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Cigars for a Round of Golf

Updated 2026-08-20 · by Eric

A golf cigar has three jobs: last the right number of holes, survive being set down on a cart tray, and cost little enough that losing one to a cart path doesn't ruin the hole. Every pick below comes from a full review on this site.

The course is a terrible place for a precious cigar. It gets set down mid-swing, it goes out while you look for a ball, it rides a bouncing cart in the sun. That's not a reason to bring a bad cigar... it's a reason to bring a good, forgiving, fairly-priced one. Here's how I'd stock the bag.

Match the cigar to the holes

The size math this site runs: a corona goes 30-45 minutes, a robusto about an hour, a toro 90 minutes to 2 hours, a Churchill 2 hours and up. Nine holes runs about two hours... that's toro territory, or a robusto if you smoke the front nine and talk the back. Eighteen holes is a two-cigar round, not one giant cigar: light the second when you want it, not because the first has to last five hours.

The bag

The everyday choice... an easy-smoking toro that you can rebuy by the box on its quarterly sales for around $8 a stick, which is exactly the price you want riding in a cart:

The step-up... more flavor for a few dollars more, with one course-relevant caveat straight from the review: it asks for a lighter more than it should, so it pairs well with the torch advice below:

The front-nine robusto, right at $10:

And the good-round cigar... when the occasion earns it, the closest thing to a box on this site that isn't one, and the toro I'd bring before I'd gamble course money on something unproven:

The two pieces of gear that matter out there

Wind is the course's whole personality, and a torch handles it the way a soft flame can't. This one is cheap, it's a triple jet, and it's the one I'd hand a beginner anyway:

And because golf is where wrappers crack... a cigar rolling around a cart tray or riding a bag pocket takes abuse... ten dollars of field repair insurance earns its slot:

Course rules worth knowing

A cigar that goes out on the course is normal, not a failure... relighting is part of the game, same as it is on the deck. Purpose-built protection matters more in a golf bag than almost anywhere else; the traveling with cigars page covers what actually keeps a stick smokable in heat. And mind the group: smoke drifts, so check before you light, and downwind is good manners even among friends.

Related reading: Which Size, When · Smoking and Storing Cigars in Summer Heat · Smoking a Cigar in Cold Weather

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