The Par 3 Contest at the Masters has been a Wednesday tradition dating back to 1960 with the inaugural competition won by Sam Snead. Tournament participants as well as all past champions are ...

Echavarria and recently defeated Players Championship runner-up J.J. Spaun needed a playoff to decide the winner of the annual pre-Masters meet. After a couple of playoff holes, it was Echavarria ...

AUGUSTA, Georgia - Nicolas Echavarria got his Masters week off to a promising start as he won the Masters Par-3 Contest in a playoff over J.J. Spaun on Wednesday on the eve of the year's first ...

Echavarria and JJ Spaun registered five birdies each in their bogey-free 22s to finish top of the leaderboard at the annual Wednesday event, with both players then exchanging pars on the first ...

Nicolas Echavarria struck the perfect balance there as he won the Par 3 contest in a playoff against J.J. Spaun. Echavarria was five-under par through nine holes and took down Spaun, who bogeyed ...

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EPA/JOHN G. MABANGLO The record book will show that Masters rookie Nico Echavarria won the event Wednesday, beating J.J. Spaun with a birdie on the second playoff hole after each shot 5-under 22.

Colombia’s Nicolas Echavarria won the event, defeating J.J. Spaun in a playoff after both men finished the nine-hole course on five under. Subscribe to The Athletic on an exclusive offer here.

When we last saw Spaun on a stage like this, he was getting bullied by the No. 17 island green at TPC Sawgrass in a playoff against Rory McIlroy. Since then he's had a missed cut at the Houston ...

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