Tiger Woods seems likely to tee-up in next week's Masters after his private jet was spotted yesterday at Augusta's Regional Airport.

Woods' familiar G5 Gulf Stream was parked at the terminal for private planes.

The four-time Masters winner has not played a competitive round since Feb 6th when he withdrew after just six holes from day one of the Farmers Insurance Open.

And if Woods was at Augusta National yesterday he would have bumped into into fellow Americans Jimmy Walker and Rickie Fowler.

New Texas Open winner Walker, who has confirmed earlier this week for this year's Aberdeen Assert Scottish Open, has spent two days in Augusta with Fowler, and his Gleneagles Fourballs and Foursomes partner.

Matt Kuchar is another to have confirmed for this year's Scottish Open and is already looking forward to teeing up at Gullane for a first time in 13 years.

"I'm looking forward to heading back to Gullane as it's been a really long time since I played the course", said Kuchar.

"That was in 2002 when I managed to qualify for The Open that year at Muirfield.

"So it's going to be a special few weeks playing the Scottish and then crossing the Firth to play The Open the next week at St. Andrews."

And triple Major winning Padraig Harrington reckons he'll be like a 'kid in a candy store' getting back to the Masters next week.

A year ago Harrington had slumped 164th in the world and the Dubliner needing to capture the Shell Houston Open to keep alive a 14-year unbroken Masters run.

That dream ended with a second round 79 on the Golf Club of Houston course to miss the cut for a first time in eight appearances in America's fourth largest city.

Harrington got his first look this year at the Houston course yesterday (TUES) playing nine holes.

"I always like coming here to Houston, the golf course again is in superb conditions and you can't argue about the weather as it's superb," he said.

"As preparation for next week, it's a good preparing as there is a lot of testing shots out there that you will find playing at Augusta, so a lot of similarities.

"So today and tomorrow's (WED) Pro-Am will be about preparing myself for Augusta but come Thursday morning, for me it's all about the Shell Houston Open and trying to win this event".

The last occasion Harrington won so close heading to Augusta National was 15 years ago when he made his Masters debut in having captured the 2000 Brazil Sao Paulo 500 Years Open and the week proir his Masters debut.

"I am very excited to be going back to the Masters and it is very much like 2000 when I played in my first Masters," he said.

"There could not have been a better scenario for me going to my first Masters and that was winning the week before in Brazil.

"My game has been bubbling since winning the Honda Classic so I feel as though everything is all decent and good about my game.

"So after having missed the Masters last year I'm a bit like a kid in a candy store as I can't wait to get back there next week."