Ok thank you guys. I traveled with my other bags all the time and used a stiff arm with wood heads still on and have never had a problem. I will try to keep them closely together with towels under the rain cover.
I pack the bag kinda like this when I travel. Including a stiff arm, towels, and then rain cover (not my picture)
dphatt I purchased a TSA lock 2-3 years ago and so far it has prevented the TSA from going into my golf bag. Maybe it’s more effort for them to use a key so they just by pass my bag.
Lucky you. When I had the TSA lock on my bag they just bent it off and mixed around all my clubs.
@DennisMTZ Definitely spring for the Stiff Arm but also do what @dphatt said and take your club heads off and flip the shafts grip side up. Extra towels is also a pro move.
OffTheDole I definitely use a stiff arm. I actually had to buy a new one last time I flew down to palm beach because it had shattered upon arrival. Clubs were safe still! I have a pic of it a few flights before I have to show.....
Not to go too far off topic here but was always curious when you ship with Ship Sticks do they open your golf bag and rifle through your shit or is that only when you check it on a flight?
My clubs were fine but it was scary. Did it job.
DennisMTZ Wow! They really jacked up your Stiff Arm.
Still, it's better that it sacrificed itself and not one of your clubs.
OffTheDole i agree. I sent the picture to club glove and they loved it.
@DennisMTZ see you there!!
jordanbost send me a message and ill text you and we can meet up at Seminole!
Did a dry run of how to fit everything in the lm bag. I placed the woods and hybrid heads in their head covers and put them in the big side zipper. I’m also putting my shoes inside the club glove bag on that side for added cushion. Everything fits well, than you dphatt on the added help discussing. Obviously adding the rain cover before i fly out.
DennisMTZ I wouldn’t put the heads in your side pockets. Pack them in a carry on back pack.
TB3GOLF do they ask to look in your bag when they see these? I may put them with my clothes in a carry on
DennisMTZ if they see the heads in your carry on? Never for me.
DennisMTZ Yes, as @TB3GOLF said, put the heads in your carry-on. Also put your rangefinder in your carry-on bag.
DennisMTZ no one ever looks in a carry on unless you’ve got questionable liquids.
DennisMTZ if I take my 009 on a flight, I pull the head and put it in my carry on. I’ve been pulled aside almost every single time at the tsa checkpoint. I don’t blame them, solid chunk of metal like that.
ckay I was told I wasn’t allowed on plane with mine. Had to go put them in checked bag, because club head was considered a “bludgeoning object”. Damn near missed flight and baggage wasn’t guaranteed to be on plane
That Sea Island bag is amazing!
rrkman when I was a rep for Fourteen Golf I tried carrying wedge heads on to a plane. I got denied. I scrambled to find shipping options in the airport and I missed my flight. I have never tried again since.
dphatt I think I’ve only ever had one guy that questioned it but I explained what it was and why I was carrying it on and he was ok with it. But I can see why it might not be allowed, hopefully I never run into that guy.
dphatt if you ever get tired of having your golf bag checked, place your dirty underwear in the top under the rain cover to add cushion to your clubs for protection on the way back home. Problem solved 🤣
ForeLeft damn! That’s wild! It’s been two years since I’ve flown with a golf bag though. Have things changed?
