Some of negatives associated with soft-style golf travel bags are mobility and protection. Soft bags usually do not roll as easily as hard cases. Also, these bags do not offer same protection as hard cases. Your club heads are especially vulnerable in a soft-style bag.

If you choose a soft-style golf travel bag, I highly recommend that you pick up a Stiff Arm accessory. This will protect your club heads in event of a direct impact to top of your bag.

The best soft-style bags can cost anywhere from $120 - $300.

Hard Case Golf Travel Bags

This style of travel bag encompasses your bag and club. They provide highest amount of protection but do not have space for golf “pack rat”.

Hard cases are a great choice for golfer who travels by air to most golf vacation spots. This style provides most protection and highest security for your golf clubs. Unlike other styles of golf travel bags, airlines will often cover any damage incurred when your clubs are in a hard case travel bag.

Hard cases take up more room than other styles when it comes to storage. They also do not hold all of your golf gear. For golfer who plans more trips by automobile, hard cases might not make as much sense as hybrids or soft-covers.

Hard case golf travel bags average $130 with top of line cases costing around $300.

Now that you have a little more insight into golf travel bags, you will be able to choose right bag for your golf travel and golf vacations. Remember to think about type and frequency of your golf travel, how much protection you need for your golf clubs, and what type of budget you have for a golf travel bag.

Choose wisely. Protect your investment. And, most of all, enjoy your golf vacation!

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5. Horses having their first or second run of season perform much more poorly than horses that are having their 5th, 6th or 7th start of season.

As with point 3, this should not be a major surprise, but there is a bigger difference in profit/loss figures than one might imagine.

Horses that are having their first or second run of season - strike rate 8.2% for a loss of 41%.

Horses having their 5th, 6th or 7th run of season - strike rate 10.2% for a loss of 25.3%.

6. Beaten favourites are generally poor investments, but if horse starts favourite again then their chance of winning increases considerably.

Horses that were beaten favourites last time out and do NOT start favourite on their next start - strike rate 11.5% for a loss of 18.6%.

Horses that were beaten favourites last time out and DO start favourite on their next start - strike rate 34.2% for a loss of just 5.4%.

7. Backing horses that run at Ripon that had previously ran at either Catterick or Wolverhampton (aw) are poor investments .

Only 23 horses from 601 runners have won at Ripon having run last time out at Catterick. That equates to a strike rate of only 3.8%, and produced a loss of nearly 65% !! Only 11 horses from 245 runners have won at Ripon having run last time out at Wolverhampton (aw). That equates to a strike rate of only 4.5%, and produced a loss of nearly 61% !!

8. Horses that won their last ran and travel from overseas are worth consideration.

Backing last time out winners coming from overseas have made an overall profit in 17 years of study. 90 winners from 464 runners produced a strike rate of 19.4% and a profit on investment of 9.6%.

Dave Renham is a uk horse racing and Betting Researcher.