Augusta is one of those places where the rich and famous love to be seen. All the chat on the eve of the tournament surrounded a rumoured appearance by Robbie Williams.

Initial speculation was that he would be caddying for Nick Dougherty in the Par 3 competition. Wrong.

Michael Campbell was the man who would be employing the only man who could get the words Port and Vale into a Masters Diary.

Wrong. Robbie apparently isn’t turning up until the main event is under way. But he will be here as Campbell’s guest after they struck up a friendship in Sydney and they have subsequently played golf together.

Another rumour circulating was that Ant and Dec would also be guests of the Kiwi Campbell, but the latest word is that prior commitments have scuppered their trip.

Bruce Forsyth has been happily lapping up his first Augusta experience and a full audio interview with the great man can be found elsewhere on these pages.

Five Live’s Spoony was caddying for Ian Poulter in the Par 3 competition and our England rugby summariser Matt Dawson performed the bag duties for Justin Rose.

We in the Five Live golf team, meanwhile, were testing all our lines around the course for our commentaries (Five Live Sports Extra 9pm Thurs and Fri and Five Live 9pm Sat and Sun).

Over the next four days it’ll be interesting to watch Tiger Woods to see if it is possible to spot any of his on course superstitions.

In his recent email newsletter the world number one revealed that he often changes his ball after making a bogey or if it gets scuffed. But if he is on a run of birdies he’ll persist even if it becomes marked.

This contrasts with Ernie Els, who always tosses his ball away after making a birdie because he believes there is only ever one birdie in any dimpled sphere.

Woods always marks his ball with a black line on the side. His ball is marked “Tiger” and it is always a number 1.

“On the greens, I always mark my ball with a quarter, heads-up. I've been marking my ball with a quarter since I was about 7. It was the biggest coin I could possibly afford,” said Woods.

Arnold Palmer will be the ceremonial starter once again, at 7.50 am local time and ten minutes later 2003 Open Champion Ben Curtis will hit the first ball in anger.

Finally, a list of ones to watch outside Woods in the coming four days: Phil Mickelson has won two of the last four while Geoff Ogilvy can become Australia’s first Masters Champion; KJ Choi can do the same for Korea.

Europe’s best hope is Padraig Harrington, Britain’s top hope Justin Rose needs a marked improvement in recent form. A good outside bet might be Andres Romero and Rory Sabbatini can’t be discounted.

Take your pick……