Fighting the Jet Lag with Golf

Who hasn't experienced it? After a 16-hour flight, sleeping at odd times, extended fatigue, keeping awake and feeling hungry when others are sleeping! All these are the signs of jet lag. Flying across the time zones gives you jet lag. How to overcome? It takes its own time. May last up to one week. Any other way to fight the jet lag. If you are a golfer, you can overcome the jet lag from day-1! How? Read on.

Ghumakkad recently travelled from India to USA. After arrival in California in the forenoon, I avoided sleeping till dinner time. First night was comfortable. Next day around lunch when it was late night in India, the body wanted to sleep. We decided instead to go golfing in the afternoon. It yielded positive results. Overcame sleepiness till dinner again. The third day went well till noon when once again the body clock wanted sleep. Another round of golf and we overcame the jet lag. So, if you are a golfer just play two rounds of golf within the first two three days and you will overcome the jet lag. If not a golfer, go on a hike or a walk or a run to fight the jet lag.

Few months back we had travelled to New Zealand for the Ironman event. Again it was a long journey across the time zones. Swimming, hiking and golf together helped us to overcome the jet lag successfully. Compare the two pictures below.

Beer Cart

Las Positas Golf Club, a public course in Livermore, California surprised us during the golf round yesterday. A golf cart with beer and other drinks went from hole to hole. Beer while teeing off? Well, see the picture.

Hole-In-One!

Once you have overcome the jet lag, you continue golfing. On the 4th day after arriving in California, we went golfing again. This time at another public course named Pleasanton Golf Center. So well maintained. Lush green fairways. Tight nine-hole course located inside a race course. I hit a hole-in-one on 138-yard Hole No. 8 using a 5 hybrid. 

The green is located across a hungry pond just 30 yards ahead of the water hazard. The ball landed short of the green, bounced up and curled right into the cup. Sadly, there was no gallery to applaud except my paying partner Surendra Bhargava. It was my first ever hole-in-one in 36 years of my golfing life! Sharing few pictures of the Pleasanton Golf course.

Look at the bunkers so well kept at a public course!

So that is the power of golfing. It can even beat the jet lag!

Our previous story titled 'Golfing With Grandson In California' can be accessed here.

Thanks for browsing.

  - Harsh-the-Ghumakkad/ Pleasanton/ 28th July 2025.

#golf #jetlag #holeinone #california #navyveteran #pleasantongolfcenter #laspositasgolfclub #ghumakkadharsh #ghumakkadhb