Players benefit from mental fitness and recovery zone at Hero Dubai Desert Classic

Players competing at this week’s Hero Dubai Desert Classic are benefiting from a dedicated space to manage stress and focus on their wellbeing.

The new Mental Fitness and Recovery Zone in place at the opening Rolex Series event of the year is the first of its kind on the DP World Tour’s 2024 Race to Dubai.

Its implementation aligns with the DP World Tour’s broader focus on enhancing the mental wellbeing and physical fitness of all Tour players.

Dr/Prof Andrew Murray, Chief Medical and Scientific Officer, DP World Tour, and Sport and Exercise, University of Edinburgh, said: “The reaction has been really positive. People are delighted to know that we are thinking about this.”

Players are also able to benefit from a virtual reality experience to further support their visualisation, as well as opportunities to have one-on-one consultations with doctors for those golfers who require further mental wellbeing support.

Dr Margo Mountjoy, a prominent clinician scientist, said: “Different individuals will come in who want to work on their mental fitness with respect to performance and others come in because they are having challenges and they want to work on stress or anxiety, maybe depression.”