The Masters: Jason Kokrak makes an amazing hole-in-one before the Par-3 competition

Former Masters champion Mike Weir and compatriot Mackenzie Hughes set the clubhouse’s goal before the Augusta National Par-3 competition was abandoned before the storm.

The Canadian pair both posted four-under 23s in the traditional pre-tournament competition, returning for the first time since 2019 after the previous two years were canceled due to the Covid-19 restrictions.

Ware and Hughes finished a shot before Larry Maiz, Cameron Davis and Kevin Na, Rory McIlroy and Brooks were out of the Koepka course when play was stopped by a thunderstorm and the course was evacuated at 3.42 pm (8.42 PM BST) local time. .

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Louis Ostuizen is reading from the green to the perfection in The Masters Par-3 competition

“It’s a special day for me,” Hughes said. “This is my third Masters and my first Par3 competition. I was really excited to get out of here and do it. It’s great to have such a family day before the biggest tournament of the year. “

Gary was an inch away from the hole-in-one in the fifth, just before the player blew the horn, when Jason Kokrak created the moment of the day when he posted an improbable ace in the fourth.

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Gary Player gets nearly fifth hole-in-one in The Masters Par-3

McIlroy, the first to make a chip-in birdie to sit in a tie-tenom with his young daughter Poppy for the first time, Matt Fitzpatrick was also equal to complete two holes in his round.

Veteran Bernhard Langer and C. W. Kim both made 2-under 25 cards, while Thomas Peters and Joaquin Niemann also had to finish with holes in that number, as world No. 2 John Raham gave Kepa his first experience of a par-3 competition.

“It’s a lot of fun,” Raham said. “It’s really great that they let our family do it and it’s a very nice event before the Masters started.”

Since the event launched in 1960, no player has ever won a Par-3 competition and then won the green jacket the same week.

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