A time to learn the ropes

Malaysia’s Jeneath Wong at the Augusta National Women’s Amateur at Champions Retreat Golf Course in Evans, Georgia. The Melbourne-based amateur is in this week’s Chevron Championship in Texas. — AFP

AMATEUR sport, be it golf or any other discipline, can provide sportspersons with engaging experiences, some that profoundly affect how their careers are shaped.

That’s because in today’s world of sport, top amateurs sometimes get to mix it with the world’s leading sports personalities and experience firsthand what it’s like at the biggest and most lucrative competitions.