US Masters Par 3 Contest: Prize money, history, time, how to watch, past winners

Acting as the curtain-raiser for the US Masters, the Par 3 Contest sees legends of the game tee it up alongside current hopefuls bidding to take a bit of silverware away from Augusta National.

Find out all you need to know about the event below.

What is the Par 3 Contest?

The Par 3 Contest is played the day before the start of the US Masters and is known for its relaxed atmosphere, with stars from the past featuring and the big names often having family members caddying for them.

American Tom Hoge won the 2023 edition, ending up on -6, but he failed to make the cut in the main tournament, while Rickie Fowler won in 2024.

How to watch the Par 3 Contest

As exclusive rights holders in the UK, Sky Sports will broadcast the Par 3 Contest, with the exact channel confirmed nearer the time.

Has anyone won the Par 3 Contest and the Masters in the same year?

Intriguingly, no player has won both the Par 3 Contest and the US Masters in the same year. A handful of Masters champions have gone on to win the Par 3 Contest, including Sam Snead, Arnold Palmer, Tom Watson and Ray Floyd, with Vijay Singh the only player to win a first Masters title after winning the Par 3 Contest.

Par 3 Contest history

First held in 1960, the Par 3 Contest has been held the Wednesday before each US Masters ever since, with the exceptions of 2017, when rain forced the competition to be abandoned, while there was a two-year absence due to the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021.

Three-time Masters champion Sam Snead won the first Par 3 Contest in 1960 and added another in 1974.

Tom Watson become the competition's oldest winner in 2018, following up his 1982 victory, which came in the aftermath of his 1977 and 1981 Masters wins.

The record score is an eight-under-par 19, shot by Jimmy Walker in 2016, which included a hole-in-one.

Par 3 Contest time

Although times are still to be confirmed, it is expected the Par 3 Contest will start at 17:00 BST.

Par 3 Contest previous winners

Year	Winner	To par	Masters finish
1960	Sam Snead	−4	T11
1961	Deane Beman	−5	CUT
1962	Bruce Crampton	−5	T29
1963*	George Bayer	−4	T28
1964	Labron Harris Jr.	−4	43
1965	Art Wall Jr.	−7	T45
1966	Terry Dill	−5	T17
1967*	Arnold Palmer	−4	4
1968	Bob Rosburg	−5	T29
1969*	Bob Lunn	−4	CUT
1970	Harold Henning	−6	CUT
1971*	Dave Stockton	−4	T9
1972	Steve Melnyk	−4	T12
1973	Gay Brewer	−7	T10
1974*	Sam Snead	−5	T20
1975*	Isao Aoki	−4	CUT
1976	Jay Haas	−6	CUT
1977*	Tom Weiskopf	−4	T14
1978*	Lou Graham	−5	CUT
1979	Joe Inman	−5	T23
1980	Johnny Miller	−5	T38
1981	Isao Aoki	−5	T45
1982*	Tom Watson	−4	T5
1983	Hale Irwin	−5	T6
1984	Tommy Aaron	−5	CUT
1985	Hubert Green	−5	CUT
1986*	Gary Koch	−4	T16
1987	Ben Crenshaw	−5	T4
1988	Tsuneyuki Nakajima	−3	T33
1989*	Bob Gilder	−5	39
1990	Raymond Floyd	−4	2
1991*	Rocco Mediate	−3	T22
1992	Davis Love III	−5	T25
1993	Chip Beck	−6	2
1994	Vijay Singh	−5	T27
1995*	Hal Sutton	−4	CUT
1996*	Jay Haas	−5	T36
1997*	Sandy Lyle	−5	T34
1998	Sandy Lyle	−3	CUT
1999	Joe Durant	−5	CUT
2000*	Chris Perry	−4	T14
2001	David Toms	−5	T31
2002*	Nick Price	−5	T20
2003†	Pádraig Harrington / David Toms	−6	CUT / T8
2004*	Pádraig Harrington	−4	T13
2005	Jerry Pate	−5	DNP
2006	Ben Crane	−4	CUT
2007	Mark O'Meara	−5	CUT
2008	Rory Sabbatini	−5	CUT
2009	Tim Clark	−5	T13
2010	Louis Oosthuizen	−6	CUT
2011	Luke Donald	−5	T4
2012†	Jonathan Byrd / Pádraig Harrington	−5	T27 / T8
2013*	Ted Potter Jr.	−4	CUT
2014	Ryan Moore	−6	CUT
2015*	Kevin Streelman	−5	T12
2016	Jimmy Walker	−8	T29
2017	Contest canceled due to rain
2018	Tom Watson	−6	DNP
2019*	Matt Wallace	−5	CUT
2020	No contest due to Covid-19
2021	No contest due to Covid-19
2022†	Mackenzie Hughes / Mike Weir	−4	T50 / CUT
2023	Tom Hoge	−6	CUT
2024	Rickie Fowler	−5	T30

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*Decided by play-off

US Masters Par 3 Contest prize money

While items have been awarded to the winners of the Par 3 Contest, prize money is not given to the winner of the event. In lieu of prize money, the winner will receive an engraved crystal bowl.