Abstract: A hand-carried bowling bag for one or two bowling balls, as desired. The bag includes a pair of hard shell similarly shaped bag sections which are hinged and latched together along opposite edges. Each section is of a generally cup-shaped configuration having open sides mounted in confronting relation defining a cavity for receiving a bowling ball or balls. Ball mounting means for securely positioning one or two bowling balls is disposed for coacting with the bowling ball inside the cavity defined by the sections. The ball mounting means comprises three sets of longitudinally contiguous sockets supported by opposed walls of the sections. The sets of contiguous sockets on the bag sections are positioned vertically above the lower edges a sufficient distance for enabling opposite sides of a bowling ball to be positioned within anyone of the three sets of longitudinally spaced sockets to inhibit movement of the ball when so engaged while the bag sections are in a closed position relative to one another.