That code allowed Fechner a `fly on the wall' view of the world's number one golfer Tiger Woods during his third round at the Australian Masters in Melbourne on Saturday.

Fechner was given the privilege of escorting four VIPs as they followed Woods over 18 holes at Kingston Heath because he has served as a volunteer scorer at the Masters for the past 25 years.

He expected to spend the four days walking the course holding a portable scoreboard, which he did for three of those days.

Fechner said he could not believe his good fortune when he arrived in Melbourne on Wednesday and found out about his assignment.

"I got my schedule and every other day I had a start time and a group but not for Saturday," he said.

"I just had a code. When I spoke to the tournament organiser he said to me `You must be very happy with yourself' and I said `why'.

"He just smiled and said `because you will be following Tiger Woods on Saturday'.

"It was incredible, I couldn't believe it. I spent the next two days carrying a scoreboard around the course walking on air."

Fechner said Woods was an amazing golfer to see up close.

"We were never more than a few metres away from him," he said.

"My job was to get the VIPs to a good viewing point and make sure they weren't blocking any of the advertising signs. We were inside the ropes, most of the time we were standing or squatting just a couple of metres from Tiger as he took his shots.

"He hits it so smoothly. Saturday was his worst round but we still watched some amazing shots. He can play any shot you like and some of his scrambling shots were just incredible.

"We also got to see him wind up one of his drives. It went well over 300 metres, it was something to see.

"He was so calm on the course. He was always focused on the shot he was taking, he never reacted to the crowd or anything. It was pretty impressive."