed and mounted to releasably grip a putter, in the putter head region, when such putter is inserted handle end first into the respective well. 14. The golf bag of claim 1, wherein: said at least one tube is corrugated for resilient radial expansion throughout at least a portion of the length thereof for adapting that tube to resiliently grip a corresponding portion of the respective golf club when received handle end first into such tube. 15. The golf bag of claim 1, wherein: the body further includes a base underlying said bag body lower end wall, said base comprising a turntable plate and turntable bearing means securing the turntable plate to the bag body for providing for rotation of the body but for the base as said golf bag rests on said base. 16. The golf bag of claim 15, wherein: the turntable further includes a plurality of angularly distributed, rollable castors, so that the golf bag rests on said base for instance while being transported through an airport terminal, said golf bag may be rolled-along on said castors. 17. The golf bag of claim 16, wherein: said castors are of the ball transfer type. 18. The golf bag of claim 16, further including: cap means movably mounted on said turntable for removably covering the castors for temporarily isolating them from use. 19. The golf bag of claim 1, further including: a vertically elongated external recess formed in said sidewall; fastener means on said sidewall near the top of said recess, for securing a golfer's towel to said golf bag for storage in said recess. 20. The golf bag of claim 19, further including: a keeper means for releasably keeping such golfer's towel stowed in said recess when such towel is not in use. 21. The golf bag of claim 19 wherein: said sidewall is of generally rectangular figure in plan, so as to have two pairs of opposed walls, including a front wall, a rear wall, a handle end wall and a towel end wall; said handle means being based on said handle end wall and said recess being provided on said towel end wall. 22. The golf bag of claim 1, wherein: said body is made of molded, semi-rigid material and said sidewall incorporates a compartment which is partially recessed into said space and which includes an internal wall at least partially isolating such compartment from the remainder of said space; such compartment further including a movably mounted openable closure member. 23. The golf bag of claim 22, wherein: the openable closure member is a hinged snap lid. 24. The golf bag of claim 22, wherein: the openable closure member is a tambour door. 25. The golf bag of claim 22, wherein: the openable closure member is a hinged cover door. 26. The golf bag of claim 22, wherein: said openable closure is a pivoted bin front panel member having an interior face provided with means for removably mounting a pair of golfer's shoes thereto for storage within the respective compartment. 27. The golf bag of claim 26, further including: a ledge on said bin front interior face for supporting such shoes when so mounted to said bin front panel member. 28. The golf bag of claim 26, wherein: said means for removably mounting the golfer's shoes include opposed pairs of spring-loaded plungers mounted on said bin front panel member. 29. The golf bag of claim 22, wherein: the compartment is sized and shaped to removably receive a pair of golfer's shoes. 30. The golf bag of claim 22, wherein: the compartment is sized and shaped to removably receive a thermally insulated, generally cylindrically shaped food and beverage container. 31. The golf bag of claim 1, wherein: one of said wells is constructed and arranged to removably, slidingly receive a golfer's umbrella. 32. The golf bag of claim 1, wherein: one of said wells is constructed and arranged to removably, slidingly receive a golfer's ball retriever/rake tool.