One of the more fun events of Masters week started at 12 p.m. ET Wednesday with the Par-3 Contest at Augusta National.
It's an event for golfers, families and spectators alike and one full of nostalgia like Jack Nicklaus and Gary Player, who always find their ways around the course.
But is the event, which began in 1960, indicative of success during the actual Masters? Well, let's take a look at how the past 10 winners of the event have fared in the year's first major:
| Year | Par-3 Contest winner | Masters finish |
| 2018 | Tom Watson | DNP |
| 2017 | Event cancelled due to rain | N/A |
| 2016 | Jimmy Walker | T-29 |
| 2015 | Kevin Streelman | T-12 |
| 2014 | Ryan Moore | Missed cut |
| 2013 | Ted Potter Jr. | Missed cut |
| 2012 | Padraig Harrington/Jonathan Byrd | T-8/T-27 |
| 2011 | Luke Donald | T-4 |
| 2010 | Louis Oosthuizen | Missed cut |
| 2009 | Tim Clark | T-13 |
| 2008 | Rory Sabbatini | Missed cut |
One top-5 finish, just two in the top 10 and four missed cuts. Not the greatest of results from a small sampling.
So winning the event does not mean you're going to play well over the weekend. Actually, it could allude to the fact you won't play well and might not even make it to the weekend.
No man who has won the Par-3 Contest has ever won the Masters on the same weekend. Raymond Floyd came the closest to accomplishing the feat in 1990 as he lost in a playoff and finished as runner-up.
So it's a fun event to play but not necessarily one you want to win if you want to compete over the weekend at Augusta National.
Here are all of the past winners of the Masters Par-3 Contest:
| Year | Winner |
| 2018 | Tom Watson |
| 2017 | Event Cancelled |
| 2016 | Jimmy Walker |
| 2015 | Kevin Streelman |
| 2014 | Ryan Moore |
| 2013 | Ted Potter Jr. |
| 2012 | Jonathan Byrd/Padraig Harrington |
| 2011 | Luke Donald |
| 2010 | Louis Oosthuizen |
| 2009 | Tim Clark |
| 2008 | Rory Sabbatini |
| 2007 | Mark O'Meara |
| 2006 | Ben Crane |
| 2005 | Jerry Pate |
| 2004 | Padraig Harrington |
| 2003 | Padraig Harrington/David Toms |
| 2002 | Nick Price |
| 2001 | David Toms |
| 2000 | Chris Perry |
| 1999 | Joe Durant |
| 1998 | Sandy Lyle |
| 1997 | Sandy Lyle |
| 1996 | Jay Haas |
| 1995 | Hal Sutton |
| 1994 | Vijay Singh |
| 1993 | Chip Beck |
| 1992 | Davis Love III |
| 1991 | Rocco Mediate |
| 1990 | Raymond Floyd |
| 1989 | Bob Gilder |
| 1988 | Tsuneyuki Nakajima |
| 1987 | Ben Crenshaw |
| 1986 | Gary Koch |
| 1985 | Hubert Green |
| 1984 | Tommy Aaron |
| 1983 | Hale Irwin |
| 1982 | Tom Watson |
| 1981 | Isao Aoki |
| 1980 | Johnny Miller |
| 1979 | Joe Inman |
| 1978 | Lou Graham |
| 1977 | Tom Weiskopf |
| 1976 | Jay Haas |
| 1975 | Isao Aoki |
| 1974 | Sam Snead |
| 1973 | Gay Brewer |
| 1972 | Steve Melnyk |
| 1971 | Dave Stocton |
| 1970 | Harold Henning |
| 1969 | Bob Lunn |
| 1968 | Bob Rosburg |
| 1967 | Arnold Palmer |
| 1966 | Terry Dill |
| 1965 | Art Wall Jr. |
| 1964 | Labron Harris Jr. |
| 1963 | George Bayer |
| 1962 | Bruce Crampton |
| 1961 | Deane Beman |
| 1960 | Sam Snead |