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1600 Rush For Job at the Open

GOLF fanatics from as far away as Japan are expected to be among those queuing for jobs during the Open golf championship this year.

Around 1,600 temporary jobs will be created to help service the thousands of visitors to the championship at Hoylake.

But as local people queue up at the jobs fair open day this week, they will be competing against a hardcore group of regulars who travel to the Open each year.

Stuart McDougall, spokesman for the Royal & Ancient which organises the tournament, said there were a significant number of people who took holidays from their usual job to work at the Open.

He said: "There is a Japanese man who comes every year, pays his own travel and accommodation expenses and works as a steward, just to take part.

He's been coming for many years and doesn't even take any pay for the work - he just loves it.

Spokesman for Jobcentre Plus Euan Cragg-James said they had been receiving calls from across the country requesting details of jobs during the tournament.

He added: "Hoylake Jobcentre Plus office started receiving telephone calls about The Golf Open as far back as January, with one customer calling from the South of England requesting 10 application forms for her and her friends, who apparently follow the Open every year."

Those who want to apply must be available for work between July 16 and July 23. Some posts will require people starting at an earlier date.

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