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The first Par 3 Contest was held at the Augusta National Golf Club in 1960 and since then, there have been 62 playings of the popular event on the Wednesday ahead of the Masters Tournament.
The contest was played uninterrupted for the first 57 years until 2017 when weather forced the cancellation of it. There were two more cancellations in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
There are 15 golfers who have won both the Par 3 Contest and the Masters but, famously, no one has ever won the Par 3 and then gone on to win the Masters later that same week.
Since that first playing in 1960, there have been 112 holes-in-one during the contest. In 2016, there were a record nine aces.
The course used for the contest was designed in 1958 by architect George Cobb and club co-founder Clifford Roberts.
The coures measures 1,090 yards and is a par 27. The best score ever was the 8-under 19 that Jimmy Walker signed for in 2016.
The list of Masters champs who never won the Par 3 Contest include Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson.
There have been three ties: 2003, 2012 and 2022. Rickie Fowler is the latest winner.
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Masters Par 3 Contest: Full list of winners includes Sam Snead
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The contest was played uninterrupted for the first 57 years until 2017 when weather forced the cancellation of it. There were two more cancellations in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
There are 15 golfers who have won both the Par 3 Contest and the Masters but, famously, no one has ever won the Par 3 and then gone on to win the Masters later that same week.
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Since that first playing in 1960, there have been 112 holes-in-one during the contest. In 2016, there were a record nine aces.
The course used for the contest was designed in 1958 by architect George Cobb and club co-founder Clifford Roberts.
The coures measures 1,090 yards and is a par 27. The best score ever was the 8-under 19 that Jimmy Walker signed for in 2016.
The list of Masters champs who never won the Par 3 Contest include Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson.
There have been three ties: 2003, 2012 and 2022. Rickie Fowler is the latest winner.
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All the winners of the Masters Par 3 Contest at Augusta National
- 1960 Sam Snead
- 1961 Deane Beman
- 1962 Bruce Crampton
- 1963 George Bayer
- 1964 Labron Harris, Jr.
- 1965 Art Wall, Jr.
- 1966 Terry Dill
- 1967 Arnold Palmer
- 1968 Bob Rosburg
- 1969 Bob Lunn
- 1970 Harold Henning
- 1971 Dave Stockton
- 1972 Steve Melnyk
- 1973 Gay Brewer
- 1974 Sam Snead
- 1975 Isao Aoki
- 1976 Jay Haas
- 1977 Tom Weiskopf
- 1978 Lou Graham
- 1979 Joe Inman, Jr.
- 1980 Johnny Miller
- 1981 Isao Aoki
- 1982 Tom Watson
- 1983 Hale Irwin
- 1984 Tommy Aaron
- 1985 Hubert Green
- 1986 Gary Koch
- 1987 Ben Crenshaw
- 1988 Tsuneyuki Nakajima
- 1989 Bob Gilder
- 1990 Raymond Floyd
- 1991 Rocco Mediate
- 1992 Davis Love III
- 1993 Chip Beck
- 1994 Vijay Singh
- 1995 Hal Sutton
- 1996 Jay Haas
- 1997 Sandy Lyle
- 1998 Sandy Lyle
- 1999 Joe Durant
- 2000 Chris Perry
- 2001 David Toms
- 2002 Nick Price
- 2003 Padraig Harrington/David Toms
- 2004 Padraig Harrington
- 2005 Jerry Pate
- 2006 Ben Crane
- 2007 Mark O'Meara
- 2008 Rory Sabbatini
- 2009 Tim Clark
- 2010 Louis Oosthuizen
- 2011 Luke Donald
- 2012 Padraig Harrington/Jonathan Byrd
- 2013 Ted Potter, Jr.
- 2014 Ryan Moore
- 2015 Kevin Streelman
- 2016 Jimmy Walker
- 2017 Canceled – Weather
- 2018 Tom Watson
- 2019 Matt Wallace
- 2020 Canceled – COVID-19
- 2021 Canceled – COVID-19
- 2022 Mackenzie Hughes/Mike Weir
- 2023 Tom Hoge
- 2024 Rickie Fowler
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Masters Par 3 Contest: Full list of winners includes Sam Snead
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