{"id":111587,"date":"2025-09-01T10:12:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T10:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/111587\/"},"modified":"2025-09-01T10:12:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T10:12:09","slug":"golf-business-news-swag-flies-the-flag-for-us-ryder-cup-team-bags","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/111587\/","title":{"rendered":"Golf Business News &#8211; Swag flies the flag for US Ryder Cup team bags"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swaggolf.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Swag Golf<\/a>, a company known for its eye-catching range of accessories, has unveiled the golf bags that will be used by the US Ryder Cup team at Bethpage Black.<\/p>\n<p>US Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley was involved in the process of their design, which, in a first for the matches, feature the captain\u2019s name inscribed on each bag via a logo which reads \u2018In Keegan We Trust\u2019, paying homage to the \u2018In God We Trust\u2019 line that appears below the eagle on the US coat of arms.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The coat of arms, known as The Great Seal, has several golf-centric changes, with the eagle\u2019s talons holding golf clubs instead of olive branches, and the 13 stars represent the original 13 colonies being reduced to 12 stars representing the 12-man Ryder Cup team.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"588\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/bags.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-174222\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Other fine details include a mantra that Bradley wrote on the inside of the main ball pocket that reads: \u2018Play for your country, play for your family, play for your legacy\u2019, signed with his initials. The side panels have Mount Rushmore depicted. Another panel reads \u2018Liberty &amp; Justice Fore All\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Although designed by the team at Swag Golf, the bags are being made by premium golf bag brand <a href=\"https:\/\/vesselgolf.uk\/?srsltid=AfmBOooydHTZyronDoGNWXneDDHMvZhKHVG-yh4S95qZvAMtTaiIelmS\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vessel<\/a>, with cart and stand bag versions being made for general sale. The US team bag is a version of Vessel\u2019s Prime 2.0 Staff bag and the stand bag is its VLS Lux.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"871\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/stand-bag-1024x871.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-174224\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wanted this bag to be to be clearly patriotric from a distance,\u201d said A.J. Getz, Swag\u2019s executive creative director. \u201cBut when you get up close with it, there\u2019s just a rich amount of deep, real depth of storytelling of the American story and just something that tonally matches the energy that Keegan wanted to bring with his captaincy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On the bottom of the bags sold at retail \u2013 but not for the US Ryder Cup team \u2013 is a reproduction of the famous sign that greets players at Bethpage Black\u2019s first tee, which reads \u2018WARNING \u2013 The Black Course Is An Extremely Difficult Course Which We Recommend Only For Highly Skilled Golfers the players\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The US Ryder Cup staff bag ($600\/\u00a3450) and stand bag ($400\/\u00a3300) are for sale at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.swaggolf.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">swaggolf.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Swag Golf, a company known for its eye-catching range of accessories, has unveiled the golf bags that&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":111588,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[443],"tags":[49,48,622,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-111587","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-golf","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111587\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}