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Description

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
.
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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
.
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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.
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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 (including ties) are non-American. No winner of the Par-3 contest has gone on to win the Masters in the
same year.
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