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Editor's note: Brett Avery, PGATOUR.com's Fantasy Insider, is going to do a live blog direct from the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am this week. Check back frequently throughout the day for his next entry. Have a question or comment for Brett? Send it to him at brettavery@aol.com.

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Bill Murray is one of many celebrities playing in this event. (Cohen/WireImage)

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6:01 a.m.
Blame it on the rain

Seventy percent.

That's the chance for precipitation today on the Monterey Peninsula, according to weather.com. The hour-by-hour forecast is "cloudy" until noon, "few showers" through 2 p.m. and then just plain "showers" from 3 p.m. until darkness.

Or, as your intrepid correspondent likes to think of it, "time to go back to the hotel room and get dry."

Would love to tell you that those puddles in the parking lot across the way are because of some film crew doing an overnight shoot that broke out a fire hose to give the locale a film noir look.

But this being the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, there's only one reason for wet pavement. Thank you, Mother Nature, for joining the party this year.

If you were around a few weeks ago for the celebrity blog from the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic then you know the drill. The primary target: The celebrities in the 180-player portion of the pro-am field. The list is at attpbgolf.com under the "tournament info" tab.

Don't worry, the "regular" amateurs will get some attention. The pros, too. The next three days are two-player teams, once around each of the three courses. Along with the celebs are titans of industry and commerce, a smattering of locals and some guys who wanted to escape the office for a week.

C'mon, you know you'd do the same if you could. Even on a 70-percent day.

So if you're game to come along, we're going to spend several hours together roaming around Spyglass Hill during today's first round. Think of this blog as periodic messages from a field office keeping you abreast of the comings and goings.

It's a one-way pipeline to a place where the scenery is beautiful, even if some of the golfers' games are not.

Actually, this is a two-way conversation if you wish. One of the joys of a BlackBerry is that it can accept email from the curious, the incredulous, the confused and the bosses. If you've got a question, a request or you just want to ask about how hard the rain is falling, drop a line to brettavery@aol.com.

Time to hit the road.

Oh, and the other number for the day is 80 percent.

That's the chance of rain for tomorrow's walk around Poppy Hills.

Can. Hardly. Wait.