The Dane will meet up with Torrance again next week as he tries to get his game back into top shape after a disappointing fortnight in America, and will not have to make the long journey to Largs in Scotland to do so.

“I am fortunate that Bob’s son lives about 200 yards from me, so if Bob is going to go anywhere it is to see his family and grandchildren,” said Bjorn, whose English base is on the exclusive Wentworth estate alongside former Ryder Cup captain Sam Torrance and world number two Ernie Els.

“When he is there he pops round to see me and Paul McGinley. You have to remember you’re dealing with a man who has travelled the world his whole life and is 71 so you can’t put pressure on him to travel. If you want to see him you have to take time to see him.

“His biggest asset is that he has seen them all, the best ball-strikers from the days of Ben Hogan and Sam Snead to today. None of the other teachers have that. He has 50 years of experience and there is no substitute for that.”

Bjorn, who today began the defence of his BMW International Open title in Munich, will be seeking to tap into that experience after seeing his form slip since finishing second in the Open and Irish Open in consecutive weeks.

The 32-year-old missed the cut in the USPGA and finished 61st in the 85-man field in the NEC Invitational last week and added: “I probably had too high expectations after the good run in July.

“I lost track of my swing during the week in Denmark and didn’t have enough time before the USPGA to get it back on track.

“I am hitting a lot of good shots but the poor ones are just too poor at the moment. But I am on a golf course I’ve had a lot of success on and if there is any place I have a chance of performing, this should be the place.

“I’ve had two wins here in the last three years but my best memory is making the Ryder Cup team in 1997 when everything was tough.

“I know two or three days with Bob will get me back on track as I am not that far away. The swing changes I have made have given me high expectations for the future and I know I can go a long way now. But I need to schedule myself a bit better and be able to go away and practice hard with Bob more than I do.

“I’ve played nine out of 10 weeks so haven’t given myself a chance to keep my game in shape. At the start of the year the goal was to get back into the top 20 in the world (he is currently 19th) and when you are there you want to achieve more and too fast, rather than realising you are not going to get back where you want to be in two or three months.

“But I have two weeks off after this to get my game in shape and then look forward to the rest of the season.”