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Airlines are quite often a pain when it comes to baggage handling. Incidents of misplacement of items or lack of handling have been pretty prevalent lately. And this particularly is a huge problem when the passenger’s possessions turn out to be expensive or important.

A similar incident took place with Westley Hunter when he was traveling for an event with United Airlines on the 24th of July. Hunter had to face a huge odd because of the damage that was caused to his belongings. Let’s understand what exactly happened.

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Westley Hunter’s bag and golf club incur damages

Westley Hunter, a struggling tour pro, was traveling to Pensacola from Denver, with a layover in Houston, on Monday. Upon landing, he was shocked to find that his prized possession had been completely damaged during transit.

As reported by Golf Digest, Hunter found out that his luggage as well as his golf clubs had been destroyed completely. They also shared the instance on their Twitter handle with a caption, “Just another very normal day of air travel for a professional golfer. 🤬”

It was a very upsetting moment for the mini-tour grinder as he posted pictures of the damaged items on Twitter by tagging United Airlines. He also mentioned how ridiculous it was, “My bag and clubs ruined to a point I didn’t think was possible,” Hunter expressed.

The golfer further stated, “You almost have to try to F up a bag this badly. Like set the thing on fire and throw it off a cliff for it to look this bad. Driver broken, wedged chopped up, travel bag looks like it was burnt, just a really bang-up job here. “

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The mess that they created was surely not expected from the airline. This is especially true when Hunter is not as big as other players who can easily replace their equipment. For the past six years, he has been trying to gain success with his game. However, this is not the first time, a golfer had to face such circumstances.

Frequent cases of damages caused by airline mishandling

A few days back, right before the Open Championship, Adam Schenk forgot his bag at the UK airport. The bag containing his golf club was left unattended at the airport.

This was not something a passenger would expect from their airline. Later on, with the help of tour wives and their Twitter accounts, Schenk was able to get back to his clubs to play for his first round.

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Nonetheless, we hope that United Airlines can come up with a solution to prevent other golfers from experiencing such an issue. What are your thoughts on this situation? Let us know in the comments below.