Masters Tournament Par-3 contest

Par-3 Contest
Tournament information
Location Augusta, Georgia, U.S.
Established 1960, 58 years ago
Course(s) Augusta National Golf Club
Par 27
Length 1,060 yards (970 m)[1]
Organized by Augusta National Golf Club
Format Stroke play
Month played April
Tournament record score
To par −8 Jimmy Walker (2016)
Current champion
United States Tom Watson

The Masters Tournament Par-3 contest is a golf competition which precedes the Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. The first Par-3 contest was held 58 years ago, 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 Augusta National Grounds, which was designed in 1958 by George Cobb and club founder Clifford Roberts.[1][3][4]

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.[5] Numerous holes in one have been made during the history of the tournament, including nine in the 2016 tournament.[4]

Snead became the tournament's first multiple 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 20 occasions, while the contest has 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 Par-3 contest in 1960, and went on to win the 1974 contest.
Fijian Vijay Singh (pictured in 2007) claimed the title in 1994.
Sandy Lyle (pictured in 2006) won two consecutive contests, in 1997 and 1998.
Irish golfer Pádraig Harrington (pictured in 2007) has won the contest three times, including one shared title and one title after a playoff.

Key

Tied – the contest ended in a tie.[6]

* – the contest ended in a playoff.[6]

(2), (3)...  – second, third victory for the winner, etc.

Year Winner Country To par[7][a] Ref.
1960Sam Snead United States−4[2]
1961Deane Beman United States−5[6]
1962Bruce Crampton Australia−5[6]
1963*George Bayer United States−4[6]
1964Labron Harris Jr. United States−4[6]
1965Art Wall Jr. United States−7[8]
1966Terry Dill United States−5[6]
1967*Arnold Palmer United States−4[6]
1968Bob Rosburg United States−5[6]
1969*Bob Lunn United States−4[6]
1970Harold Henning South Africa−6[6]
1971*Dave Stockton United States−4[6]
1972Steve Melnyk United States−4[6]
1973Gay Brewer United States−7[8]
1974*Sam Snead (2) United States−5[6]
1975*Isao Aoki Japan−4[6]
1976Jay Haas United States−6[6]
1977*Tom Weiskopf United States−4[9]
1978*Lou Graham United States−5[6]
1979Joe Inman United States−5[6]
1980Johnny Miller United States−5[6]
1981Isao Aoki (2) Japan−5[10]
1982*Tom Watson United States−4[11]
1983Hale Irwin United States−5[6]
1984Tommy Aaron United States−5[12]
1985Hubert Green United States−5[6]
1986*Gary Koch United States−4[6]
1987Ben Crenshaw United States−5[13]
1988Tsuneyuki Nakajima Japan−3[6]
1989*Bob Gilder United States−5[6]
1990Raymond Floyd United States−4[6]
1991*Rocco Mediate United States−3[6]
1992Davis Love III United States−5[6]
1993Chip Beck United States−6[14]
1994Vijay Singh Fiji−5[15]
1995*Hal Sutton United States−4[16]
1996*Jay Haas (2) United States−5[17]
1997*Sandy Lyle Scotland−5[18]
1998Sandy Lyle (2) Scotland−3[6]
1999Joe Durant United States−5[6]
2000*Chris Perry United States−4[19]
2001David Toms United States−5[20]
2002*Nick Price Zimbabwe−5[21]
2003TiedPádraig Harrington
David Toms (2)		 Ireland
 United States		−6[22]
2004*Pádraig Harrington (2) Ireland−4[23]
2005Jerry Pate United States−5[24]
2006Ben Crane United States−4[25]
2007Mark O'Meara United States−5[26]
2008Rory Sabbatini South Africa−5[27]
2009Tim Clark South Africa−5[27]
2010Louis Oosthuizen South Africa−6[27]
2011Luke Donald England−5[28]
2012TiedJonathan Byrd
Pádraig Harrington (3)		 United States
 Ireland		−5[29]
2013*Ted Potter, Jr. United States−4[3]
2014Ryan Moore United States−6[30]
2015*Kevin Streelman United States−5[31]
2016Jimmy Walker United States−8[4]
2017Contest cancelled due to rain[32]
2018Tom Watson (2) United States−6[33]

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.
Champions Par-3 wins Masters wins[34]
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
  • No player has won the Par-3 contest and the Masters in the same year, a fact well known by the players.[4][35]
    Raymond Floyd came the closest in the 1990 tournament, but lost in a sudden-death playoff.[36]
  • Ben Crenshaw and Vijay Singh are the only players to win a Masters after winning a Par-3 contest.
  • Tom Watson is the only player to hold both titles at once, for four days, winning the Par-3 contest in 1982 as defending Masters champion.[11]

Notes

  • a Par is a predetermined number of strokes that a golfer should require to complete a hole, a round (the sum of the total pars of the played holes), or a tournament (the sum of the total pars of each round). E stands for even, which means the round was completed in the predetermined number of strokes.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 "The Masters – The Par 3 Course". Golf Today. Retrieved August 30, 2016.
  2. 1 2 Stutsman, Doug (April 6, 2016). "The day an amateur won at Augusta National". The Augusta Chronicle. Retrieved October 26, 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Ted Potter Jr. wins Par 3 in playoff". ESPN. April 11, 2013. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Masters 2016: Nine holes-in-one in Par 3 contest". BBC Sport. April 6, 2016. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
  5. ↑ "About the Par 3 Contest". The Masters. Retrieved August 30, 2016.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 "Historical Records & Stats – Par 3 Contest". The Masters. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
  7. 1 2 "Scoring". BBC Sport. September 16, 2005. Retrieved September 23, 2008.
  8. 1 2 "Par-3 Contest offers big fun in a short round". The Augusta Chronicle. April 8, 2015. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
  9. ↑ Bingham, Walter (April 18, 1977). "Down the Bobby Jones Expressway". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
  10. ↑ "Isao Aoki of Japan, noted for his unusual putting..." United Press International. April 8, 1981. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
  11. 1 2 "Watson takes Par-3 tournament in playoff". Gadsden Times. Alabama. Associated Press. April 8, 1982. p. 17.
  12. ↑ "Tommy Aaron, winner of the Masters Championship in 1973,..." United Press International. April 11, 1984. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
  13. ↑ Fowler, Bob (April 9, 1987). "Crenshaw Wins Despite Dad's Advice Left-handed Approach Leaves O'Grady Last". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
  14. ↑ Dorman, Larry (April 8, 1993). "Kite Expects To Tee Off Despite An Aching Back". Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
  15. ↑ Mayo, Michael (April 7, 1994). "Another Foreign Affair Set To Bloom At Augusta". Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
  16. ↑ Dorman, Larry (April 6, 1995). "Golf; Woods Has Injury Scare on Eve of Masters". The New York Times. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
  17. ↑ Mayo, Michael (April 11, 1996). "Haas wins Par-3". Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
  18. ↑ "USA: Augusta: Golf: Sandy Lyle wins annual Par-3 Contest". Associated Press. October 4, 1997. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
  19. ↑ "Wednesday notebook: Perry prevails". ESPN. April 6, 2000. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
  20. ↑ "Wednesday notebook: Is Toms cursed?". ESPN. April 4, 2001. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
  21. ↑ "Price wins par-3; Izawa has pair of aces". USA Today. April 11, 2002. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
  22. ↑ "Harrington, Toms tie in Masters prelude". United Press International. April 9, 2003. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
  23. ↑ Ferguson, Doug (April 7, 2015). "Tiger Woods to play in Par 3 competition at the Masters". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
  24. ↑ "Jerry Pate wins Masters par-3 tourney". United Press International. April 6, 2005. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
  25. ↑ Mell, Randall (April 6, 2006). "Crane Hopes To End Par 3 Curse". Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
  26. ↑ "Mark O'Meara wins the Par 3 contest". Golf Today. April 5, 2007. Retrieved October 26, 2016.
  27. 1 2 3 "Louis Oosthuizen wins par-3 Contest at Augusta". BBC Sport. April 7, 2010. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
  28. ↑ Fine, Larry (April 6, 2011). "Luke Donald wins Masters Par-3 Contest". Reuters. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
  29. ↑ McAllister, Mike (April 4, 2012). "Harrington, Byrd share Par 3 victory". PGA Tour. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
  30. ↑ "The Masters: Ryan Moore wins Augusta Par 3 Contest". CNN. April 9, 2014. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
  31. ↑ Ballengee, Ryan (April 8, 2015). "Kevin Streelman won Masters Par 3 Contest with special caddie". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
  32. ↑ Herrington, Ryan (April 5, 2017). "A Masters Par 3 Contest first: No winner declared after rain washes out the event". Golf Digest. Retrieved April 11, 2017.
  33. ↑ Daniels, Tim (April 4, 2018). "Masters Par 3 Tournament 2018: Tom Watson Becomes Oldest Winner in History". Bleacher Report. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  34. ↑ "The Masters – Past Winners & Runners-Up". PGA Tour. Retrieved October 29, 2016.
  35. ↑ "Par 3 jinx resting on pro's shoulders". Eugene Register-Guard. Oregon. April 11, 1991. p. 6D.
  36. ↑ Shearer, Ed (April 9, 1990). "Floyd devastated after late collapse". Wilmington Morning Star. North Carolina. Associated Press. p. 4B.

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