I shared a story recently on a live stream we were doing about golf bags. I was paired with a couple of golfers and they had thousands and thousands of dollars in equipment, but were using the rattiest of golf bags that was literally leaving strays of threads with each club pull.
Do you judge a book by its cover? We say you shouldn’t but let’s be honest, we all do, depending on where our threshold is, that is the line where judgement takes over. To use an example, one might say “I don’t care what someone else is wearing on the golf course”, yet if they showed up to play and were paired with a guy wearing a banana hammock, they would absolutely pass judgement.

Extreme examples aside, that is the golf bag. The keeper of the goods we cherish, for the game we love. Not a month goes by that here at THP, we do not get a request to discuss a new brand. Sometimes they look good, often times, they do not, but once in a while, there is a spark. Let me introduce you to Pacific Sunday golf bags. New to market, this month actually and their journey is kind of fun, once you see the finished product.
See Pacific Sunday isn’t a group of college friends buying cheap golf balls, slapping a logo on them, and calling them Pro V1 killers on Instagram. Pacific Sunday is a family business, husband and wife that are golf fanatics that spent years working to create the perfect golf bag. Did they do it? Honestly? Not in my opinion, but they created a really good golf bag that we think pretty highly of after some extreme testing.

The Story
Before getting to the products, let me take you back to where it started. Husband and wife, on their anniversary, playing golf, conceived an idea for a better golf bag. A waterproof golf bag that brings some fun ideas and design to the market. That wasn’t six months ago. That wasn’t even a year ago. It was closer to four years ago, because there were a lot of iterations to make something worthy of the name.
What does Pacific Sunday Tour mean? The name is kind of a breakdown. Pacific, for the Pacific Northwest, which obviously means waterproof. Sunday for the lightweight style, yet serious golfer, but also minimalist. Tour, which is kind of confusing, because sometimes it’s used in the name, and other times, not, but the idea behind it, is “the best” and sparing no expense.

Is it a niche collection? Yes. I would say by design. Unlike most new brands that are dropping 2-3 options at first, based on the Pacific Sunday Tour website, they have TWELVE options available including a personal favorite, Hockey Night. Our Canadian THPers are going to love a pretty large amount of them including the Team Canada options. If you get a second, check out their website on the Collections Page, here, to see the different options as we can’t show all of them in this article very well.
Bag Features
You are here however because you want to hear about the bag. We received multiple samples to try out and at first pass, the best word to describe it is “impressive”. Two things stood out immediately that I want to jump to before getting into is the “is it waterproof” and how is the quality overall.

The first is pretty cool thing for my inner tech nerd self called the IYK spot. Directly behind the tag on the magnetic pocket, there is an NFC chip that when you put your phone against it, it opens up all of the info about the bag. Pretty cool to show off to friends, like a party trick of sorts.
The second is the leg tension that is adjustable. Nothing worse than floppy legs when walking and this eliminates that with a simple pull of the clip. You can see it with the terrible arrow drawing above in the image.

Storage
We will cover storage first, because a bag like this, that is made for the different seasons, screams “good for travel” and to be top notch in that area, it does need to have ample storage, despite being light weight. Larger side pocket holds a very solid amount, fairly typical in size to most stand bags. We loaded it up with rain gear, a valuables pouch and more and did not get that droop you typically see on some older bags. Could be the quality, could be that it is brand new, but it was worth noting.
The other side features the smaller pocket. Easily held a box of balls with room to spare. The front pocket, seems larger or maybe just the right size is the better term. It holds a ton. I know a lot of golfers use that for golf balls and there is plenty of room, easily holding two dozen if one wanted to.
Finally the magnetic pocket is unique. Not something you normally see on a waterproof bag because, well, clamshell designs typically aren’t waterproof. A nice overlapping top that is pictured blow shows off how this was accomplished and it works really well with the strong magnet. This is your valuables pocket, which is lined internally with a softer material. There is another softer lined area on the outside of the long side pocket, which is also a traditional spot for your valuables. That was a lot to say it has plenty of storage.

Waterproofing
Outside of the very cool magnetic enclosure with the hidden IYK chip behind the patch, they are all zippered. Waterproof zippered, which isn’t a first, but most of them are not done well. How did they test them? In the rain, but also with a pressure washer at a car wash. How did we test it? Well, we tried to play in the rain, but dammit, it never rained. So instead, I put the bag in the shower. Yes this really happened and yes we sprayed the pockets and side down to see how they held up. We loaded only golf balls in the pocket, because to be honest, I didn’t trust it. I should have. They were bone dry.

Will it offer complete waterproofing? Probably not. You are reliant on rain hoods, user error (not zipping up all the way, etc) and more, but I was surprised. Enough that this intro is taking place and the bag that was sent for testing will get quite a bit of use. It’s impressive all the way around.

The Designs
Now that we are passed the main features, let’s talk about design. There is something for everybody, including the person that just wants a plain black bag, but one that is high quality and waterproof. I think it is important to mention that with each bag a full collection is offered, which I didn’t think much of, until I saw the full collections laid out. Big fan. While they chose the wrong colors for Hockey Night, we won’t hold that against them, but here is a look at what a collection offers.
The names are great such as Sundae World Cup, Worm Burner, Southpaw, Gambler, etc. With each offering a Collection, but we should note, a number of them are limited editions, such as the Hockey Night.
Wrapping this up, Pacific Sunday Tour golf bags are fun. They are a chance to show off your personality or interests the same way you choose a golf shirt or a headcover (also part of the collections). They have some flash, but not a crazy amount, they are a conversation piece, but more importantly than all of that…They are a really well made golf bag that holds up to the elements. Golfers constantly scream “its all marketing” when talking about products, yet that doesn’t mean it can’t also be true. They market well made and waterproof and delivered on both accounts.

The Details
If you haven’t clicked over to their website to see the different options, you are probably wondering what they cost? We were a bit surprised at the lower cost options, based on the quality and uniqueness, but the prices are pretty darn good. Bags cost $266 (USD) and are currently on sale for $230. Entire bundles cost $319 and that includes a waffle towel, three headcover set and fanny pack. Each collection also offers bucket hats, visors and more.
Fun brands that don’t take themselves too seriously, while still producing high quality gear should be cherished, let alone known about. Combine that with husband and wife team and putting together a strong launch of twelve different collections and you have something fairly unique with Pacific Sunday Tour golf bags.
Give us your thoughts. We want to know which of the Collections is your favorite that Pacific Sunday offers. Drop a comment below or join us in the THP Forum Community for the conversation.
Check out their website at www.pacificsunday.ca for more information or to shop directly.
The southpaw will be ordered the minute it’s available again.
cool back story and fun concept with the designs and collections. And really cool to see the waterproof claim pass the shower test. Impressive.
If Hockey Night was Bolts I would be ordering right now
Some fun designs, gambler and hooker groups caught my eye. Not sure my wife will ever care enough about golf to help me with something like this ?
I love reading about small golf companies like this. The designs stand out and the quality seems to be very well thought out. I like the Gambler version the best and that price point is attractive.
What a great review! The bag in the shower to test being waterproof is amazing lol. I like how they offer other accessories with their bags great idea. There some fun designs to choose from. The bomber is my favorite!
It looks good. It’s priced extremely well to get into the market
Really cool story and seems like a really quality product for a first attempt. I really love the idea of all the matching accessories. I think it makes so much sense if you’re going to go with a patterned bag like this that you’ll want some cohesive but not identical head covers and such. If there’s one thing I’m a little meh on it’s the contrasting panels on most of the bags, I think I’d like them better if the whole bag was the pattern on most of them.
If I had to pick one collection it would probably be the Beachcomber and the hybrid cover in particular has my eye.
Nice looking, well designed bags with some fun prints and matching accessories. I love to see small/family businesses flourishing, hope these do well for them.
Interesting stuff. I am very intrigued by them being waterproof with where i live. Seems like solid quality on the bag build. Some nice features. The leg tension adjustment is pretty cool. I Like they have some fun designs, though not a lot i would see myself getting. I was a little bummed to see the southpaw collection sold out though. I dont get the fannypack, but dig they have bucket hats. Not bad looking overall though.
I really like that they have a fun element but always worry about too much ”white “ given I am a trunk slammer per se so I would lean towards the “bomber” or “Competition “ collections.
On the other hand, they all are rather unique and cover many variations for the sportsman or sportswoman. Certainly each bag has its own talking point and the matching head cover set is almost a given if you purchased a bag. With the sale prices and introductory discount, pricing seems very fair.
I don’t follow hockey but that Hockey Night collection is absolutely fantastic. Love the husband & wife small business backstory as well.. grew up w/ parents who did the same.
Legit question. What would you use the fanny pack for?
I dig the bundle idea, but I’m perplexed at the fanny pac.
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Legit question. What would you use the fanny pack for?
I dig the bundle idea, but I’m perplexed at the fanny pac.
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They are extremely popular now in many areas. For me, it would just be a valuables pouch.
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Legit question. What would you use the fanny pack for?
I dig the bundle idea, but I’m perplexed at the fanny pac.
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I have a non fanny pack version that is similar size here. Love it to hold stuff that I can drop in my bag or cart and get bring in to fill and empty
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these seem pretty cool and reasonably priced
I like these. Seem like a very quality, well made bag. The collections are well done too. If I was in the market I’d be deciding Sundae World Cup or Wormburner.