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Ewan Murray at Augusta

Masters 2015 – live webchat with Ewan Murray at Augusta!

Rory McIlroy hits a shot during a practice round at Augusta.
Rory McIlroy hits a shot during a practice round at Augusta. But will he round off a career slam? Photograph: Ezra Shaw/Getty Images

Ewan will be online from 1.15pm BST to answer your questions

In the meantime, here are some of our latest reports from Augusta:

As illogical, as incredible, as inconceivable as a Tiger Woods victory at the Masters may appear, the man himself has left onlookers with no doubt as to his aspirations. It took until the final question of a half-hour media conference on Tuesday for Woods to be pressed as to his motivation. The answer was immediate: “Winning. I quite like it.” The subsequent smile did not disguise sentiment.

The stage on which that ever-expanding narrative is played out: Augusta National. The prettiest course in the world, and not just because of the azaleas: they bury the television cables, dye the lakes blue, and colour the burger wrappers green in case anyone drops them. Construction began in 1932 when local hero Bobby Jones – the US Open and Open phenomenon of the 1920s – decided he’d like to have somewhere quiet to play without the world and their caddy scrutinising every click of his niblick. His investment banker pal Clifford Roberts suggested acting upon Jones’s long-held desire to build a US Open championship course in the Deep South. Why not back home in Georgia? Plans for the Augusta National Golf Club were hatched.

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