Will leaving my golf clubs in the trunk of my car hurt them?

Question

not year round but like when the weather will likely be nice enough to use them regularly

Answer 1

The clubs will be fine, but your golf balls can be damaged by extreme heat in the  summer, (and by the extreme cold in the winter.)

Answer 2

I leave mine in the trunk...

Answer 3

The temperature variations can affect the epoxy connecting the club heads and shafts... and the grips will also prematurely wear/harden from the temp fluctuations.  So, pretty much this is not recommended.

Answer 4

Shafts and heads should be fine. The grips probably will deteriorate more quickly than normal. It's been thought that constant exposure to higher heats will break down the epoxy bond between shaft and club. Clubmakers use a heat gun to break down the expoxy before pulling a clubhead.

But I doubt that the heat in a car will get that high. I set my heat gun to 800 before the bond breaks.

Answer 5

It won't bother your clubs at all. If you play any amount of golf you should have your clubs re-gripped once a year anyway. On some of my more heavily used clubs, I'll replace the grips twice a year. For 3 bucks I'm not going to worry about whether the grip is up to standard or not. Replace it.

As far as the epoxy being affected, I've replaced lots of shafts and the heat needed from a heat gun to degrade the effect of the epoxy so that you can remove the shaft is many times the temperature in your trunk. Your clubs would be worse off laying on the back seat of your car because of the hot-house affect on the temperature of the interior of your car.

Answer 6

Not a good place because of heat and cold extremes.  Grips, and balls would be the most affected.

Answer 7

it could cause the epoxy to loosen  plus having the clubs laying on side is not a good idea , live in canada  , theft of golf clubs is common  and  very easy to sell . there is one bar in vancouver . you walk into , close to two private courses . one public , understand you ask right person , you got pings for 80 dollars . not sure if true or not . might be woth it to remove for few days . if it is to stop of at range on way home you will be okay . i think the rain may stop within five years , been so steady no idea were clubs are