Club Hire

Flying with clubs is expensive and painful. Hiring them in Scotland is usually the better call — here's how the hire models work, where to book, how to check what your airline charges, and the mistakes that ruin rounds.

You snapped a courtesy 7-iron on a tree root. The pro shop wants £180. Who pays — your travel insurance, the hire firm's waiver, the credit card, or you? The answer, by scenario.