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A modular golf bag having an external frame is provided. A plurality of poles connect a frame top capable of receiving golf clubs to a frame bottom. A pliable bag body internal to the plurality of poles extends between the frame top and the frame bottom such that a cavity capable of receiving golf c

A modular golf bag having an external frame is provided. A plurality of poles connect a frame top capable of receiving golf clubs to a frame bottom. A pliable bag body internal to the plurality of poles extends between the frame top and the frame bottom such that a cavity capable of receiving golf clubs through the frame top is formed. A plurality of pole sleeves are attached to the pliable bag body. Each pole sleeve surrounds at least a portion of the length of a pole such that each pole runs through at least one pole sleeve. The plurality of pole sleeves provide structure to the pliable bag body by securing the pliable bag body to the plurality of poles in an extended position. At least one additional storage compartment may be detachably connected between at least two of the plurality of poles.

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1. A modular golf bag comprising: a frame top;a frame bottom located below the frame top, whereinat least a first pole, a second pole, and a third pole connect the frame top and the frame bottom;a pliable bag body internal to at least the first pole, the second pole, and the third pole extending bet

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A modular golf bag comprising: a frame top;a frame bottom located below the frame top, whereinat least a first pole, a second pole, and a third pole connect the frame top and the frame bottom;a pliable bag body internal to at least the first pole, the second pole, and the third pole extending between the frame top and the frame bottom such that a cavity is formed by the pliable bag body;a plurality of spaced pole sleeves attached to the pliable bag body and each surrounding at least a portion of a length of each of at least the first pole, the second pole, and the third pole, wherein the plurality of pole sleeves secure the pliable bag body to at least the first pole, the second pole, and the third pole in an extended position; andat least one additional storage compartment comprising at least four connectors configured to detachably connect the at least one additional storage compartment at exposed and accessible pole portions, wherein a first connector is detachably connects between a first and a second pole sleeve in the plurality of pole sleeves on the first pole, or the second pole, or the third pole, a second connector detachably connects between a third and a fourth pole sleeve in the plurality of pole sleeves on the same pole as the first connector, a third connector detachably connects between a fifth and a sixth pole sleeve in the plurality of pole sleeves on a pole other than the pole used for the first and second connectors, and a fourth connector to detachably connects between a seventh and an eighth pole sleeve in the plurality of pole sleeves on the same pole used for the third connector, thereby connecting the additional storage compartment between at least two poles with the at least four connectors, at least one of said connectors extending at least a major distance of the spacing between two adjacent of said pole sleeves on the same pole. 2. The modular golf bag of claim 1, wherein the at least one additional storage compartment is connected such that at least the first connector and the second connector of the at least one additional storage compartment are in direct contact with the respective first or the second pole sleeve in the plurality of pole sleeves for the first connector, and the third or the fourth pole sleeve in the plurality of pole sleeves for the second connector. 3. The modular golf bag of claim 1, wherein the at least one additional storage compartment is detachably connectable in a plurality of locations between at least the first pole and the second pole, the first pole and the third pole, or the second pole and the third pole. 4. The modular golf bag of claim 1, wherein each of the at least the first pole, the second pole, and the third pole runs through a pole sleeve having a plurality of apertures spaced along the length of the pole sleeve. 5. The modular golf bag of claim 4, wherein a plurality of different additional storage compartments can be detachably connected at the same location as the at least one additional storage compartment. 6. A modular golf bag comprising: a frame top;a frame bottom located below the frame top, whereinat least a first pole, a second pole, a third pole, and a fourth pole connect the frame top and the frame bottom;a pliable bag body internal to at least the first pole, the second pole, the third pole, and the fourth pole, the pliable bag body extending between the frame top and the frame bottom such that a cavity is formed by the pliable bag body;a plurality of spaced pole sleeves attached to the pliable bag body and each surrounding at least a portion of the length of each of at least the first pole, the second pole, the third pole, and the fourth pole, wherein the plurality of pole sleeves secure the pliable bag body to at least the first pole, the second pole, the third pole, and the fourth pole in an extended position; andat least one additional storage compartment comprising at least four connectors to detachably connect the at least one additional storage compartment to attachment points on at least two of the at least first pole, the second pole, the third pole, or the fourth pole, wherein a first connector of the at least four connectors detachably connects at a first aperture on a first pole sleeve covering one of the first pole, the second pole, the third pole, or the fourth pole, and a second connector of the at least four connectors detachably connects at a second aperture on the first pole sleeve, a third connector of the at least four connectors detachably connects at a third aperture on a second pole sleeve covering one of the first pole, the second pole, the third pole, or the fourth pole other than the one covered by the first pole sleeve, and a fourth connector detachably connects at a fourth aperture on the second pole sleeve, thereby connecting the additional storage compartment between at least two poles with the at least four connectors, at least one of said connectors extending at least a major distance of the spacing between two adjacent of said pole sleeves on the same pole. 7. The modular golf bag of claim 6, wherein a plurality of different additional storage compartments can be detachably connected between the same attachment points. 8. The modular golf bag of claim 6, wherein the at least one additional storage compartment is detachably connectable between attachment points of the first pole and the second pole, the first pole and the third pole, the first pole and the fourth pole, the second pole and the third pole, the second pole and the fourth pole, and the third pole and the fourth pole. 9. A modular golf bag comprising: a frame top;a frame bottom located below the frame top;a first pole, a second pole, and a third pole connecting the frame top and the frame bottom;a pliable bag body internal to the three poles extending between the frame top and the frame bottom such that a cavity is formed by the pliable bag body;a plurality of spaced pole sleeves attached to the pliable bag body, wherein a first pole sleeve and a second pole sleeve in the plurality of spaced pole sleeves surround at least a portion of the first pole, a third pole sleeve and a fourth pole sleeve in the plurality of spaced pole sleeves surround at least a portion of the second pole, wherein the first, second, third, and fourth pole sleeves secure the pliable bag body to the first pole and the second pole in an extended position; andan additional storage compartment comprising two connectors detachably connecting the additional storage compartment to the first and second poles, wherein a first connector detachably connects between the first and the second pole sleeve on the first pole and a second connector detachably connects between the third pole sleeve and the fourth pole sleeve on the second pole, at least one of said connectors extending at least a major distance of the spacing between two adjacent of said pole sleeves on the same pole.