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Tiger Woods played a practice round at Augusta National on Tuesday as he nears a decision on whether he will compete in the Masters.

Winners of the ANA Inspiration, being played this week from April 2-5 at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California, since the inaugural edition in 1972 (U.S. unless stated):

South Korean-born players have dominated the LPGA circuit this season, winning six of seven tournaments to date, and the juggernaut will be difficult to stop at this week's ANA Inspiration, the first major of the year.

World number one Lydia Ko has yet to win a major title but the 17-year-old prodigy has already achieved so much in golf that she enters this week's ANA Inspiration envied by many of her rivals.

Park In-bee returns to one of her most successful venues for this week's ANA Inspiration at Mission Hills Country Club where two years ago she won her second major title with a "nearly perfect" display.

South African Tim Clark has been forced out of next week’s Masters because of injury.

Tim Clark of South Africa will miss the Masters next week as he recovers from an elbow injury.

Lexi Thompson has led a number of leading LPGA players in paying tribute to the achievements of teenager Lydia Ko ahead of the first ladies major of the year.

On balance, his performances in the first tournament after a layoff have been poor, especially by his standards, except for the 2010 Masters, where he finished fourth.

Sergio Garcia is focused on winning the Houston Open and has put all thoughts of the Masters to one side.

We continue our build up to Augusta by counting down the top 10 all time Masters legends. Today, it's the late, great Seve Ballesteros.

Woods, who has not competed since Feb. 5, played a practice round at Augusta National, but it was unclear whether he would return next week for the Masters.