Top 5 necessaries in every serious disc golfers bag... Ready go!

[@iDiscGolf]

1. Cash, for cash games, I'll always put 5 on it!
2. Gotta have music, either headphones or a speaker
3. Drinks, snacks, beer. Mainly candy and beer, who am I kidding
4. GoPro camera
5. Towels and rainfly

I'd have to give my Huklab stool honorable mention...

(I don't need sharpies because I don't ink discs and I typically don't need pencils because I just use an app on the phone.)

 

[zendragon]

For my small bag:
Towel
Headphones

Large bag:
Towel
Headphones
knife
flashlight
bandaids
lotion
mini

 

[hiflyer]

My 10 essentials
Baseball
Ibuprofen
Tiger Balm
Extra minis from Dicovering the World for promo purposes

No, I don't work for DTworld, but they are THE local brick and mortar DG retailer, and its a great way for entry level players to see what's available to them.
Yes, I consider my 10 essentials as one item, even though they're in different places within the bag.
Also, I usually have a BT speaker in there, but it is not absolutely necessary.

 

[THUGNIFICENT763]

My 5 essentials
-Fingernail clipper, try throwing forehand with long nails... It can be quite painful, as well as impede releases.
-Hockey puck, my tool of choice for knocking discs out of trees
-Lighter, for disc repair/igniting smokables
-Economy sized bottle of ghetto aspirin, for when my rotator cuff decides to act out
-Leatherman multitool, for miscellaneous repairs

 

[curveball4]

1) *MOST IMPORTANT*- Ibuprofen, or as we call it- Old Man Candy
2) towels
3) dirt & leaves
4) back brace
5) small child to get my discs out of the briars

 

[Stardoggy]

1) *MOST IMPORTANT*- Ibuprofen, or as we call it- Old Man Candy
2) towels
3) dirt & leaves
4) back brace
5) small child to get my discs out of the briars

If I take the towel out, as it rides on my bag, ibuprofen is ALWAYS in mine. Also, extra contacts (the daily version), as nothing is worse than being outside, and a contact dries out.

 

[SpikeHyzer]

Small First Aid Kit
Writing Utensils
Towels
Snacks
Water

 

[bhadella]

For Golf:

1) mini
2) towels
3) water
4) first aid kit
5) sharpie

And I will always have keys, phone, wallet in there as I keep my pockets empty during disc golf.

 

[Thumber]

Surprised no one has said ziplocks here yet. I always carry a couple. Invaluable for keeping the card and phone dry if the weather moves in

Towels
water
pencil and sharpie
and these days either a heavy or light toque (depending which one is on my head)

 

[Puckstopper]

1. Med kit: Advil, band-aids, liquid bandage, poison ivy wipes, eye drops etc. Epi-pen since I'm allergic to bees.
2. Grip aids: Chuckers Chalk for dry days and a block of alum and a towel for wet ones.
3. Water: Even if we have a cooler of beer (on courses that allow these things) I always have 2 bottles of water in my bag.
4. Ript Cards: Sometimes a poor course needs some livening up.
5. Battery charger for my phone (scorecard app) and speaker (if I'm playing solo).

Food stays in the car usually, as I don't really like to deal with the mess it can make, as does anything I can live without. As others have said, I like my pockets empty and to be free to move. I'm hoping the developer of Udisc will include Android Wear support. Being able to enter/review scores on my wrist and leave my phone in the bag would be enough to get my to buy a smartwatch.

 

[filobedo]

Leopards, Rocs, Aviars, Birdie bag and Naproxim Sodium (old people's candy). I also need a GPS or compass many times for errant shots I have to find in parts unknown.

 

[BIGHAFNER]

Drink of choice
Snack
Sharpie/pen
Towels
Toilet paper

I've run into occasions WAY too many times on the course in which I was in need of TP. It was only twice... but thats enough to make me carry it!

 

[yesiam]

Flashlight
insect Repellent
Towel
Lighter
Snack

 

[Lewis]

Hand towel, sharpie, liquid refreshment, some way to tally your score, and if you have a dog, poop bags.

 

[Pwingles]

Beverage(s)
Multi-tool
Snack
Phone
Towels
5b- retriever

Mini is usually in my back pocket
Rulebook, scorecard, time piece, compass, thermometer, etc = my phone

 

[Hampstead]

I'm honestly amazed at the number of people who feel that a sharpie is a necessity.

 

[JC17393]

I'm honestly amazed at the number of people who feel that a sharpie is a necessity.

Is this where the thread turns into a discussion of marking/signing the disc versus the ruining its resale value, or is it going to be discs marked/unmarked and what to do when you find one?

For me, my "necessaries" (more than 5 because other than the water, they all live in my bag 24/7):

Water
Towels
Minis
Sharpies
Pencils
Rulebook
2-meter tape
10-meter string

 

[Hampstead]

Is this where the thread turns into a discussion of marking/signing the disc versus the ruining its resale value, or is it going to be discs marked/unmarked and what to do when you find one?

No interest in those debates. Honestly curious why a sharpie is deemed necessary. I've been playing over 20 years and never once did I feel that I had to have a sharpie in my bag. Of course, I have no desire to sign ace discs and never ask anybody to sign mine. I don't make disc chargers or mark up tee signs or the number plate, so I guess I don't see the need. Is it for autographs? I'll concede that a sharpie is better for signing autographs than a pencil. So there is that...

 

[Lewis]

No interest in those debates. Honestly curious why a sharpie is deemed necessary. I've been playing over 20 years and never once did I feel that I had to have a sharpie in my bag. Of course, I have no desire to sign ace discs and never ask anybody to sign mine. I don't make disc chargers or mark up tee signs or the number plate, so I guess I don't see the need. Is it for autographs? I'll concede that a sharpie is better for signing autographs than a pencil. So there is that...

The only way I ever get my name and number on new discs is to keep a Sharpie in the bag. Otherwise I forget to do it until I'm on the course, and if I don't have a Sharpie, I'm SOL. The only thing I ever "tag" is my own discs. Vandals should be sentenced to course maintenance labor, including wiping out the graffiti from baskets, signs, benches etc.

 

[JC17393]

No interest in those debates. Honestly curious why a sharpie is deemed necessary. I've been playing over 20 years and never once did I feel that I had to have a sharpie in my bag. Of course, I have no desire to sign ace discs and never ask anybody to sign mine. I don't make disc chargers or mark up tee signs or the number plate, so I guess I don't see the need. Is it for autographs? I'll concede that a sharpie is better for signing autographs than a pencil. So there is that...

Just having fun with the debate thing.

I carry sharpies primarily to ink my discs. Can't count how many times I've put a new disc in the bag, gotten out on the course at the start of a tournament round and realized I needed to put my name on it before I threw it. Just as, if not more often, it's someone in my group that needs to ink a disc (or two) and of course, they don't have a sharpie.

Truth be told, the primary reason I have multiples minis, sharpies, and pencils in my bag is because other people have need for them more than I do. It's not a tournament for me unless I've lent out a pencil for scoring and not gotten back (not that I really care).