Masters Par 3 Contest

The Masters Par 3 Contest is a nine-hole fun event played on the Wednesday before the serious business at Augusta begins on the Thursday.
It is played on the short nine-hole, par-27 layout in a corner of the Augusta National grounds, with the shortest hole barely 60 metres.
Famously though, no winner of the Par 3 contest, which is now televised worldwide, has gone on to win the Masters tournament. Ray Floyd went closest in 1990 when he won the Par 3 event and then lost the Masters in a play-off against Nick Faldo.
Some consider winning the Par 3 a hindrance to their overall chances and will not submit a score. In any event the Par 3 contest is largely about fun, with players often having their children or partners caddy for them, and even play some of their shots.
It is not an event on which there is betting offered, quite rightly, but it is a chance for players to sharpen up their short games ahead of the main event.
In the following table we take a look at the winner of the par 3 event and how they have fared that week in the Masters proper.

Par 3 Contest winners and how they finished in the Masters

* Play-off required. Numbers in brackets indicate multiple winners.