What's in the Bag: Former Asian Tour winner, Himmat Singh Rai at the Golconda Masters

Interestingly, Himmat has the same setup as his 2015 season where he almost won in back to back weeks on the Asian Tour with a playoff loss at the Ho Tram Open in Vietnam to Sergio Garcia.

A key part of his bag besides equiment are the Hydration salts pictured above. He is heavily relaint on these salts that are minus the sugar that Gatorade comes with and are produced in Mumbai.

He keeps a nut mix in his bag as mid-round fuel. Also, has a Nature Organics bar which has dates, cocunut, carrott and jaggery with about 300 calories for that quick boost of energy coming down the stretch.

He carries a Bushnell to get his yardages dialed in prior to the round or if the caddie is unsure about certain yardages. Heavily relaint on the accessory to validate his distances and ball-striking.

Himmat likes to stay in the present moment, dealing with all the elements and focus on one shot at a time. The Asian tour winner carries an Indian 1 rupee coin which he places always on the heads side. He has adapted a tip from Tiger Woods where in if he moves the marker, he would place it on the tales side so that it would seem odd and would remind him to replace it.

He likes to do some mobility stretches to open up his body and get his golf muscels activated for the day prior to beginning his warm-up routine before a tournament round. Himmat relies on a couple of focus drills and point focus drills. He works on his focus with his eyes prior to going out and trying to get the focus pinned down to where it needs to be.

Rai likes to get in the gym about 4-5 days during the week but not before a round. His trainer develops a comprehensive training plan for his short off-season where he works out more.

His usual practice routine prior to a round is about 40 mins. He hits 30-40 balls to warm-up with 10 of them set aside for the woods (3 each). Himmat typiclly doesn’t hit too many balls as some pros would and just tries to get his rhythm going.

The putting green is where he begins, moves in to the bunker after that and finally hits balls on the range before heading to the tee-box. Maybe, hits a few putts before finally beginning his round. His sequence of hitting balls begins with the wedges, moving on to a 7/8 iron and then finally hitting a long iron. The woods come last and a few wedges to end the warm-up session.

The Leicester-based golfer likes to adapt to his surroundings at different tournaments and visualisation of shots is a key part of his warm-up routine. Himmat visualises certain shots and tries to execute them on the rnge before heading out.