Trevor Immelman is the last player to beat Tiger Woods in a major - and he hopes he might be the next as well.
But, succeed or fail in his defence of The Masters next month, the South African believes that when Woods eventually retires from golf "he will be holding every record that we have in our sport".
Immelman, who pushed Woods into second place at Augusta last April, said: "For me to be able to have won my first major championship with him in the field and with him finishing second, without a doubt it's a feather in my cap.
"When I won my first PGA Tour event at the Western Open he finished second as well, so those are just the two occasions out of probably the 150 that we faced off that I managed to beat him.
"Those are things that are special to me. Those are things that at the end of my career I'll be able to look back on and tell my kids and grandkids about.
"I definitely do think that when it's all said and done Tiger will have set records that will just be unreachable for anybody who comes in future.
"I think for us to be playing in his era is something special for us. I think all of us have been very fortunate to be part of his era.
"I think he's definitely brought a new buzz to golf. I have tremendous respect for the guy and tremendous respect for the way in which he conducts his business and conducts himself.
"I just feel fortunate to be a part of it. Tiger 100% deserves all the attention he gets - in fact, I don't think he gets enough attention.
"The guy is superhuman in some respects. The game needs him, we need him to be back, we need him to be playing well.
"We need him to step up back into the leadership role, if you will, of our sport."
Woods, who ended an eight-month injury lay-off at last week's WGC-Accenture Match Play, went out in the second round to Immelman's compatriot Tim Clark.
The world number one is expected to play again in next week's WGC-CA Championship in Miami.
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