Masters Tournament Par-3 contest


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. The contest takes place in a single round on a nine-hole, par-27 course in the northeast corner of Augusta National Grounds, which was designed in 1958 by George Cobb and club founder Clifford Roberts.
Traditionally, the golfers playing in the contest have invited family members onto the course to caddie for them, sometimes allowing them to play shots on their behalf. Through the 2019 contest, ninety-four holes in one have been made during the history of the tournament, including nine in the 2016 event.
Snead became the tournament's first repeat winner when he triumphed in the 1974 event. The most recent winner, in 2018, is Tom Watson, who won his second Par-3 contest 36 years after winning his first in 1982. Jimmy Walker holds the course record, which he set in 2016, with a round of 8 under par, including a hole in one. Seven players, Snead, Isao Aoki, Jay Haas, Sandy Lyle, David Toms, Pádraig Harrington and Watson, have each won the tournament on more than one occasion.
The result of the tournament has been decided by a playoff on 21 occasions, while the contest has concluded with a tie twice. Just 14 of the 59 winners are non-American. No winner of the Par-3 contest has gone on to win the Masters in the

Winners

Key
– the contest ended in a tie.
* – the contest ended in a playoff.
,... – second, third victory for the winner, etc.
– the winning player was an amateur.

Masters champions who also won a Par-3 contest

ChampionsPar-3 winsMasters wins
Sam Snead1960, 19741949, 1952, 1954
Art Wall Jr.19651959
Arnold Palmer19671958, 1960, 1962, 1964
Gay Brewer19731967
Tom Watson1982, 20181977, 1981
Tommy Aaron19841973
Ben Crenshaw19871984, 1995
Raymond Floyd 19901976
Vijay Singh19942000
Sandy Lyle1997, 19981988
Mark O'Meara20071998

Raymond Floyd came the closest in the 1990 tournament, but lost in a sudden-death playoff.