(CNN) -- Tiger Woods has told CNN he still has a burning desire to add to his haul of major titles as he aims to banish a disappointing year with victory in the Masters at Augusta.
Woods returned from a self-imposed exile from the game at the 2010 Masters and finished fourth despite admitting a lack of mental and physical preparation.
A difficult season followed as Woods failed to win any tournaments and slipped from world number one back to his current ranking of fifth.
But he told CNN's Living Golf show that he has a much better balance in his life than he did 12 months ago and says he "always" wants to win at Augusta, with this year's edition a little over a month away.
It's fun to win that tournament," he said. "I've enjoyed my wins in the past and it was a lot of fun coming up to the 18th green when I knew I was going to win. To enjoy that walk up 18 is unlike any other place."
Woods admits he is at a loss to explain how he managed to come fourth in his first appearance after taking several months out after he was engulfed in a very public, personal crisis.
Despite trailing eventual winner Phil Mickelson by five shots, Woods' feat of finishing near the top of the leaderboard with little practice or preparation is one that still amazes him.
He said: "That was very hard because I wasn't as prepared physically or mentally for the event, but I came back to a golf course I had success on and I knew how to play it.
"I still don't know how I did that. I think it helped coming back to a golf course I know. I know where I need to put the golf ball on each and every flag and that helped a lot.
"Of all the golf courses we play St Andrews (in Scotland) and Augusta are the two you have to know have to play. You can't go out there and just hit the golf ball and expect to shoot good numbers."
Few are predicting Woods will match his fourth spot in four weeks time when the globe's top golfers descend on Augusta for the first major of the season.

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