The Legendary Masters Tournament

The Par 3 contest begins at 12:30 PM ET today. In the history of the Par 3 event, there has never been anyone who won the Par 3 contest, go on to win the Masters in the same year. Tom Watson was the closest to doing so. He won the Par 3 contest in 1982; just a year after his last Masters win in 1981. He previously had won in 1977 as well.

The Par 3 event began in 1960. Always played on the Wednesday before the tournament, Sam Snead was the innaugural winner of such. The contest is a Par 27, 1060 yd layout. To say that this gets the momentum going for the players, would be putting it mildly. After the events such as the Champions Dinner, this is one more thing that will have players feeling the jitters and beginning their dreams. 

The Masters Tournament begins Thursday. The course is always in exquisite condition. The pictures themselves are amazing as well as the Landmarks of the course. The picture to the left is hole #2. Every yard of this course is filled with beautiful scenery and the prestige of playing for the first time can be overwhelming to players. This year, first time Masters Players are: Arjun Atwal, Hideki Matsuyama, David Chung, Jeff Overton, Jason Day, D.A. Points, Rickie Fowler, Hiroyuki Fujita, Peter Hanson, Gregory Havret, Charley Hoffman, Kevin Streelman, Peter Ulhlein, Jin Jeong, Jhonattan Vegas, Kyung-Tae Kim, Mark Wilson, Gary Woodland, Lion Kim, and Martin Laird. Can you imagine how weak their knees will feel when they tee off on Thursday, or how their hearts will pound? 

Amateurs competing in this years Masters are: Hideki Matsuyama, David Chung, Jin Jeong, Peter Ulhlein, and Lion Kim. What a an exceptional honor they must feel for having this not only be their first Masters but yet, being an Amateur and being invited to the most prestigious tournament they will ever play.

One of the most beautiful Landmarks is "Amen Corner" as seen to the picture on the left. If you haven't checked out the Masters website, you must do so and look at all the holes and landmarks. You can click on the following link to check it out; Masters.com . At Amen Corner, it is said you can see the action from holes 11, 12 &13.

Another great photo is of holes 15 & 16. They consider this the "Pivotal Pair of holes" and you can see why, in this photo. 

All week, you can view via this link Live Coverage . Golf Channel coverage will be 8:00 - 3:00 pm Thursday & Friday as well as CBS on Sat 3:30 - 7:00 PM and Sun. 2:00 - 7:00 PM. Additional air time is on ESPN as follows: Wed 3-5:00 PM, Thurs 3-7:30 PM, Fri 3-7:30 PM and replays from 8-11 pm.

As always, you can follow via PGA.COM  .

Now, Go Hit Some Balls................