Wednesday 4 April 2018 16:15, UK
Tommy Fleetwood is relishing the opportunity to play alongside Tiger Woods over the first two rounds of the Masters.
Fleetwood, making his second appearance at Augusta National after missing the cut on his debut last year, has been drawn with the four-time champion and Australia's Marc Leishman.
The return of Woods has dominated the build-up to this year's Masters and the 42-year-old is certain to attract the largest gallery of patrons, but Fleetwood insists he will welcome the extra attention rather than be daunted or overwhelmed.
"The first real Masters I watched was 1997, when he won his first," said the European No 1. "A few years on and I get to play with him and I don't think you can get a better draw than Tiger at the Masters, especially with what's going on in golf at the moment.
"All that said, I'm only bothered about me. Whatever he does is not my problem, I've got to get on with my own stuff. But it doesn't get much better than that. It's very cool.
"Tiger was in his pomp when I was growing up. There was something about this week where I thought to myself, for some reason, I'm going to get Tiger Woods this week.
"I walked to the putting green and it was the biggest mass of people you could see imagine around here, just to see him and Phil walking off the 18th green so you get an idea of how busy it's going to be.
"As well as concentrating on my stuff I'll get to watch him up close and see what he does and there's nothing better than that."
Fleetwood struggled in the cool, blustery conditions over the first two days last year after practice was disrupted by storms and tornado warnings early in the week, but he feels better prepared for the challenge ahead this week.
"It was terrible weather last year and two of the practice days got cancelled so it's nice to be playing here in the sun," he added. "I feel like my prep has been good and my game has been good in practice. I feel like I've done all the right things so far this week.
"It would be lovely to have a run of it at the end of the week but I'm not putting too much expectation on myself. It's great to be playing obviously, and I do want to be in there with a chance at the end of the week but the more expectation you put on yourself the more pressure that adds so I'll be trying my best to take it one shot at a time."
