Two years ago, Australian golfer Lucas Herbert was down in the dumps. Although he had been a professional golfer for four years, 2019 was his first year playing overseas, and he was miserable.

“It was my first experience of life on tour,” the 25-year-old says. “I didn’t miss many (half-way) cuts in tournaments that year, but I’ll admit that I had some torment. I wanted to be with my friends at home. The thing is that professional golfers’ friends think they are travelling the world playing golf, so what is there to complain about? The reality is very different. It’s kind of like we are living other people’s dream life.”