Masters Tournament Par-3 contest

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Masters Par-3 Contest
Tournament information
Location Augusta, Georgia, U.S.
Established 1960
Course(s) Augusta National Golf Club
Par27
Length1,060 yards (970 m) [1]
Organized byAugusta National Golf Club
Format Stroke play
Month playedApril
Tournament record score
To par−8 Jimmy Walker (2016)
Current champion
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mackenzie Hughes & Mike Weir

The Masters Tournament Par-3 contest is a golf competition that precedes the Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. The first Par-3 contest was held before the 1960 tournament, and was won by three-time Masters champion Sam Snead. [2] The contest takes place in a single round on a nine-hole, par-27 course in the northeast corner of the club's grounds, designed in 1958 by George Cobb and club founder Clifford Roberts. [1] [3] [4]

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Traditionally, the contest participants have invited family members to caddie for them, sometimes allowing them to play shots on their behalf. Through the 2019 contest, ninety-four holes in one have been recorded, including nine in the 2016 event. [4] [5]

Snead became the contest's first multiple winner in 1974, fourteen years after his first. The most recent is Tom Watson, who won his second Par-3 contest in 2018, 36 years after his first in 1982. Pádraig Harrington is the only one with three wins; he won his first pair in consecutive years (2003, 2004), as did Sandy Lyle (1997, 1998). Seven players have multiple wins; the other three are Isao Aoki, Jay Haas, and David Toms.

Jimmy Walker holds the course record of 19 (–8), set in 2016, which included an  ace. The contest has been decided by a playoff on 21 occasions, and concluded with a tie twice. Just 14 of the 59 winners (including ties) are non-American. No winner of the Par-3 contest has gone on to win the Masters in the same year. [4]

Winners

Sam Snead (pictured in 1967) won the inaugural contest in 1960, and again in 1974 Sam Snead 1967.JPG
Sam Snead (pictured in 1967) won the inaugural contest in 1960, and again in 1974
Vijay Singh (pictured in 2007) won in 1994 Vijay Singh.jpg
Vijay Singh (pictured in 2007) won in 1994
Sandy Lyle (pictured in 2006) won consecutive contests in 1997 and 1998 Sandy Lyle.jpg
Sandy Lyle (pictured in 2006) won consecutive contests
in 1997 and 1998
Padraig Harrington (pictured in 2007) has three contest victories; two shared and one playoff win Padraig Harrington, Open 2007.jpg
Pádraig Harrington (pictured in 2007) has three contest victories;
two shared and one playoff win
YearWinnerCountryTo par [6] [a] Ref.
1960 Sam Snead Flag of the United States (1959-1960).svg  United States −4 [2]
1961 Deane Beman (a)Flag of the United States.svg  United States −5 [7]
1962 Bruce Crampton Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia −5 [7]
1963* George Bayer Flag of the United States.svg  United States −4 [7]
1964 Labron Harris Jr. (a)Flag of the United States.svg  United States −4 [7]
1965 Art Wall Jr. Flag of the United States.svg  United States −7 [8]
1966 Terry Dill Flag of the United States.svg  United States −5 [7]
1967* Arnold Palmer Flag of the United States.svg  United States −4 [7]
1968 Bob Rosburg Flag of the United States.svg  United States −5 [7]
1969* Bob Lunn Flag of the United States.svg  United States −4 [7]
1970 Harold Henning Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg  South Africa −6 [7]
1971* Dave Stockton Flag of the United States.svg  United States −4 [7]
1972 Steve Melnyk Flag of the United States.svg  United States −4 [7]
1973 Gay Brewer Flag of the United States.svg  United States −7 [8]
1974* Sam Snead (2)Flag of the United States.svg  United States −5 [7]
1975* Isao Aoki Flag of Japan.svg  Japan −4 [7]
1976 Jay Haas (a)Flag of the United States.svg  United States −6 [7]
1977* Tom Weiskopf Flag of the United States.svg  United States −4 [9]
1978* Lou Graham Flag of the United States.svg  United States −5 [7]
1979 Joe Inman Flag of the United States.svg  United States −5 [7]
1980 Johnny Miller Flag of the United States.svg  United States −5 [7]
1981 Isao Aoki (2)Flag of Japan.svg  Japan −5 [10]
1982* Tom Watson Flag of the United States.svg  United States −4 [11]
1983 Hale Irwin Flag of the United States.svg  United States −5 [7]
1984 Tommy Aaron Flag of the United States.svg  United States −5 [12]
1985 Hubert Green Flag of the United States.svg  United States −5 [7]
1986* Gary Koch Flag of the United States.svg  United States −4 [7]
1987 Ben Crenshaw Flag of the United States.svg  United States −5 [13]
1988 Tsuneyuki Nakajima Flag of Japan.svg  Japan −3 [7]
1989* Bob Gilder Flag of the United States.svg  United States −5 [7]
1990 Raymond Floyd Flag of the United States.svg  United States −4 [7]
1991* Rocco Mediate Flag of the United States.svg  United States −3 [7]
1992 Davis Love III Flag of the United States.svg  United States −5 [7]
1993 Chip Beck Flag of the United States.svg  United States −6 [14]
1994 Vijay Singh Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji −5 [15]
1995* Hal Sutton Flag of the United States.svg  United States −4 [16]
1996* Jay Haas (2)Flag of the United States.svg  United States −5 [17]
1997* Sandy Lyle Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland −5 [18]
1998 Sandy Lyle (2)Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland −3 [7]
1999 Joe Durant Flag of the United States.svg  United States −5 [7]
2000* Chris Perry Flag of the United States.svg  United States −4 [19]
2001 David Toms Flag of the United States.svg  United States −5 [20]
2002* Nick Price Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe −5 [21]
2003Dagger-14-plain.png Pádraig Harrington
David Toms (2)		Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 		−6 [22]
2004* Pádraig Harrington (2)Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland −4 [23]
2005 Jerry Pate Flag of the United States.svg  United States −5 [24]
2006 Ben Crane Flag of the United States.svg  United States −4 [25]
2007 Mark O'Meara Flag of the United States.svg  United States −5 [26]
2008 Rory Sabbatini Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa −5 [27]
2009 Tim Clark Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa −5 [27]
2010 Louis Oosthuizen Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa −6 [27]
2011 Luke Donald Flag of England.svg  England −5 [28]
2012Dagger-14-plain.png Jonathan Byrd
Pádraig Harrington (3)		Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 		−5 [29]
2013* Ted Potter Jr. Flag of the United States.svg  United States −4 [3]
2014 Ryan Moore Flag of the United States.svg  United States −6 [30]
2015* Kevin Streelman Flag of the United States.svg  United States −5 [31]
2016 Jimmy Walker Flag of the United States.svg  United States −8 [4]
2017Contest canceled due to rain [32]
2018 Tom Watson (2)Flag of the United States.svg  United States −6 [33]
2019* Matt Wallace Flag of England.svg  England −5 [34]
2020Contest canceled due toCOVID-19 pandemic [35]
2021
2022Dagger-14-plain.png Mackenzie Hughes
Mike Weir 		Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada −4
Key
* - playoff [7]
Dagger-14-plain.png - tie [7]
(a) - amateur

Masters champions who also won a Par-3 contest

Arnold Palmer (pictured in 2009) won the Par-3 contest in 1967 having won the Masters four times between 1958 and 1964. Arnold Palmer (cropped).jpg
Arnold Palmer (pictured in 2009) won the Par-3 contest in 1967 having won the Masters four times between 1958 and 1964.
ChampionsPar-3 winsMasters wins [36]
Sam Snead 1960, 1974 1949, 1952, 1954
Art Wall Jr. 1965 1959
Arnold Palmer 1967 1958, 1960, 1962, 1964
Gay Brewer 1973 1967
Tom Watson 1982, 2018 1977, 1981
Tommy Aaron 1984 1973
Ben Crenshaw 1987 1984, 1995
Raymond Floyd  1990 1976
Vijay Singh 1994 2000
Sandy Lyle 1997, 1998 1988
Mark O'Meara 2007 1998
Mike Weir 2022 2003

Notes

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