Kilmarnock golfer Mark Evans was amazed when he arrived at the Clubs to Hire shop in Faro Airport to be told he was the company's 500,000th customer.

To celebrate the milestone, Evans has been gifted free club hire for a year at any of Clubs to Hire's 27 outlets worldwide, plus he can enjoy a complimentary fourball at five of Europe's best golf venues: Club de Golf Alcanada and Son Gual, in Mallorca; Quinta do Lago and Onyria Palmares Beach & Golf Resort, in Portugal's Algarve; and Quinta da Marinha Resort, near Lisbon - giving him free golf and product to the value of more than €1,500.

Upon arriving at the Clubs to Hire store in Faro airport, Evans was warmly welcomed by store manager Kevin Ludkin, who had been pre-warned by the company's head office that the 39-year-old chartered surveyor had secured the 500,000th rental set taken since its launch in 2010.

A delighted Evans said: "I'm extremely surprised and shocked to win this prize. I am down golfing with a group of 13 lads who have all hired their clubs and we will celebrate this prize in fine style."Renting our clubs with Clubs to Hire is so straight-forward and removes all the hassle of lugging your own set on the trip." Clubs to Hire co-founder Tony Judge added: "It was great to see the look of incredulity on Mark's face when he realised what was happening. And we were delighted to be able to commemorate the occasion in such a manner, especially as it comes very close to the eighth anniversary of the business. "We are very proud of the product and service we offer and were gratified to hear the regard in which we are held by Mark and his friends. "We need to say a big thank you to the five fabulous golf courses who added to the event with their generosity - and, of course, a big thank you to all of our customers over the last eight years."

Clubs to Hire handles more than 300,000 annual visits to its website for rental clubs at 27 locations worldwide, including popular golfing regions in the USA, Thailand, Australia, South Africa and five countries across the Mediterranean, offering the latest clubs on the market - for men and women, left- or right-handed - from just €35 per week, a potential saving of up to €85, with none of the hassle.

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Information for Journalists
Press release written and distributed by Azalea on behalf of Clubs to Hire.

• Founded in 2010 by Irish entrepreneurs Tony Judge and Gerry McKernan, Clubs to Hire opened its first branch at Faro airport, in Portugal, the same year, offering rental sets of the very latest golf clubs, from just €35 per week.
• Whether on a golfing holiday or on a business trip, Clubs to Hire saves travellers the hassle of taking golf clubs through busy airport terminals, waiting to collect them at excess luggage, and paying extortionate carriage charges.
• As of June 12, 2018, the following golf club carriage charges were in place at short-haul operators:
  - Aer Lingus - maximum £40 each way;
  - BMI - €60 each way;
  - easyJet - maximum £52 each way;
  - Flybe - maximum £30 each way;
  - Jet2.com - from €37 each way
  - Lufthansa - €80 (within Europe);
  - Ryanair - maximum £40 each way.
• Clubs to Hire serves the following destinations - Spain: Alicante, Costa Dorada, Girona, Gran Canaria , Malaga, Murcia, Palma (Mallorca) and Tenerife; Portugal: Faro, Lisbon and Madeira; Cyprus: Paphos; Morocco: Marrakesh and Agadir; South Africa: Cape Town; Turkey: Belek; UK & Ireland: Dublin and Edinburgh; United States: Orlando, Florida, and Scottsdale, Arizona. Australia: Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane
• High-resolution images of Clubs to Hire outlets, personnel and some available product may be downloaded from http://bit.ly/2t9AxMC.

For further information please contact Dave Bowers at Azalea on 0044 (0) 1730 711920 or dave@theazaleagroup.com.