Measuring Golf Clubs to Fit a Travel Case

Most golfers prefer to use their personal clubs over rentals whenever possible. There’s a sense of familiarity using one’s own equipment that provides a slight edge to the game. However, packing up your golf clubs isn’t always an easy process unless you have first mastered the technique of measuring your golf clubs to fit a travel case.

Quite a number of travel cases are sold today in a wide assortment of styles, colors, and prices. The first decision that you need to make is to determine which style of golf club travel case is going to meet your personal needs. Two basic styles are available including those that can hold both your golf clubs and your golf case and those that simply hold your golf clubs. Additionally, golf club travel cases come in models with soft cases and hard cases, so you have yet another decision to make.

Before you go about the task of measuring your golf clubs properly so that you purchase the proper travel case, you should gather a few simple supplies. These items include either a 48-inch yardstick, or a 12-inch ruler, include a roll of masking tape, and 36-inch yardstick. It might be difficult to find a 48-inch yardstick and if it is, just tape a 12-inch ruler to a 36-inch yardstick and you’ll be all set. Make sure that you use enough masking tape to secure the ruler and yardstick firmly in place.

Now that you are ready to start, you’ll be finished quite quickly as you only need to measure one golf club. Select the longest club that you own for this task. Take the club and place it on a flat surface. Typically, a tiled or wooden floor is a good location for this task.

You’ll need to measure the golf club from the tip of the head to the butt of the grip. To do so, place the tip of the club’s head on the floor while you are in a standing position. For those who aren’t sure what the tip of the head is, it is the part of the head that is opposite the shaft or the furthest away. The butt of the golf grip and the shaft should be angled is you have set the club up properly.

Next, you need to place the yardstick along the back of the golf club so that the butt of the golf grip sits in front of the measuring stick. Now you are ready to take the measurement of the club. Make sure that your eyes are level with the part of the stick so that the measurement is accurate. If you look at the yardstick at an angle, it could throw your measurement off a bit.

Now that you have your golf club measurement, you are ready to begin shopping around for a travel bag. Since your purchase is one that is probably going to last you for a while, take your time deciding exactly which travel case is perfect for your set of golf clubs.