From Brent Kelley,
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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?

A. No golfer has ever won the Par-3 Contest and then won The Masters in the same year. 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.

See Also:
What are the origins of the Par-3 Course and Par-3 Contest?
List of Par-3 Contest Winners

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