You can purchase at any Pro Shop in The Villages. Cost $49.99 minus 10% off with your ID, and sometimes an additional 10% using a coupon from the magazine in the Pro Shop. Ask the sales person about the discounts, some are more helpful than others. cheap lock from Ace or WalMart. Gives a little more peace of mind, and as with all locks, "keeps an honest person honest".

Couple of years ago my entire bag was taken from our golf cart in front of Mallory. They caught the person at a later time who had stolen my clubs and 17 other sets from within TV. The story the detectoive told me was the kid had grandparents here (how proud) and he would sneak onto the golf courses. When the ambassadors would kick him off, he would grab a club or set on his way out. He would take them from the back or front lots.

When he fessed up they found some of my clubs in Fort Myer sport shop. First thing I learned was in Florida you have to buy back your stolen clubs from the pawn shop for the cost the pawn shop paid for them.

My story ended happily because part of his sentence of probation he had to pay me the replacement cost of my clubs. This was quite a shock to me as number one I never expected to find the clubs and number 2, I certainly never expected to get money to replace all missing ones with new ones.

Since then, I never leave clubs unlocked. My wife made me a protector from some old canvas bags (below). That with a 6' cable to tie down the rain protector should make the :cus: go to the next cart. My wife has one of the club protector covers the country clubs sell for $50, but since mine is a DIY I think it is much better.

When I leave my golf clubs on my golf car (when stoping for an adult beverage and/ or lunch), I enclose the clubs with the rain cover that comes with the bag. I then take a cable (one used for bicycles) and wrap it around the bag(s) and the back brace for the bags, then lower the rain sunbrella cover and loop the cable through the metal bar then lock it with the lock prominately displayed. If there were those interested in taking clubs, I think they will look for easier pickings.

We have a cart with an alarm system much like a car. My husband rigged up cable wire which goes in and around the two golf bags with a padlock on the end. We had heard about all the thefts of golf clubs in the past.

Semi off topic. What's a "PW?"

Pitching Wedge

Pitching wedge. For more detail: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitching_wedge

Bill

A couple of weeks ago during vendor night at Sumter Landing, I purchased a Red Sox license plate and placed the bag on my chair while I went to grab a beer. When I got back, the bag was gone. Call it a lesson learned because I let my guard down which is something I never would have done even in my home town. Fortunately, it was just a $9 "lesson learned".

Of course.

But my point is that the club that was stolen was bought for $399 and then the e-bay user advertises it as 'used for 2 rounds, wrong shaft for me' at $299. And yes I know many clubs on ebay are counterfeit but I'll bet a large % are stolen clubs. I'm sure that I've bought some - no way to tell.

Haven't bought a brand new club in 20 years - don't plan to start now:)