When is the Masters Par 3 Contest? Everything to know about the competition

The 2025 Masters Tournament gets underway Thursday, but there's plenty going on at Augusta before the first tee shots.

Most notably is the annual Masters Par 3 Contest, which is held every year before the four-round golf tournament.

The event brings together the modern-day stars with their family members and golf legends watching along, and sometimes even participating.

Here's everything to know about Wednesday's competition:

What is the Masters Par 3 Contest?

The Par 3 Contest is held before the Masters on a nine-hole, par-27 course in the northeast corner of Augusta National's grounds. It doesn't include any holes on the actual course, but they range from 90 to 155 yards to make for potential hole-in-one opportunities.

The winner of the Par 3 Contest is whoever has the best score through nine holes. Not all contestants post official scores, though, because they sometimes allow their caddies (often a family member) to attempt a chip or putt.

When is the Masters Par 3 Contest?

The Masters Par 3 Contest is set for Wednesday, April 9, at 12 p.m. ET.

How to watch the Masters Par 3 Contest

You can stream the Par 3 Contest live on ESPN+ and Disney+ from 12 to 4 p.m. ET. Coverage will start on ESPN at 2 p.m. ET until the conclusion at 4 p.m. ET.

Golfers Wyndham Clark and Max Homa will join ESPN’s commentary team alongside lead announcer Scott Van Pelt, while Marty Smith and Laura Rutledge will interview from the course throughout the competition.

Masters Par 3 Contest history and past winners

Famously, no player has ever won the Par 3 Contest and the Masters in the same year. There have been Par 3 winners who were past or future Masters winners, but never in the same year since it was first held in 1960.

The best Masters finish by a Par 3 winner was second, which has happened twice (Raymond Floyd in 1990 and Chip Beck in 1993). Five players have won the contest multiple times, but Padraig Harrington is the only man to win it three times.

Here's a look back at all the Par 3 Contest winners and their Masters finish that year:

Year	Winner	Masters finish
1960	Sam Snead	T11
1961	Deane Beman	CUT
1962	Bruce Crampton	T29
1963	George Bayer	T28
1964	Labron Harris Jr.	43
1965	Art Wall Jr.	T45
1966	Terry Dill	T17
1967	Arnold Palmer	4
1968	Bob Rosburg	T29
1969	Bob Lunn	CUT
1970	Harold Henning	CUT
1971	Dave Stockton	T9
1972	Steve Melnyk	T12
1973	Gay Brewer	T10
1974	Sam Snead (2)	T20
1975	Isao Aoki	CUT
1976	Jay Haas	CUT
1977	Tom Weiskopf	T14
1978	Lou Graham	CUT
1979	Joe Inman	T23
1980	Johnny Miller	T38
1981	Isao Aoki (2)	T45
1982	Tom Watson	T5
1983	Hale Irwin	T6
1984	Tommy Aaron	CUT
1985	Hubert Green	CUT
1986	Gary Koch	T16
1987	Ben Crenshaw	T4
1988	Tsuneyuki Nakajima	T33
1989	Bob Gilder	39
1990	Raymond Floyd	2
1991	Rocco Mediate	522
1992	Davis Love III	T25
1993	Chip Beck	2
1994	Vijay Singh	T27
1995	Hal Sutton	CUT
1996	Jay Haas (2)	T36
1997	Sandy Lyle	T34
1998	Sandy Lyle (2)	CUT
1999	Joe Durant	CUT
2000	Chris Perry	T13
2001	David Toms	T31
2002	Nick Price	T20
2003	Padraig Harrington/David Toms (2)	CUT/T8
2004	Padraig Harrington (2)	T13
2005	Jerry Pate	DNP
2006	Ben Crane	CUT
2007	Mark O'Meara	CUT
2008	Rory Sabbatini	CUT
2009	Tim Clark	T13
2010	Louis Oosthuizen	CUT
2011	Luke Donald	T4
2012	Jonathan Byrd/Padraig Harrington (3)	T27/T8
2013	Ted Potter Jr.	CUT
2014	Ryan Moore	CUT
2015	Kevin Streelman	T12
2016	Jimmy Walker	T29
2018	Tom Watson (2)	DNP
2019	Matt Wallace	CUT
2022	Mackenzie Hughes/Mike Weir	T50/CUT
2023	Tom Hoge	CUT
2024	Rickie Fowler	T30