Travel bag - club protection?

[ryanf]

My wife got my an OGIO Straight Jacket travel bag cover as surprise gift for an trip we're leaving for on Saturday. It's seems like a nice bag but is soft sided and I was concerned with my driver taking the brunt of any force that it is applied to the ends.

I've seen here or there a metal pole type thing to go in the bag. I was wondering if I could just use an appropriate size and length piece of PVC in one of the club sleeves. Has anybody done this or something similar successfully?

TIA,

Ryan

[ryanf]

Anybody??

[mdl]

I've traveled many times with soft travel bags and never had a problem.

[is2linda]

It shouldnt be a big problem. Just put a fragile sticker on your bag. My uncle travels all the time with a crappy soft bag he got from a flea market and it seems to me that his clubs are all good.

[Happy Dragon]

I use the Club Glove Stiff Arm. It works well. It's the gold standard for touring pros and frequent golf travelers.

http://www.clubglove.com/user/ViewPr...p?ProductID=18

[Tone-NY]

I've traveled all over with the Ogio Straight Jacket and Club Glove Stiff Arm with no problems. My only extra precaution is I take a large towel and use it as a wrap to bind the clubs together. Then I just load the bag into the Straight Jacket.