I tried it: This piece of equipment is a must for golf travel

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Why this piece of equipment is a must for golf travel

Anyone who travels knows that when you arrive at your destination, your body doesn’t feel quite right. After hours in the car or cramped in an airline seat, it takes a little while for your body to move the way you’re used to. This can pose some problems if you’re going straight from the airport to the first tee.

And I know when I go on a buddies trip, I make it a point to play as much golf as possible, which often means teeing it up promptly upon arrival. After a long day in transit, though, my body rarely cooperates. Without the benefit of some serious stretching and massaging, my swing speed is down, my feel around the greens is off and my game is sloppy. It’s not exactly a great recipe for success.

So where to turn for answers? No one knows how to travel and play good golf better than the pros. With a a physio on the traveling team, though, that’s not a surprise. These are professional athletes, after all. But there’s another secret to their recovery process — and it comes in the form of a variety of devices from Hyperice, the official recovery system of the PGA Tour.

Hyperice Hypervolt Go 2

Made to move The ultimate portable and mini massage gun. Lightweight, versatile, and sleekly designed, it offers relief on-the-go – massaging away stress and tension, loosening muscle knots, and targeting fatigue. It’s more than just an ordinary massage gun – it’s designed for go-getters like you to help you do what you love, more. Wellness that moves with you The Hypervolt Go 2 makes your body feel like new. Warm-up fast, release stress and tension, and unlock tight muscles, wherever your life takes you. Just a few minutes a day will help you feel revived and find your full range of motion.

$129 from Fairway Jockey

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Hyperice offers a variety of products for optimal recovery, but to me the most useful is the Hyperice Hypervolt Go 2. This mini massage gun is small enough to travel with me anywhere I go and helps me get loose once I’m there.

Like most recovery guns, the Hypervolt Go 2 gives a percussive massage for relief on-the-go — and it’s so easy to use even the most technologically deficient among us can figure it out. All you’ve got to do is keep it charged up and push the button to start it up. Easy peasy.

My recovery after a long day of travel has never been better since I started using the Hypervolt Go 2 — and my scores early in my trips have never been lower. The only downside is now I don’t have any good excuses for bogeys early on in my rounds. Now, I’ve got no one to blame but myself.

It’s a small price to pay for the relief I feel when I use the Hypervolt Go 2.