Athletico Padded Golf Travel Bag – Golf Travel Bags for Airlines Protects Golf Clubs

This bag, for the price, is about the least expensive travel club cover you will find. Having said that, I will say that I returned it before using it because I just felt that the cover was not padded enough to protect my clubs from the baggage handlers and conveyor belt at the airport. If you have less expensive clubs or just want to keep them in place and scratch free, this might work for you.I don’t travel that often for golf, so I don’t need a case that costs 3-4 times as much. But, having one of these on hand for when you need it is a good idea because there is really no option when flying with your clubs, other than one of these. I ended up buying another case with more padding and wheels, which I paid a little over double what I paid for this case.In a pinch, or if you need this for a trip or two, the value is fantastic. If you are buying this for frequent travel, know that you get what you pay for. When the box arrives, it is about 1.5 feet square, so that should demonstrate just how padded this is, if it fits in a small box like that. You can see from my photo that when zipped, the top portion where your club heads are can be folded over. Imagine someone dropped this on it’s head … not much protection for clubs worth several hundred dollars each!The rings that connect the shoulder strap and the stitching on the handles doesn’t look like it is built to last. You can see in my picture what I mean about the stitching. My leather tour bag and clubs and shoes and balls weighs around 40 lbs. so I cannot imagine these handles being able to carry that weight over and over. This is especially true because the bag has no wheels, so it will have to be carried or dragged.Overall, I needed a more padded bag to be on the safe side and honestly after feeling how this would carry heavy clubs, I decided a bag with wheels were a must for trips through parking lots and airports. This is especially important as the material on this bag is on the thin sode, so dragging it up stairs or across a parking lot would likely rip it.If you are going on a trip and need a bag in a pinch, this will probably work for you based on what others have said. However if you are thinking that this will be a bag you use over and over to protect your clubs on trips, you may end up dissapointed.