Do pros believe in the Par-3 contest curse?

Nobody has ever won Wednesday’s Par-3 Contest and the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club in the same week.

Raymond Floyd came closest in 1990, when the 47-year-old was in line to become the oldest Masters champion. Floyd recorded his only Par 3 victory and seemed on course to snap the curse Sunday afternoon. Following a birdie on No. 12, Floyd was four strokes clear of Nick Faldo with six holes to play. But Faldo ended up slipping into a Green Jacket in a playoff for a second straight year.

Just three years later, Chip Beck won the warm-up act and was three strokes behind Bernhard Langer entering Sunday’s 15th hole. But Beck laid up from the fairway and Langer coasted to his second Masters crown.

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All these years later, the curse of the par-3 contest winner lives. Do today’s pros believe in it, and did the par-3 curse deter them from participating or trying to win the par 3?

Keegan Bradley on a green with his wife Jillian Stacey and son Logan James during the Par 3 Contest prior to the 2019 Masters at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. (Photo: Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

“I’d love to win it. I had a chance one year, and I missed a birdie putt at the last.”

“Not really. It’s got to happen at some point.”

Stewart Cink reacts to his shot on the ninth hole during the Par 3 Contest ahead of the 2012 Masters at Augusta National Golf Club. (Photo: Streeter Lecka/Getty Images)

“I don’t think I ever came to the last hole with a good round going but I do believe in the curse. How can you not? It’s never happened.”

Malory Conners, wife of Corey Conners, at the 2019 Masters Par 3 Contest at Augusta National Golf Club. (Photo: Andrew Redington/Getty Images)

“Definitely not. If I happen to win, I won’t be thinking I have a worse chance of winning. It would just make me feel like I’m playing well and have a chance to win.”

“Someone is going to break that curse one year and I hope it’s me.”

Tony Finau and his family at the 2022 Masters Par 3 Contest at Augusta National Golf Club. (Photo: Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

“I participate because I love having my wife and kids out there, but I will never try to win it. Let’s not try to test the waters.”

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