Caddy Billy Foster thinks every golf player should have a portrait of Tiger Woods in their house because of his impact on the sport.
The 48-year-old is one of the best players to have ever picked up a club, despite suffering injury setbacks over the past decade.
Woods is returning to Augusta looking to win his fifth Masters title, having last reigned supreme back in 2019.
Given his fitness issues, few are expecting the American to add to his legacy.
Tiger Woods is preparing for the Masters with the golf icon eyeing one last triumph
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Yet Foster, speaking to CasinoAlpha.com, thinks his legacy on the sport can't be underestimated - and every golfer should be grateful for what he's done.
"Even if he plays in crutches, he’d still raise the bar," he said.
"He’s the best thing that’s happened to golf. He made the sport twice as popular as it had been before and doubled tournament prize money.
"Every player should have a portrait of Tiger in his house and bow to him every morning because he’s made them all multi-millionaires.
"We won’t ever see anyone like him again."
He continued: "His passion and desire and his work ethic to train hard, trying to get back. Something inside me makes me think he’ll win another tournament.
"If he can start playing 8 to 10 tournaments a year, that would be great!"
The current world No 1 is Scottie Scheffler, who is among the favourites to triumph at Augusta.
Yet while Foster is a huge admirer of the 27-year-old, he insists he's not comparable to Woods just yet.
"Scottie is the white Tiger isn’t he?" he added.
"I don’t know if you saw Tiger’s results between 1999 to the middle of 2001 and he’d got so many wins, at least over half of the tournaments he played in, he’d won and then if he wasn’t winning he’d be finishing in the top 15. I mean, that’s ridiculous!
"People forget how dominant Tiger was.
"Scottie is an incredible player, he’s not in the same postcode as Tiger as of yet but I’ve got to hand it to Scottie.
"I’ve seen him play quite a lot over the last few months and he’s a brilliant player.
"He’s number one in the world for a reason. He’s so consistent.
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Tiger Woods has been praised by caddy Billy Fosters ahead of the Masters later this week
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"Even when he’s break dancing just as he hits the ball, sometimes he has one foot up in the air but he’s an amazing talent."
Woods, meanwhile, has admitted he's in pain 'every day' as he looks to scale the heights of old.
"I hurt every day … I ache every day," he admitted on Tuesday.
“As far as my physicality on certain shots, every shot that’s not on a tee box is a challenge.
“The ankle doesn’t hurt anymore … so that’s fine. It’s other parts of my body that now have to take the brunt of it … the back, the knee, other parts of the body … and just the endurance capability of walking a long time and being on my feet for a long time.”
Tiger Woods last won the Masters back in 2019
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Woods is, however, still confident he can add one more Masters to his collection.
“If everything comes together, I think I can get one more. Do I need to describe that any more than that, or are we good?" he said with a smile.
"I still think that I can win.
“I haven’t got to that point where I don’t think I can’t.”
