Picking The Right Golf Club Travel Cases
Excited about your upcoming golf trip with your buddies? Regardless of where you are going, you need something trusty to protect your most valuable investment – your golf clubs. So that means you are going to have to pick and choose from a variety of golf club travel cases.
Although there are many brands of golf cases, you can actually just break them down into three kinds. There is the multi-purpose, hard-sided & soft-sided travel case. Now hold on, I know what you are going to ask….how do I know which is best for me? Now I don’t have a standard answer for you, because it really depends on your needs. What I will do is break down the strengths and draw-backs for each of these 3 golf club travel cases.
Multi-purpose golf travel cases are a hybrid of the soft-side & hard-side travel cases. The soft part is at the bottom part of the bag while the hard-side is by the side, where you can attach it to protect your golf clubs. They are best for when you are sitting on a golf cart. Why? Because it is heavy! Now the strength of this kind of case is that you don’t have to store it elsewhere and bring your entire golf club collection along. The negative is that if the bag is exposed, it can be easily hit or knocked around. If you play a lot, then these are the type of golf club travel cases you should be getting.
Soft sided golf travel cases are made of materials like canvas/nylon and so obviously it’s going to be much lighter as compared to the other 2 types of cases. As such, they tend to be cheaper as well. So if you are the economic kind and like to move around a lot with your golf club travel case, then definitely you would want to consider this one. But (you knew that was coming didn’t you?) at the same time, it can be more vulnerable to damage since it is made of only soft-type materials. You really have to gauge how important your golf clubs are and whether they need to be adequately protected. If you are the kind who is accident-prone you might want to consider this factor.
Hard sided golf travel cases are made of harder materials like resin/fiberglass. So the strength of these golf bags would be it’s protection from the weather and damage. It offers the most protection among the 3 types of golf club travel cases we’ve discussed so far. The drawback to this however, is it takes up more space then the other 2 travel cases. Also, due to it’s hard surface, it has a tendency to crack when being thrown around (like in airports where the handlers handle your luggage roughly- trust me I’ve seen it more than once).
In summary, besides looking at the brand of the golf club travel cases, you really want to look at how your travel case will fit into your needs (and being able to fit in your other golf accessories) That is the most important factor. I hope this helps you in choosing the right kind of golf travel cases.
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