The Masters Par 3 Contest: 2025 Tee Times and Groups for Augusta’s Traditional Tournament Prelude

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The Masters Par 3 Contest is the traditional prelude to the tournament proper, with players and their families relaxing around Augusta’s short course. Find out who’s playing in the 2025 event at Augusta National on Wednesday afternoon.

• Looking for the Masters Par 3 Contest leaderboard? You’ll find that right here!

Past champions and a host of the current field will tee it up around the famous par 3 course on Wednesday, April 9, with the action underway at midday local time. The likes of Gary Player, Tom Watson, Ben Crenshaw, and Nick Faldo will dust off their clubs to compete against Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, Scottie Scheffler, and Bryson DeChambeau.

Famously, no player has ever won the Par 3 Contest and gone on to win the Green Jacket. Could that change in 2025? And is ‘the curse’ really a thing?

The Par 3 Contest is always a hit with the players who enjoy sharing the afternoon with their families and friends. Expect to see plenty of kids in mini white boiler suits, rolling down the hills, wives and girlfriends having a putt, caddies hitting some shots off the tees, and, if previous years are anything to go by, a good few aces. Hopefully, we’ll see more Masters hole-in-ones across the four tournament days, too.

Jack Nicklaus lists his grandson, Gary Nicklaus Jr, holing out from the final tee in the 2018 contest as one of his favorite Masters memories – and the Golden Bear has more than his fair share to choose from having won here a record six times.

• How many holes-in-one have there been at the Par 3 Contest?

The 17-time Major champion won’t be playing in 2025 but will take his place on the 1st tee on Thursday morning to perform Honorary Starter duties alongside Player and Watson. Nicklaus was also in attendance at Scottie Scheffler’s Champions Dinner on Tuesday evening.

Who won the 2024 Masters Par 3 Contest?

Rickie Fowler won last year’s competition on five-under par, while Sepp Straka, Luke List, Gary Woodland, Viktor Hovland, and Lucas Glover all recorded an ace.

How long is the Masters Par 3 Contest course?

Augusta’s nine-hole par-3 course is just 1,090 yards in total with holes ranging from 90 yards to 155 yards.

The course underwent a major renovation before the 2023 Masters week, with reroutings of the first five holes along with a reshaping of DeSoto Springs Pond, one of two ponds on the layout.

1st: 130yds
2nd: 100yds
3rd: 105yds
4th: 90yds
5th: 155yds
6th: 140yds
7th: 115yds
8th: 120yds
9th: 135yds

Masters 2025 Par 3 Contest Tee Times and Groups

All times EST. BST is +5 hours. Tee times and players subject to change.

12pm: Jose Maria Olazabal, Angel Cabrera

12.07pm: Max Homa, Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas

12.14pm: Jason Day, Bubba Watson, Min Woo Lee

12.21pm: Lucas Glover, Will Zalatoris, Evan Beck

12.28pm: Ian Woosnam, Larry Mize, Bernhard Langer

12.35pm: Scottie Scheffler, Sam Burns, Tom Kims

12.49pm: Gary Player, Charl Schwartzel, Thriston Lawrence

12.56pm: Tom Watson, Mark O’Meara, Nick Faldo

1.03pm: Davis Riley, Austin Eckroat, Davis Thompson

1.10pm: Russell Henley, Keegan Bradley, Justin Hastings

1.17pm: Billy Horschel, Kevin Yu, Nick Dunlap

1.24pm: Matt McCarty, Maverick McNealy, Jhonattan Vegas

1.38pm: Thomas Detry, Matthieu Pavon, Christiaan Bezuidenhout

1.45pm: Nicolai Hojgaard, Rasmus Hojgaard, Justin Rose

1.52pm: Max Greyserman, Denny McCarthy, Zach Johnson

1.59pm: Akshay Bhatia, Sahith Theegala, Nicolas Echavarria

2.06pm: Matt Fiitzpatrick, Ludvig Aberg, Aaron Rai

2.13pm: Wyndham Clark, JJ Spaun, Cameron Young

2.27pm: Ben Crenshaw, Hiroshi Tai, Noah Kent

2.34pm: Joe Highsmith, Cameron Davis, Tom Hoge

2.41pm: Sepp Straka, JT Poston, Chris Kirk

2.48pm: Byeong Hun An, Michael Kim, Brian Campbell

2.55pm: Shane Lowry, Rory McIlroy, Tommy Fleetwood

3.02pm: Adam Schenk, Stephan Jaeger, Fred Couples

3.16pm: Brian Harman, Patton Kizzire, Harris English

3.23pm: Taylor Pendrith, Corey Conners, Nick Taylor

3.30pm: Robert MacIntyre, Tyrrell Hatton, Viktor Hovland

3.37pm: Rafael Campos, Tony Finau, Jon Rahm

3.44pm: Jose Luis Ballester, Sergio Garcia, Patrick Reed

3.51pm: Brooks Koepka, Dustin Johnson

4.05pm: Danny Willett, Laurie Canter

4.12pm: Bryson DeChambeau

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