September 27, 2023
The perfect abroad journey tip, in line with a serious champion

Bernhard Langer has traversed the globe for a lot of his profession.

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Welcome to Highway Guidelines, a GOLF.com collection during which we decide the brains of professional golf vacationers, starting from skilled golfers and caddies to globetrotting course raters and academics. We’ll unlock their must-have journey gadgets, go-to airline ideas and extra to tell you to your subsequent golf tour.

Skilled golfers are a few of the most well-traveled individuals on the planet. With tournaments all around the globe, golfer’s stay a jet-setting way of life. And, in contrast to different athletes, they’re sometimes flying industrial.

For worldwide stars, that journey is amped up much more. Most worldwide gamers maintain a house in the USA however will steadily head again to their house nations all through the season, which means the miles rack up even faster.

One such participant who’s crisscrossed the globe for a lot of his profession is Bernhard Langer. The 65-year-old has been a professional for over 50 years, and he’s performed throughout.

Just lately, GOLF.com had an opportunity to meet up with the foremost winner to select his mind on the very best journey tip for going overseas — and his reply will assist anybody coping with jet lag.

“If you happen to cope with time change, attempt to use as a lot of the daylight as attainable,” Langer says. “So if I’m going to Europe, which is six hours forward, I attempt to stand up early.”

By waking up with the solar, your physique is compelled to acclimate to the brand new timezone. And regardless that you’ll seemingly really feel groggy all through the day, it is possible for you to to kick jet lag faster than for those who slept in.

“Try to stand up early even for those who don’t need to,” Langer says. “Get as a lot daylight as attainable after which go to mattress and modify to the native time as rapidly as you possibly can.”

If it really works for a journey veteran like Langer, it ought to be just right for you, too.

Zephyr Melton

Golf.com Editor

Zephyr Melton is an assistant editor for GOLF.com the place he spends his days running a blog, producing and enhancing. Previous to becoming a member of the staff at GOLF, he attended the College of Texas adopted by stops with the Texas Golf Affiliation, Staff USA, the Inexperienced Bay Packers and the PGA Tour. He assists on all issues instruction and covers novice and ladies’s golf. He will be reached at [email protected].