travelfeature Have clubs, will travel


PGA professionals with time on their hands during the down months, as daylight ebbs and sales and lesson bookings start to slow, could do worse than check out some of the AW group deals available in sunnier climes. There is no shortage of golf tour operators, especially online, who can help professionals trying to put together parties of members and other enthusiasts for a few days of overseas playing and teaching.


All-in-one golf travel with BIG MAX


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IG MAX, Europe’s most popular push-cart brand, has applied its reputation for design innovation to


its new Double Decker travel cover. It’s all happening for ClubstoHire.com G


olfers visiting Florida have taken to renting out golf clubs in a big way, according to ClubstoHire.com, the company that


pioneered club rental across Europe and is about to celebrate its first anniversary in the United States.


southern Spain to its portfolio. There are 22 golf courses in the province, the most popular being the Novo Sancti Petri course designed by Seve Ballesteros (pictured below). “British visitors to the Cádiz region are up 250


In a global market exceeding €100m annually,


the Dublin-based company has seen sales in the Sunshine State increase by 15 per cent and customer interaction grow by 58 per cent since launching its service in July last year. “Orlando is by far the busiest of our locations


The Double Decker is a robust hybrid


travel bag that combines space for your golf gear with separate compartments for all the clothes and shoes needed for a short golf trip abroad. With budget airlines charging up to £34


for 20kg hold baggage and up to £60 for golf clubs on a short-haul trip, the Double Decker offers a real saving on traditional transportation costs. Add on the genuine convenience of transporting just a single bag, the Double Decker is the ideal home for the travelling golfer’s gear. With smooth-running, ball-bearing skate


wheels, adjustable internal bag fixings and three separate packing compartments for shoes, clothes and golfing gear, the Double Decker benefits from a host of practical features that eliminate the need to take two bags onto the plane ever again. BIG MAX UK managing director Ian


Waddicar said: “With the Double Decker you can offer your customers a product that just makes golf travel easier. It takes away the hassle of travelling with multiple bags and saves money on every trip. It has all the quality you’d expect from BIG MAX and is a great addition for any golf retailer.”


SRP: £119.99 www.bigmaxgolf.com


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Stateside and has seen consistently strong traffic since we opened, with excellent take up from the UK market in particular,” said CEO Tony Judge. “We’ve invested heavily in supplying golfers with the latest technology and newest products available on the market, with the added bonus being cheaper than renting locally, or paying excessive airline charges. “Renting a set at a club in


Florida will cost $50 upwards, with higher-end courses charging $80 per round. We charge just $80 for the week, so it makes financial sense as well as not having the hassle and cost of transporting a set for the whole trip.” Judge currently oversees a business renting out


an average of 1,500 sets from leading manufacturers TaylorMade, Callaway, Mizuno and Wilson Staff each week, and 400 sets a day at peak times. Wherever clients fly with ClubstoHire.com, pre-


ordered clubs are delivered to and collected from the customer’s hotel. ClubstoHire.com has just added Cádiz in


per cent since March last year and Jerez airport is served by budget airlines operating regular direct flights from London Stansted and Gatwick,” Judge added. “There has also been a big domestic increase in visitor numbers in recent times as the region offers 330 days of sunshine, with mild average temperatures of 18C.” Locations currently served by ClubstoHire.com


are: Spain (Alicante, Cádiz, Costa Dorada, Girona, Gran Canaria , Malaga, Murcia, Palma and Tenerife), Portugal (Faro, Lisbon and Madeira), Cyprus, Morocco, Turkey, South Africa, Thailand


(Bangkok, Pattaya and Phuket), United States (Orlando and Phoenix/Scottsdale), Ireland (Cork and Dublin) and Scotland.


* Earlier this year, ClubstoHire.com launched a


spin-off company, ClubstoBuy.com to sell used rental clubs from leading golf brands at competitive prices to rival any club resale specialist.


www.ClubstoHire.com and www.ClubstoBuy.com


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