Masters Tournament Par-3 contest
Year Winner Country To par
1960 Sam Snead United States −4
1961 Deane Beman ( a ) United States −5
1962 Bruce Crampton Australia −5
1963* George Bayer United States −4
1964 Labron Harris Jr. ( a ) United States −4
1965 Art Wall Jr United States −7
1966 Terry Dill United States −5
1967* Arnold Palmer United States −4
1968 Bob Rosburg United States −5
1969* Bob Lunn United States −4
1970 Harold Henning South Africa −6
1971* Dave Stockton United States −4
1972 Steve Melnyk United States −4
1973 Gay Brewer United States −7
1974* Sam Snead ( 2 ) United States −5
1975* Isao Aoki Japan −4
1976 Jay Haas ( a ) United States −6
1977* Tom Weiskopf United States −4
1978* Lou Graham United States −5
1979 Joe Inman United States −5
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 – the contest ended in a tie . [ 6 ] * – the contest ended in a playoff . [ 6 ] ( 2 ) , ( 3 ) ... – second , third victory for the winner , etc . ( a ) – the winning player was an amateur .
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 , 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. Numerous holes in one have been made during the history of the tournament, including nine in the 2016 tournament. 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 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