South Region PGA professional Matthew Paget may be expected to lead the way in the Gulf Air International Pro-Captain Challenge Grand Final, supported by BMW, in Bahrain later this month, but his amateur partner certainly has more local knowledge.
Peter Brooks, who works in the aviation business, is a frequent flyer to the Middle East and has only just returned from playing in the Emirates Open on the same course Tiger Woods claimed the Dubai Desert Classic earlier this month.
Now Royal Mid Surrey professional Paget is hoping Brooks' experience will stand them in good stead when the prestigious event is held next week.
"Peter was out there on business and got asked to play in the Emirates Open so hopefully he will have acclimatised himself," said the 34-year-old, who has been in his current post for just over year.
"Whereas I am going out to Portugal to play a pro-am."
Despite his captain's familiarity with the event Paget knows they will need a lot more than local knowledge to get them to the top in the 36-hole event.
"We want to win the event but it is very much a case of going out there and enjoying it and hopefully playing well," he added.
"I don't think there is any need to put more pressure on ourselves. I think we have got to win this or we have to to enjoy the trip.
"On the day of the qualifier (which they won on a countback after tying for first on eight under at Royal Ascot) I talked to Alan Lovelace and Dusan Gavrilovic who have both been on the trip before and they said what a fantastic time it was and how much they enjoyed it.
"I am looking forward to the tournament itself but I think they whole trip will be quite interesting."
One of the perks of the trip is that all England-based competitors are chauffeur-driven from their home club to the airport hotel before jetting off.
However, the drawback for Paget and Brooks is they live almost too close - and Brooks actually works at Heathrow.
"The hotel will almost be further away from Heathrow than we are at the golf club," joked Paget.
"Peter works out of Heathrow and lives in Richmond, while I live in East Molesey.
"Getting a chauffeur is not the sort of treatment you get every day and we will enjoy it but hopefully we will get stuck in traffic!"
Brooks, a six handicapper, was at pains to stress that he was forced to play the Emirates course off the same back tees as the European Tour professionals did - all 7,300 yards.
"I shot 92 on the second day but there were a lot of scratch golfers in the 90s and 100s - it put Tiger's 65 (which he carded in the final round to win) in perspective," he said.
And despite being a frequent visitor to the Middle East he too can find some novelty to look forward to.
"I'm sure not everyone gets to play on the King's private course," he added, referring to the fact the venue for this year's Grand Final has switched to the King of Bahrain's own course in Safriya.
King Hamad stepped in after redevelopment work at the tournament's original venue - The Riffa Club - overran meaning the event would have been played in the height of summer and in temperatures approaching 50 degrees C.
The 36-hole tournament, which offers a top prize of £2,000 to the winning pro, will now be contested between February 24-25 with a field consisting of seven regional finalists, the international qualifier finalists as well as the host club pro and captain.
Each team from GB & Ireland will fly from Heathrow with Gulf Air and enjoy a luxurious stay in the Middle East.
In addition, the English-based teams will be chauffeur-driven to the airport in a BMW via a stop at the German car giants UK headquarters.