Rory Sabbatini uses bizarre golf bag at Czech Masters on DP World Tour
Rory Sabbatini is making his first appearance on the DP World Tour in 2022 at the D+D Real Czech Masters and he has made headlines for a strange reason.
Rory Sabbatini certainly likes to keep his fans on their toes and he has shown this at the D+D Real Czech Masters this week in Prague.
Three years ago, Sabbatini announced his Slovakian citizenship to support his wife Tina, who is from Slovakia, in growing golf development in her home country.
His new citizenship also helped him to qualify for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. He went on to win a silver medal finishing one shot behind gold medallist Xander Schauffele.
This week, Sabbatini is playing in his home continent (so to speak) and as impressive as he has played in the first two rounds at Albatross Golf Resort, another feature of his game caught the eye.
In the first round on Thursday, Sabbatini and his caddie looped the course with a very unique golf bag. Many of his clubs were in sections lined up on the outside of the bag.
It appears that all of the 46-year-old's irons are on the outside of the bag, whereas his woods and putter are on the inside. The bag appears to have one large strap for his caddie to hold.
And of course, he has the Slovakian flag knitted into the front as well. The six-time PGA Tour winner, who withdrew from the Arnold Palmer Invitational earlier this season, described his golf bag as the Swiss Army knife of golf carts during the first round.
"I wanted to fit in with all the fancy dresses out here on the European Tour. It's a great spot and Prague is a beautiful city, lot of history and a lot of tradition," Sabbatini said on Thursday.
"This golf course is a very fun, very interesting golf course with a lot of strategy (needed) to play. It's actually a golf cart per se that transforms into a carry bag, a remote control golf cart, a push cart, a pull cart."
Through 36 holes, Sabbatini is 7-under-par with rounds of 68 and 69. He is currently five shots behind the leader Gavin Green with the second round yet to be completed.
