So you are getting ready to vacation and spend some time with your in-laws and you know what a big golfer your father-in-law is and want to make sure you bring your best game to the course when he “spontaneously” decides you should go golfing.
This means you probably want to have your own clubs with you when you take him on. In order to do this though, you have to pack your clubs and equipment into the cargo hold and hope everything comes out the same as it went in. Well, with the new advancements in clubs also come new advancements in the golf travel case.
The Options
A golfing travel case will help you to make sure your investment in top of the line equipment stays as spotless as the day you purchased it. Before you go dashing out to the store to buy one though , you would like to ensure you have all the facts about them.
There are 3 categories golfing travel cases can be separated into, the hard, soft and half-breed designs. Before you are saying to oneself, I need the one that will give the best protection so I could just get the hard case, you may want to compare the differences first. All 3 types of bags have advantages and drawbacks to them, but they’re all designed expressly to be travel cases.
Hard Case
The most common material the hard golf travel case is made of is high density polyethylene. These bags are rigid and usually close with locking clasps over a rubber seal to prevent dirt and moisture form getting to the clubs. The hard golf travel case can be built in different shapes and sizes, to fit your specific length of club and type of bag.
The features to go looking for in the hard case are through-and-through color ( so scratches don’t show ), maneuverability ( like wheels and handles ), and even collapsibility. That is right collapsibility ; Golfing Telebag has come out with a telescoping stiff case that may collapse to 24″ for storage.
So if space is a massive concern for you, but you need the stiff design, this could be a choice worth checking out. This bag will run you about $120, and the standard hard cases will run anywhere from $50 -$500. One major failing to the hard golfing travel case though is the unavailability of exterior storage compartments as you may find on soft cases.
Soft Case
Soft golfing travel cases on the other hand are often supplied with not only exterior pockets, but additional handles and padding. The common design of soft cases is composed of a nylon design with support straps and padding to go with the benefit of additional space they supply when empty. Club Glove boasts the employment of its Last Bag by more touring execs than any other product in golfing.
If you are looking to be on par with the champions, this $250-$300 bag may be the one you’ve been looking for. Still not sure which type of bag is right for you, or maybe they both are, if that’s the case, the hybrid golf travel case may be what you are looking for.
Hybrid Case
The design behind the cross-breed is a straightforward idea, make a tough golfing travel case with soft case features. The concept has taken one or two different forms, firstly being to have a tough case built into a soft case. Second , to have a tough case with attachable soft accessory bags for the outside. The downside of these designs are that while traveling, the bag takes quite a thrashing and become quickly worn out, and there are a limited number of attachment pouches you are able to add to a tough case.
The solution to these problems has shown up in Cargo Golf’s “ProSeries 900″. Cargo Golf has taken the idea of the hybrid golf travel bag to the next level with the soft case “skin” which is removable from the hard case travel section of the bag. This design allows for the wear and tear of travel to be handled by the hard case inside, keeping the outer bag with all the accessories bags clean and working as long as possible, and is reasonably priced at around $189.
So there you have it, a quick review of your options for your new golf travel case, now you can stop worrying about your clubs and start trying to figure out how to beat your father-in-law and earn the respect you deserve.
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