A record number of holes-in-one made the Masters par-3 contest as wild as ever

The Masters Par-3 Contest began in 1960 with players combining for 80 holes-in-one during the first 56 years. That’s 1.42 aces per contest through last season with a record five made in 2002. That is a whole lot of holes-in-one.

Then this year came around.

Not only did the 2016 field manage to set a new record for aces, they nearly doubled it. Nine players made a hole-in-one on Wednesday. NINE! In one afternoon the field combined for more than 11 percent of the aces it took 56 previous fields of players to make. That’s incredible.

The aces came early and came often. There were even records set within the record. At 80 years old, Gary Player became the oldest player to record an ace in the event when he made the fourth of his career, another record.

The holes-in-one came so fast and furious, there were two in a span of two golf swings. Justin Thomas made an ace and celebrated with playing partner Rickie Fowler. Fowler then stepped to the tee and made an ace of his own.

There were so many aces, the video team for the Masters had to be exhausted by the end of it all. Fortunately they were kind enough to upload all of the shots to Twitter. Here are the other six.

Putting is completely overrated.