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Ping Pioneer: The cart bag that carries more equipment, apparel and supplies than any other

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The Ping Pioneer Cart Bag 2025 offers clear and demonstrable strengths in terms of storage, organisation of clubs and kit and a highly durable design – Dan Murphy is a fan and he thinks that you will be too if you take a look

NCG verdict: Ping Pioneer 2025 cart bag

The Ping Pioneer Cart Bag 2025 offers clear and demonstrable strengths in terms of storage, organisation of clubs and kit and a highly durable design – Dan Murphy is a fan and he thinks that you will be too if you take a look

RRP £209.00

We tested one of Ping’s new cart bag offerings to see if it lived up to the brand’s reputation for quality and ingenuity. As ever with Ping, we found the the Pioneer 2025 Cart Bag to be packed with thoughtful features.

Ping Pioneer 2025 Cart Bag Review : NCG Summary

5 star review

NCG Summary

It is hard to see past the Ping Pioneer 2025 Cart Bag in this category. You are getting a bag that is tough, smart, built to last and has an array of pockets to keep your kit in places where you can easily get to it. The way it sits snugly on trolleys and buggies is another real plus. You just can’t go wrong with one of these bags.

PROS

  • The storage capacity – including a useful insulated compartment – is exceptional
  • Typically thoughtful details like the clip-in valuables pouch and alignment-stick sleeves are a real winner 
  • The build is solid – Ping bags always last well

First Impressions

The Ping Pioneer Cart Bag 2025 is a high-capacity, feature-rich cart bag that offers extensive storage, thoughtful organisation solutions and trademark durability. With its capacious pockets, a 15-way top and the snugness with which it fits on to a trolley or buggy, it is off to a great start.

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NCG Verdict

We have to start with the storage. The Pioneer offers many pockets and a total volume of 35 litres. That figure may or may not mean anything to you but rest assured that you will have plenty of room for a spare jumper, waterproofs, accessories, valuables, an umbrella, snacks and all the other detritus we golfers tend to accumulate and believe that we can’t possibly play a round of golf without.

Highlights include an insulated cooler pocket for drinks, a velour-lined valuables pockets, dedicated places to put your laser and GPS – plus a magnetic quick-access pocket for those small essentials. 

Even when the bag is strapped to a cart, it’s still really easy to access the majority of the pockets – which isn’t always the case. 
The Pioneer’s robust build is designed for the golfer who plays regularly and needs the bag to last: it has high-impact walls, reinforced stitching and utilises quality materials. This does mean the bag is relatively heavy but that is surely not a huge concern considering it will be sitting on a trolley or a buggy. If you want a carry bag, then you will be looking elsewhere, and there are plenty of models in the Ping line-up that will hit the spot.

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Final Thoughts

For those of us who tend not to travel light (we do have our reasons!) and carry a full collection of gear around with us, we need a bag that is up to the task. It needs to keep everything organised and protected. The Ping Pioneer Cart Bag 2025 offers clear and demonstrable strengths in terms of storage, organisation of clubs and kit and a highly durable design. For those who rarely carry, this bag is a great option and one that competes with anything else that we have tested in the premium sector of the bag market.

The Details

RRP: £249 / $315

Colours: Black / Blue-Navy / Black-Grey / White-Navy-Red / White-Grey Camo

More information: Ping Website

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About the author

Dan Murphy
Dan Murphy

Dan is a lifelong golfer. He had the great fortune to grow up within 200 yards of the 5th fairway of his local 9-holer, Rawdon, in Leeds.

Dan attended his first Open Championship in 1988 at Royal Lytham. The first action he saw, peering through the crowds behind the 8th green, was Paul Broadhurst holing out from the fairway below for an eagle. Which seemed perfectly normal at the time.

Since then, he has attended a further 27 Opens. Tragically, he can recite a phenomenal number of arcane statistics about The Open – whether you ask him to or not.

Dan has a post-graduate diploma in print journalism and is an experienced writer and editor. He is also a director of NCG’s parent company.

Dan specialises in the golf courses of the British Isles and heads up NCG Top 100s course rankings. He is not unacquainted with links golf and is closing in on a lifetime tally of 700 courses played.

In a former life, Dan was NCG’s equipment editor. Currently in his bag are: Ping G440 Max driver, Ping G440 Thriver, Ping G440 4-wood, Ping iDi 3-iron, Ping Blueprint-S irons, Ping S259 wedges and a Ping Scottsdale Tec Ketsch Onset putter.

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