Clubs on plane

I'm only bringing my clubs if I plan to play more than a couple of rounds or if I'm playing in some sort of tournament. Otherwise, I rent. Not worth the hassle and potential damage imo

I thought about that but it will be me and my son. We will be playing 2 different days so rentals, balls, gloves plus green fees x 2 could get expensive.

Hard case and an air tag. Besides for your clubs don’t put your range finder speaker etc in there.

friends have used Ship Sticks

looks to be $200 each direction...

I take the heads off, but put them in carry on, too easy to steal. Same with rangefinder, speaker etc.

Get yourself a Sun Mountain Clubglider travel bag and thank me later. Prior to this year, I'd never flown with my clubs but I got this bag and have traveled to Arizona, Georgia, and Las Vegas without any problems at all. Also has a retractable deal with wheels on it, super easy to roll through the airport or to car rental, etc.

Like others have said, I remove driver and 3w heads and put them in carry on. Only other thing I do is wrap a beach towel around the irons.

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Hard case and an air tag.

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This. I’ve heard too many horror stories of putters getting bent and heads getting damaged. Shell out the extra $100 and get a hard case. It’s well worth the money.

Samsonite has a hard case on Amazon for $200.

If it's in a hard case, yes.

Here is an example of how Southwest words the liability waiver you're subject to if you use a soft case.

It doesn't even need to be damaged...if it's lost, you're exposing yourself to zero coverage by the airline if it's in a soft case.

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Unsuitable Baggage Subject to limited release of liability
The Carrier may, at its sole discretion, but is not obligated to, accept Baggage unsuitable for Carriage as Checked Baggage, subject to a Limited Release of Liability, as provided below:
(1) Voluntary separation for which the Carrier is not liable for delay;
(2) Fragile and unsuitably packed items for which the Carrier is not liable for damage and loss of contents;
(3) Previously damaged items for which the Carrier is not liable for damage and loss of contents;
Soft-sided cases or unprotected/unpacked items, for which the Carrier is not liable for damage and loss of contents

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Well, that's true with anything in life

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Right...but you've got valid alternative to avoid the issue here. Like I said, it's not going to be a problem until you have to make a claim. You may never have had a bad experience using a soft bag but you're more exposed than someone using a hard case.

Using a soft case you're completely at the disposal of the agent(s) you work with outside of standard airline coverage. Most credit card companies I have seen are similar in their coverage as well but I've only looked at the cards we normally use.

I spent alot of time researching this when we decided to buy our own snow skis because the policies are all about the same. I don't agree how different they treat the two bags especially with how much soft cases have advanced with protection but it' just not a risk I am willing to take with $2k-$3k in clubs and contents.