Jed Morgan the headline act at 13th Beach

It has been quite the whirlwind few weeks for rising Australian golf star Jed Morgan.

A runaway victory at the Australian PGA at Royal Queensland in January saw the 22-year's world ranking rocket from the 1300s to 210, earning him a last-minute call-up to the $US5 million ($A7 million) Saudi International.

Even though he missed the cut, it was a career-changing experience playing alongside many of world's best, including countrymen and idols Cameron Smith and Marc Leishman.

"It was a massive event and overwhelming at times but it was awesome and this event is awesome as well," he said.

"There were 30 of the top 50 players in the world there and I've never seen them in person, let alone played in a tournament against them.

"I've watched (Smith and Leishman) win on TV and all of a sudden I'm playing in a tournament with them.

"It was sick."

A rare upgrade to business class for the flight home from Saudi Arabia was another bonus ahead of the Vic Open, beginning on Thursday.

And if Morgan needed any further reminder of his newly elevated status in the sport, it came when his playing partners in the pro-am at 13th Beach included Lord Ian Botham and fellow English cricketing great John Emburey.

"It's cool to go back to a world where you can fly, in terms of leaving for a different country and not having to quarantine or worry about it too much," Morgan said.

"Obviously you still have to take a COVID test but then being able to come back to your own country and not sit in a hotel is pretty cool.

"It felt a bit weird and like a different world to what we have been dealing with for the last two years."

Morgan enters the $410,000 Vic Open as the nominal favourite in an event where the top three finishers will get guaranteed starts