It’s probably happened to the majority of golfers who choose to travel to golf destinations, and that is your luggage arrives but not your golf clubs.
Of course, it’s a more of a concern for a professional golfer as the golf clubs at their tools of trade.
Little wonder, 21-tournament winning Paul Casey pulled no punches in slamming British Airways when his golf clubs on board his flight from Arizona via London to Scotland missed the short flight from London to Edinburgh, ahead of this week’s inaugural St. Andrews Bay Championship.
Casey’s an ‘Elite Gold’ card holder with BA, and in what seems a continuing issue for many golfers arriving into Edinburgh, the LIV Golfer’s club were not among his luggage upon arrival into the Scottish capital.
Casey cited five further BA flights had left Heathrow to Edinburgh following boarding his own fight, but with his clubs not arriving to earlier today (Wednedsay) into the Scottish capital.
“I flew into Edinburgh yesterday from the States yesterday via Heathrow, and I don’t want to go on about it, but without my clubs arriving in Scotland,” Casey said in a press conference ahead of this week’s $1.5m event.
“However, with thanks to Martin Gray, who personally went to Edinburgh Airport to collect the clubs by hand and bring them up here to St. Andrews and he arrived late this morning. So, that was so good of Martin.
“I’m just not a fan of British Airways, right now. I’m also a gold card holder but that doesn’t matter with BA”.
Casey had been due to play the Pro-Am but did manage, and thanks to Gray’s efforts, he played the closing seven holes before heading out post lunch for a full 18 and ending his round close to 5.30pm.
“I’ve been so St. Andrews so many times but have never played the Fairmont, and liked what I saw”, he said.
“I will go out this afternoon and get-in some more practice, and while I’ve been delayed on my preparations, I am not going to let it get in the way. It just means a longer day than I had expected today.”
And Casey revealed it’s a special week for his family as his near five-year old daughter Asteria is marking her first day at school.
