Golf bag and locking club organizer

A golf bag having a locking organizer for golf clubs, comprising:

• an elongated bag having an open top, a cover plate at the top of the bag with openings for receiving the shafts of clubs and holding the clubs in a predetermined order, lock pieces pivotally suspended beneath the cover plate for swinging movement toward and away from each other for blocking and permitting removal of the clubs from the bag, a lock plate engagable with the lock pieces and movable between a raised position in which the lock pieces are away from each other and a lowered position in which the plate blocks the lock pieces from moving away from each other, a pair of levers connected to the lock plate and extending through openings on opposite sides of the cover plate for moving the lock plate between the raised and lowered positions, a lock bolt movable between extended and retracted positions for engagement with the upper surface of the lock plate when the lock plate is in the lowered position and with the lower surface of the lock plate when the lock plate is in the raised position, and a lock for retaining the bolt in the extended position.

A locking organizer for golf clubs, comprising a cover plate adapted to be mounted to the upper portion of a golf bag with openings for receiving the shafts of clubs and holding the clubs in a predetermined order, lock pieces pivotally suspended beneath the cover plate for swinging movement toward and away from each other for blocking and permitting removal of the clubs from the bag, each of the lock pieces having an inner face and a flange which is inclined at an angle relative to the inner face, a lock plate having slots in which the flanges of the lock pieces are received such that movement of the lock plate between raised and lowered positions causes the lock pieces to swing toward and away from each other, means for moving the lock plate between the raised and lowered positions, and a lock for retaining the lock plate in the position in which the lock pieces are toward each other and the clubs cannot be removed from the bag.