Question: Has a Par-3 Contest Winner Ever Won The Masters?
The Par-3 Contest has been a Masters tradition since 1960, played on the Wednesday prior to the first round of The Masters. Has any winner of the Par-3 Contest ever gone on to win The Masters?
Answer: No golfer has ever won the Par-3 Contest and then won The Masters in the same year. This has led some to refer to winning the Par-3 Contest as "the Masters jinx." However, plenty of Par-3 Contest winners have won The Masters in other years. The most famous Masters champion, Jack Nicklaus, has never won the Par-3 Contest; however, Masters champs such as Arnold Palmer, Sam Snead, Tom Watson, Ben Crenshaw and Vijay Singh have.
There are two players who won the Par-3 Contest and then finished second in The Masters the same year: In 1990, Par-3 winner Raymond Floyd lost a playoff to Nick Faldo; in 1993, Par-3 winner Chip Beck was runnerup to Bernhard Langer.
See Also:
What are the origins of the Par-3 Course and Par-3 Contest?
List of Par-3 Contest Winners
