Justin Rose will write newspaper columns for The Times throughout this year, and exclusively for Times Online every day during the majors, giving the true picture from inside the ropes in his daily diary.

But that's not all: Justin also wants to hear from you. Each day the world No 9 will pick the best of your questions and answer them here. Here are his latest replies:

On tv it looks like your driver shaft plane is more upright than most. What length driver do you play? David

Justin: This might be to do with my posture. My driver's shaft is 44 1/2 inches long as compared with the standard length of 45 inches. It is the way I stand to the ball.

Do you keep track of your score and the leader board while you are playing? Do you think it is a good idea to keep track of where you are or do you recommend just focusing on each hole and not your overall score?
Sarah Akhtar Cooper

Justin: I think when you're around par it is very easy to keep track of your score. You know whether you are one under, two over or four under. You are always relating yourself to par and it is easy to keep track of it. But if you are a 24 handicap I think it is best to play one shot at a time and add it up at the end. That is the ideal mindset for pro golf too. When you play your very best golf you are not as conscious of your score as when you are not playing quite so well.

On certain holes (I think the 15th at Augusta is one) the pros all lay up in the same area to get a full swing on their approach shot, which means, given the industrial sized divots you guys take, the lay-up area must be like a ploughed field by the 4th round and the odds of having to hit out of divot must be very high. Do they have special divot-fillers at Augusta or do you just hope previous players caddies have done their job. Best of luck, by the way.
Peter Hutchesson

Justin: We were the last group out yesterday and immediately behind us there were guys filling in the divots with sand, Peter. What makes the lay-up difficult at 15 is that at Augusta they mow the grass away from the green, into you in other words, so the leading edge of your club, if you hit behind the ball, gets stuck and it is very easy to hit the ball fat.

The last ten years has seen a rise in the use of sport psychologists by top golfers. What do you think about the effect of psychology on professional golf? Do you think there are too many charlatans in the profession? And do you think amateur golfers would benefit from a session or two with a properly qualified sports psychologist?
Alastair Evans-Gordon

Justin: I think there are a lot of dodgy characters in the business of the mental side of golf. It is a very important part of the game. I use a guy called Dr Jim Loehr, who is not golf specific because he works in tennis too. In sport it is just about keeping your confidence as high as possible and staying in the moment and not get ahead of yourself in terms of results. I think an amateur would benefit from a session with a sports psychologist but an amateur would also benefit from reading a couple of books. Jim Loehr has a couple of books and so has Dr Bob Rotella. I think his books are very simple and straightforward.

Do you think that the majority of professional golfers started 'serious golf' as school children or do you think that it is possible to enter the tournament circuit as an adult? Is the level of dedication to training and practice so intense that a serious social golfer with a single digit handicap, but also a nine to five job, would not be able to improve and compete? Do you have to work on your game every day or do you train intensively for set periods?
Oliver, London

Justin: I think when you're learning a game you need to practice intensely. Going down to a scratch handicap you need to put the time in. Once you get to a certain level the improvement becomes much more difficult and it is in different areas, too. You have to start working on your mental side, your short game, your course strategy and management and things like that. That is where experience starts to pay off. That is where learning the game is valuable because the sooner you get to a good level the more you start to tuck away experience. I don't think it is possible for an adult to take up a game and ever make it to the tour. Never say never but there are so many good players with good swings and good games. Years of playing competitively is what makes a difference out here.No chance of a talented amateur with a nine to five job being able to cut it out here. There are swarms of young kids and if you played them socially in a round of golf at your local club you couldn't believe how good some of these players are and they can't get it on to the tour.

Find out what goes through the mind of a leading golfer at a grand slam tournament: what makes him tick, how he spends his time away from the course, what he likes to eat, to read, to watch - everything.

Then tee him up with your questions: whatever you want to know, E-mail Justin here and we'll do the rest.