12 May,2011 08:18 AM IST | | PA Sport
Tiger Woods wishes he could have taken on Seve Ballesteros in his prime, but he did at least get to play with him.
Returning to golf this week for the first time since The Masters ufffd knee and Achilles problems prevented him hitting a single shot for almost a month ufffd Woods has recalled the practice round he had with Ballesteros at Augusta some years ago.
"Just to hear him explain how to hit shots around there ufffd it was just artful," said the former World No 1 of the Spaniard, whose funeral took place yesterday. "Just how much spin you need to put it here and where you need to land it, where it needs to kick and the way he explained it.
"And what he needs to do with the body to do that with the hands. He looked like he didn't try and do anything mechanical ufffd he just understood it.
"He would have been so much fun to watch and compete against."
With 14 major titles Woods has nine more than Ballesteros achieved in his career, but the talk now, of course, is of a barren run in all tournaments that stretches back 18 months.
