Rasmus Højgaard gets real about the Ryder Cup hangover and the emotional burnout that comes with competing at the highest level in golf.
In this video, we break down:
✅ How the Ryder Cup took its toll on Højgaard
✅ The mental and physical challenges of golf burnout
✅ Why top players struggle after such an intense event
✅ What this means for his future on the PGA Tour & DP World Tour
The Ryder Cup is the pinnacle of golf, but the aftermath can be just as tough. Hear Rasmus’s brutally honest take on life after the biggest stage.
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How did it feel like to get back out there and uh play this morning? How’s the body feel in the mind and everything? Um it was it was a good battle. Um still a bit lower on on energy. So I’m going to manage myself the next couple of days uh and hopefully restore some of some of it, but uh yeah, it felt it was good. I I really enjoyed being back out playing. How how’ the game feel today? What what worked best for you out there? It felt like fairways were poisoned today. I didn’t really see them that much. So, uh had to uh shape a few approach shots from the trees today. But, you know, I put it great and that kept me in uh kept me in the round. You talk about managing yourself. Like, what does that look like over the next couple days as far as just trying to keep your energy, get your energy level back up? Um it means that I won’t be practicing more this afternoon. Uh probably jump in some uh in in the cold plunge and uh yeah, hopefully that’s going to help out a little bit. With the with with the energy level being low, how pleased are you with shooting a round under par three under? Yeah, it was I’m very pleased. It wasn’t it wasn’t easy today. I I battled it off the tea and, you know, didn’t hit many green. So, yeah, again, a good putter really saved me out there a couple of times. So I’m I’m pleased to shoot a score in the 60s. Oh, sorry. Raasmus, you you played nine yesterday, right, in the proam. Did anything on the golf course now that you’ve seen all 18, did anything surprise you or impress you today? I won’t say anything surprised me, you know. It’s um I don’t there’s nothing that really comes to my mind. There’s obviously a couple a few holes, a few t-shirts here on the front line that uh you just get get an idea of where like what depth have you got from from the right side or or or the left side or can I cut the trees a little bit or not. So again, my caddy walked the walked the course so he uh he guided me around pretty good. How much do you think you learned today that you can utilize tomorrow? I definitely uh saw the whole course today. So, uh, hopefully tomorrow I can narrow that in and spend more time in the fairway. Thank you. Thanks, Ros.
