The present innovation provides for an apparatus attached to or integrally incorporated into a golf bag or other bag designed such that the weight of the golf bag, or the like, with or without clubs is redistributed from the user's shoulders to the core region. With increasing interest in the game of golf as a recreation or profession in the United States, Europe and Asia, the present innovation provides a benefit to all users young, old, male, female, amateur, professional, of varying skill level and/or body types to comfortably carry said golf bag on or around a golf course.