Yeah, the ATS piers do look really nice (and the PWTs even better), but it's pretty hard to justify that kind of cost on a rig I only use one month out of the year (albeit at a full 15° south of my normal location, opening up a plethora of new targets).
I looked into snowboard cases and fishing rod cases, but they weren't quite the right size/shape. I'll have to give the golfbag thing a run.
-- Jeff.
SmartAstronomy makes cases (satchel ?) that fit my ATS 10" x 36" pier ... I think the one I got was for a large scope, but when they saw me put my pier in it at the WSP 2 years ago, they realized they could fill that niche too ...