It is one of the most prized items of postage you could ever receive in the mail – a white envelope bearing the Augusta National logo in the top left-hand corner and post-marked Augusta, GA.

An Augusta National envelope and your invitation to compete in the Masters.

Inside the letter will be an invitation to compete in the most elite major of the four major championships, the Masters.

Indeed 83 players will receive such an invitation in coming days to tee-up next April in the 2013 Masters at the Augusta National Golf Club.

Hereunder is those players assured of teeing-up next April at the famed Cathedral Among The Pines.

* # First time competitors.