The stars have been out on Wednesday at the Masters Par 3 Contest
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Hello, buddies, and welcome to my Super Bowl, Christmas Day and Roman Empire all in one: Wednesday at the Masters.
To me, it’s the happiest day of the yr. The gamers at Augusta National are capable of take a number of hours away from this week’s grind to spend some high quality time with household and make lifelong reminiscences at the Par 3 Contest. And fortunate for golf followers, we get to see all of it. On Wednesday at Augusta National, it doesn’t matter whose child is grounded, which gamers are on which tour or what toddler is crying. It’s a day set as much as go so properly that there’s no probability for it to be something however healthful. And that’s precisely what it was.
My coworker and GOLF photographer extraordinaire Darren Riehl and I headed over to the Par 3 Course early Wednesday afternoon. It’s our second yr watching the contest collectively and whereas there’s a case to be made for every day being the finest to attend the Masters, I actually am an enormous fan of Wednesday (the day of the week and the Netflix show). You can stroll the course in the morning and take in all the household time in the afternoon at the Par 3 Contest. The Par 3 Course is a a lot simpler stroll — it’s method much less hilly and you’ll stroll the complete factor in properly underneath an hour. If you’re ever attending the Masters with younger youngsters or somebody who possibly can’t put in 20,000 steps a day, the Par 3 Contest is the finest place to see your favourite gamers (and their family members!) up shut.
There’s additionally a mini-merchandise store on the far finish of the Par 3 Course, which carries all the necessities: hats, sunblock, chairs and meals. Everything you want for a day at the Masters.
The winners
I’ll get to Strokes Gained: Wholesome in a minute, however I’ll give a shout out to the gamers who actually introduced it on Wednesday afternoon.
There have been a handful of aces from the execs, that are spectacular, however not as spectacular as the placing efficiency that each Jessica Hadwin and Dakota Watson placed on at this time.
Brad Faxon’s gig as Rory McIlroy’s placing coach may very well be in jeopardy if Dakota Watson retains this up. I’ll attain out for touch upon her hourly fee and get again to you all.
Jessica Hadwin additionally drained a clutch putt throughout the event, partially because of her husband for the learn.
And lastly, congratulations to Rickie Fowler on not solely having one among the cutest youngsters at Augusta this week but additionally on the Par 3 Contest win.
Okay, on to the good things.
The actual winners
Okay, okay. Enough about good golf pictures and low scores. Let’s get to what actually issues at the Par 3 Contest: the caddies. I frolicked by the Par 3 apply inexperienced for some time, the place Frankie Fleetwood and Iris Lowry placed on a show. Little Fleetwood appears to have a little bit of Charlie Woods in him. He was strolling in putts, fist pumping and throwing a finger as much as the sky when he drained one. He was taking the apply critically. Then Iris Lowry walked over and requested if she might have a flip with the putter. From there, the two hit alternating putts whereas their mother and father caught up off to the aspect. The patrons went wild when every child holed one.
Darren Riehl
By the energy bestowed in me by the Rogers Report, I hereby declare Frankie Fleetwood as the Chief Good Vibes officer of the Par 3 Contest. This ought to come as a shock to utterly nobody who has been being attentive to this event over the previous couple of years. This was him in 2022.
Little Frankie additionally has some severe sport.
Not solely do I really like the friendship between Iris Lowry and Frankie Fleetwood, I really like the friendship between their dads.
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Next up we’ve the Schenk household. They’re having fun with their first time at the Masters this week, and I’m an enormous fan of Kourtney. If you’re in search of somebody to root for in occasions, Adam is your man.
Okay of us, buckle up. We’ve received a variety of infants to debate. We will begin out with Cam Homa, who was rocking an unimaginable pair of Nike kicks with a inexperienced swoosh. These youngsters have some severe fashion.
Darren Riehl
Darren Riehl
To know the Masters Par 3 Contest is to know that Sammy Spieth stole the show final yr, which he and Maya Fowler did once more this yr. Annie Spieth was pregnant finally yr’s Masters, and this yr, Sophie Spieth made her official debut at Augusta National.
One of the cool issues about being the youngster of an expert golfer (I believe, anyhow. I’m not one among them) is you could be taught from the finest. Sammy Spieth had his dad lining him up on the tee at this time and Fred Couples testing his placing.
The Sammy Spieth and Maya Fowler content material was a few of my favourite of the day. The second technology of the Baker’s Bay spring break crew is shaping up properly!
Crew Sims Koepka’s face was placed on show for the fist time at this time at the Masters Par 3 Contest, and Jena Sims determined to have some enjoyable with it.
The pictures of Crew along with his mother and father are so, so cute.
Darren Riehl
Shout out to my coworker Darren for getting my favourite picture of the day beneath.
Darren Riehl
And for the grand finale, I current to you all the finest video of the week thus far. If Tony Finau ever determined he didn’t wish to proceed taking part in golf, he might a hundred percent make it as a content material creator. I’m obsessive about all of the Finau household content material, however this video is extraordinarily inventive and they received a military of 5 youngsters to cooperate for it. That in itself is nothing wanting a miracle.
Wednesday at the Masters form of seems like a Sunday to me. It’s a pleasant enjoyable day to loosen up earlier than the work week actually begins, and it’s at all times bittersweet when it ends.
