Golfing holidays need not be as expensive as you think

Many pro golfers will play on courses all over the world during their professional career, for amateurs or hobbyist golfers this is not really going to be possible. The costs of these international top flight courses the pros play on have high green fees and other costs, some may only permit members to play too.

But the key point for any prospective golfer is to practice your game on as many courses as you can ideally different types and locations so you get used to certain conditions such as high winds on links courses or narrow tree lined fairways to test your straight shots.

Many golfers may be apprehensive of travelling to play abroad as it can be tough to plan a holiday and finding out how the weather and conditions will be when you go. As well as this they may have concerns over travelling with their golf clubs.

It isn't unheard of for some baggage handlers to be less than careful with your luggage as seen with the American musician who recently had his guitars damaged after seeing a baggage handler throwing his guitars on to and off of the plane. Lost baggage is another serious concern with large airports dealing with millions of bags every day.

Your golf clubs are an expensive investment, as well as adequate storage such as a golf bag. Ideally you want your clubs to arrive at the other end and for them to be unharmed. Unfortunately this cannot be guaranteed, but how can this be stopped?

Well we can't always actually get our baggage back, the majority of the time as long as the tags have stayed on then you may get your clubs or baggage returned but normally a few days after your holiday or at the very least a day or two into your holiday. For any holiday this can be an inconvenience but golf holidays tend to only be a weekend trip and so your holiday, as well as any golfing costs will have been wasted.

With golf travel insurance though your holiday could be saved, and at very least protected financially, this specialist insurance type makes sure that your expensive clubs and other travel related issues such as lost baggage, injury whilst abroad and any other instance where you stand to make a loss due to something completely out of your hands are covered for.

So for golfers looking to experience some other courses in favourite places like Spain, Dubai and even America it is a very wise decision to take up some form of travel insurance.


John Woosey writes on a variety of Golf related subjects such as Golf travel insurance, Golf insurance and Official golf handicap certificates.