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You should wear a waterproof rain jacket, light enough to allow you to swing freely.
If the weather is not too cold, wear thin clothes underneath your raincoat, as it is
harder to swing wearing thick clothing.
The most important things to keep dry are your hands and the grips of your clubs.
Make sure you have a rain cover to close the top of your bag, which also provides a space
for extra towels. You can keep other items such as spare gloves in the side pockets of
your bag. An extra cover over the whole bag helps keeps everything dry, and lets less
water in when you open the bag.
You should have a big umbrella, 4 or 5 towels and 4 or 5 gloves. You can put a towel and
a few gloves inside your umbrella to dry your grip before hitting and allow you to change
gloves between shots to keep them dry. Keeping a few towels around the clubs makes it easy
to keep the clubs dry when putting them back in the bag after your shot. Take care not
to allow any water on the shaft to pour down onto the grip or onto other clubs. Use your
body heat to keep gloves warm and dry by carrying them in the lining of your trousers. Try to
keep your hands in your pockets as much as possible.
This is how to keep dry while taking a shot. Hold your umbrella over your bag as you open
the cover, and pull the club out through the towels. Keep the grip high under your umbrella
as you walk up to the ball. Dry your hands on your towel and put a glove on. Take your
grip while still under cover, and do not release it until you are back under the umbrella following
your shot. Finally, don't forget to dry the club head, shaft and grip again when putting
the club back
in the bag.