{"id":887368,"date":"2026-09-10T21:48:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T21:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/887368\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T21:48:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T21:48:16","slug":"recovery-is-key-for-players-at-the-solheim-cup-this-is-the-one-part-of-the-process-that-matters-most-australian-golf-digest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/887368\/","title":{"rendered":"Recovery is key for players at the Solheim Cup. This is the one part of the process that matters most \u2013 Australian Golf Digest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Solheim Cup is about the matches: 28 in total, spread out over three days, with the top pros playing as many as five in the span of 60 hours.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But for the physical therapists on-site this week at Bernardus Golf, it\u2019s all about recovery. That\u2019s their focus: helping players navigate a lot of golf in a very short time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The need for recovery increases in an event like the Solheim Cup because of the amount of stress and excitement involved. \u201cEven just the good excitement, it\u2019s still stress,\u201d says Alex Herzlin, Team USA\u2019s physio. He\u2019s also the physical therapist for the LPGA Tour. \u201cSo recovery is just preached constantly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.australiangolfdigest.com.au\/solheim-cup-2026-burning-questions-answered-nelly-korda-charley-hull\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Solheim Cup 2026: 10 burning questions answered on the eve of the matches<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The physios helping the two teams in the Netherlands will be using recovery tools like compression boots and hands-on physio work to keep players\u2019 bodies fresh. Players are also talked to about nutrition, eating a balanced diet and making sure they\u2019re eating enough during these strenuous days. Your body burns more calories when you\u2019re stressed, Herzlin says. So caloric intake is crucial during Solheim Cup weeks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Players are also working on their sleep.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSleep is the most important,\u201d Herlin says. \u201cIt\u2019s instantaneous. You\u2019re going to lose performance the next day if you don\u2019t sleep well. Whereas other types of recovery, it\u2019ll take more time for the effects to happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are different methods players use to sleep well on the road.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSome people travel with a pillow. Some people travel with their own light bulbs because they don\u2019t do well with the harsh lights in hotel rooms. They minimise screen time,\u201d Herzlin says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If a player is staying in a hotel instead of an Airbnb, Herzlin warns against the tendency to start treating the bed as a couch. It\u2019s easy to do; sometimes there isn\u2019t much more than a bed in a hotel room. But when you start using your bed like you would a couch, to watch a movie or sit on while eating a meal, you run the risk of confusing your body when it is time to sleep.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYour body starts losing that trigger: I get in bed, it\u2019s time to go to bed,\u201d Herzlin said. Treating your bed as anything other than a bed can make it harder for you to fall asleep, and then it\u2019s suddenly harder to compete the next day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf you don\u2019t sleep well,\u201d Hezlin says, \u201cnow you\u2019re treading water with a weight vest on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.australiangolfdigest.com.au\/solheim-cup-2026-here-are-opening-foursomes-for-first-session-with-surprises\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Solheim Cup 2026: Here are the foursomes matches for the first session with a few surprises<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Solheim Cup is about the matches: 28 in total, spread out over three days, with the top&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":887369,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[4225,64,63,755,146405,330923,9489,4016,368424,85,190949,12632],"class_list":["post-887368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-article","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-golf","tag-lpga-tour","tag-physio","tag-recovery","tag-sleep","tag-solheim-cup","tag-sports","tag-sports-science","tag-women"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/887368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=887368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/887368\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/887369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=887368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=887368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=887368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}