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Masters Par 3 Contest 2016 results: Jimmy Walker sets new scoring record at Augusta

A wild Par-3 contest set a new record for holes-in-one and overall score.

by Brendan Porath

Apr 6, 2016, 9:55 PM UTC

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If you have Jimmy Walker in one of the many Masters pools that now exist, you may want to make a late Wednesday night change. That’s because Walker went out at the Par-3 Contest and lit Augusta National on fire, setting a new record for the Wednesday afternoon tradition. The Texan posted an 8-under 19 for nine holes at Augusta’s par-3 course, winning the event and saddling himself with the well-known par-3 curse: no player who has won the side contest on Wednesday has gone on to win the main event.

The par-3 course at Augusta was playing, well, friendly this year. Walker’s score was not the only record set. There were an absurd nine holes-in-one, shattering the previous high of five set in 2002. They came almost every five minutes on a manic ESPN broadcast. Gary Player became the oldest ever to make an ace in the contest. Justin Thomas and Rickie Fowler became the first to make back-to-back aces in the same group.

Walker, unsurprisingly, was a part of the hole-in-one party -- he kind of had to be in order to go 8-under in nine holes.

Watch @JimmyWalkerPGA make a hole-in-one at No. 2 during the Par 3 Contest. #themasters https://t.co/KhkXFVkbtT
— Masters Tournament (@TheMasters) April 6, 2016

He finished a good three shots clear of Keegan Bradley and Craig Stadler at 5-under. Even with all the implications of that curse, Walker pushed forward and turned in his card to take the title. There were many, many players who did not post an official score, often pulling their kid caddie into the competition to take a few strokes. They get the “NS” not scored designation.

We’re now on to the main event Thursday morning. Here are your final results from the Par-3:

Place	Player	Score	Strokes
1	WALKER	-8	19
T2	BRADLEY	-5	22
T2	STADLER	-5	22
T4	CHAPLET	-4	23
T4	JOHNSON, Z.	-4	23
T4	ENGLISH	-4	23
T4	SNEDEKER	-4	23
T4	JOHNSON, D.	-4	23
T9	POULTER	-3	24
T9	KAUFMAN	-3	24
T9	KAYMER	-3	24
T9	LAHIRI	-3	24
T9	LANGER	-3	24
T14	DECHAMBEAU	-2	25
T14	HOLMES	-2	25
T14	MCDOWELL	-2	25
T14	FALDO	-2	25
T14	SULLIVAN	-2	25
T14	FOWLER	-2	25
T14	SMITH	-2	25
T14	MICKELSON	-2	25
T22	MAHAN	-1	26
T22	SIMPSON	-1	26
T22	O'MEARA	-1	26
T22	MERRITT	-1	26
T22	KNOX	-1	26
T22	LEE	-1	26
T22	BAKER-FINCH	-1	26
T22	MOORE	-1	26
T22	KISNER	-1	26
T31	PATE	E	27
T31	MIZE	E	27
T33	ALEXANDER	1	28
T33	FLOYD	1	28
T35	RIDLEY	2	29
T35	MELNYK	2	29
T35	CRENSHAW	2	29
38	GILES III	3	30
39	BARD	5	32
NS	THOMAS	-4	23
NS	LINGMERTH	-4	23
NS	GRACE	-4	23
NS	WILLETT	-3	24
NS	ZOELLER	-3	24
NS	LOWRY	-3	24
NS	STREELMAN	-2	25
NS	SCHWARTZEL	-2	25
NS	SCHMITZ	-2	25
NS	WATSON, T.	-2	25
NS	KOEPKA	-2	25
NS	WESTWOOD	-2	25
NS	KIRK	-2	25
NS	CAMPBELL	-1	26
NS	DUBUISSON	-1	26
NS	TAYLOR	-1	26
NS	OOSTHUIZEN	-1	26
NS	NA, K.	-1	26
NS	STREB	-1	26
NS	ELS	-1	26
NS	FITZPATRICK	-1	26
NS	GOMEZ	-1	26
NS	DAY	-1	26
NS	IMMELMAN	E	27
NS	LANGASQUE	E	27
NS	LEISHMAN	E	27
NS	WEIR	E	27
NS	WIESBERGER	E	27
NS	WATSON, B.	E	27
NS	HAAS	E	27
NS	CABRERA-BELLO	E	27
NS	WOOD	E	27
NS	KJELDSEN	1	28
NS	GREEN	1	28
NS	KUCHAR	1	28
NS	DUFNER	1	28
NS	BEEM	1	28
NS	HERMAN	1	28
NS	PIERCY	2	29
NS	PLAYER	2	29
NS	LOVE III	2	29
NS	APHIBARNRAT	2	29
NS	HORSCHEL	2	29
NS	BOWDITCH	2	29
NS	GEIBERGER	2	29
NS	ROSE	3	30
NS	NICKLAUS	3	30
NS	LYLE	3	30
NS	BERGER	3	30
NS	WOOSNAM	3	30
NS	COODY	4	31
NS	SPIETH	4	31
NS	JIN	4	31
NS	CABRERA	4	31
NS	DONALDSON	5	32
NS	HOFFMAN	5	32
NS	STOCKTON	7	34
NS	GRILLO	-2	0