Jose Maria Olazabal hoping Tiger Woods can complete Masters comeback

Tiger Woods looks likely to make his comeback at the Masters (Matt Slocum/AP).

If there is any player who can empathise with what Tiger Woods has been through as he tries to get fit for the Masters, Jose Maria Olazabal fits the bill.

Olazabal first triumphed at Augusta National in 1994 but later that year was struck down by a debilitating ailment in the joints of his feet which left him in so much pain that he had to crawl to the bathroom.