JAMIE Morrison, a knockabout bloke from Perth, isn’t any stranger to Singapore. He’s been there a dozen occasions and, final yr, his annual vacation coincided with the HSBC Ladies’s World Championship at Sentosa.
Morrison contacted event organisers and provided his companies as a volunteer. They accepted and allotted him the duty of carrying a transportable scoreboard alerting spectators to the efficiency of the gamers they had been watching.
He joined up with one other Aussie volunteer, Sydney-based Matt Hadfield, who labored as a scorer, loved the expertise and couldn’t wait to volunteer once more this yr.
“I received a superb deal as a result of I booked my airfare actually early,” he stated. “Earlier than the dates for the event had been introduced, the truth is – I simply labored it out once they’d most likely be enjoying and took a punt.”
The HSBC occasion in Singapore was an fulfilling ‘working vacation’ of types for Perth’s Jamie Morrison.
Morrison, a member of the nine-hole Sea View Golf Membership at Cottesloe, loves being concerned in such a major event.
“They gave me this shirt,” he stated, indicating the brilliant purple golf shirt worn by all volunteers, “and I get free foods and drinks. It’s terrific and, better of all, you get to stroll contained in the ropes with these nice gamers.
“Most of them are very nice – chatty and pleasant and good to be round. It’s wholesome, too – strolling within the contemporary air.”
Morrison stated he’d made associates with the lady who determined which teams the volunteers can be working with. “I’ve received the final group immediately,” he stated with a smile, earlier than heading off with Lydia Ko and event chief A Lim Kim.
“I’m hoping for a superb group once more tomorrow,” he stated. Morrison received his want and strode proudly down the primary fairway with the third-last group on the ultimate day, which included Hannah Inexperienced and Gaby Lopez.
Event over, he packed his bag and caught the midnight flight to Manila, the place he deliberate to surf for a fortnight within the Philippines.
