American golfer Tiger Woods met former NBA Rockets center Yao Ming and the two stars exchanged skills on their respective specialised sport here.
Woods on Friday demonstrated how to tee off to Yao Ming and gave hand-to-hand instructions to Yao, who is also a golf lover. Woods then attempted basketball shootings under Yao's direction, Xinhua news agency reported.
This is the ninth time Woods is visiting China since 2001, playing tournaments and attending commercial activities as well.
In his 2006 visit to Shanghai for HSBC Champions, Woods showed skill on table tennis.
In 2009 edition of HSBC Champions, Woods played Chinese chess with Phil Mickelson on the bank of Huangpu River in Shanghai. Coming in 2010, Woods posed like a sword master.
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