Travel Bags
After reading about Debbie’s great golf travels, I have been thinking about planning my own golf trip. I protect my sticks, I have been researching golf travel bags. It has been fun looking at what is available on the market today. Everything from really cheap polyester which in no way could protect your clubs, right down to massive plastic cases resembling an ancient sarcophagus. In the end, I think I found what I am looking for. Tony over at Hooked on Golf Blog had a pretty good review on the Ogio Travel Bag which has caught my eye.
What has been fun/interesting while searching for the travel bag has been finding the amount of golf accessories available on the market today. It really makes me wonder if anyone outside of the big golf companies are making money.
I borrowed a set of clubs from a girlfriend for this trip & was worried about the airlines, so once I bought my tickets I checked the airline website to confirm thier insurance policy on covering damage to golf clubs… Air Canada spells it right out that they won’s cover damage to clubs in a soft travel case - so I invested in a fully hard-molded Bag Boy Hybrid HCX Travel Bag for $159 at golf town - what I like about this one is that it replaces your regular club bag when travelline, so you’re not actually carrying club bags IN a hard case at twise the weight - when you’re ready to golf remove the hart “top” and off to the course!
Now I am convinced its time for me to buy a set, but I am SO overwhelemed by the price, technology & styling options! They definately make money!
Comment by Yoga For Golfers — April 1, 2007 @ 3:58 pm
I have an Ogio StraightJacket Travel Bag, and it works quite well, though aside from some extra padding up top, there isn’t a whole lot of protection. That being said, I haven’t had any clubs damaged.
The bag also happens to be bright yellow, so it’s quite easy to spot at the ‘oversized clubs’ dropoff at the airport!
My wife has one of those canvas BagBoy bags…that provides next to 0 protection…so I’d steer clear of those.
Comment by Sean @ DeepRough — April 2, 2007 @ 1:22 pm
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Comment by Kamar Hargadon — April 2, 2007 @ 5:19 pm