Henrik Stenson had the luxury of flying by private jet direct from last week’s U.S. Open to this week’s BMW International Open in Munich but there was no escaping trans-Atlantic jet lag.
It’s fine crossing the Atlantic from east to west but the Swede found himself heavily jet-lagged up travelling from west to east arriving in the Bavarian capital despite enjoying the comforts of a direct 9 1/2 hour flight.
“We landed here in Munich on Monday afternoon and it was one of those direct flights (smiling) but then you are always going to be beaten-up a bit by jet-lag for the first four to five days,” he said.
Henrik Stenon arrives back to Europe struggling with jet lag. (Photo – www.golfbytourmiss.com)
“So I was awake a 4.12am on Tuesday morning and in the gym by 6am and felt that I wanted to go back to bed by 8am.
“This morning I woke-up at 4.26am so I seem to getting a little bit more sleep day by day now (smiling) and by the end of next year I might be back to sleeping normally.”
Stenson is a past winner of the BMW International Open having won the title in 2006 and he will tee-up this week having shared the lead after an opening day 65 at Chambers Bay before eventually settling for a share of 27th place at five over par.
Henrik Stenson a former winner of the BMW International Open. (Photo – www.golfbytourmiss.com)
“I don’t feel too drained from competing last week at Chambers Bay and no different to how I feel in the week after any Major Championship”, he said.
“Even though you always feel a little beaten-up and frustrated due to the fact scoring is tough in the Majors and particularly at a U.S. Open.
“But then I did some good things last week at the U.S. Open but I never really got it going after my first round and especially on that Friday afternoon when the greens were not in great shape and I was bleeding in losing a couple of shots coming home that day.
“As you know there was a lot of talk about the condition of the Chambers Bay course and the design of the course and whether you like it or not it was still a championship test and you had to play well to be up there, and I guess more than anything I didn’t putt that well enough.”
