Keegan Bradley's ace, special father-son moment highlights beloved Masters Par 3 Contest

Keegan Bradley traveled to Augusta National Golf Club arsenic the reigning America's Ryder Cup captain. 

On Wednesday, the 38-year-old participated successful 1 of the historical course's yearly traditions — the Masters Par 3 Contest. The contest, which dates backmost to 1960, offers play pros the accidental to enactment successful a lighthearted league soon earlier the existent contention tees off.

Past Masters champions are besides invited to play connected a nine-hole course. Participants often see their caddies, relatives, and children to play alongside them connected the shortened course.

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Apr 9, 2025; Augusta, Georgia, USA; Keegan Bradley smiles arsenic helium walks disconnected no. 9 during the Par 3 Contest astatine Augusta National Golf Club. (Grace Smith-Imagn Images)

Bradley had his 2 young sons with him this year. The trio enjoyed a peculiar father-son infinitesimal erstwhile helium made a hole-in-one. A fewer adjacent misses aboriginal connected couldn't support Bradley disconnected track, arsenic helium made the contest's archetypal ace connected Hole 6 connected Wednesday.

Bradley's mustache besides returned conscionable successful clip for the archetypal large tourney of the season.

Apr 9, 2025; Augusta, Georgia, USA; Keegan Bradley walks past patrons during the Par 3 Contest astatine Augusta National Golf Club. (Michael Madrid-Imagn Images)

Bradley jokingly suggested the facial hairstyle could bring him bully luck. 

"I shaved it disconnected and I played 2 weeks and did not play good astatine all, truthful I had to bring it back," helium said successful jest during the broadcast of the contest.

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Bradley's champion decorativeness astatine Augusta National happened past twelvemonth and successful 2015 erstwhile helium tied for 22nd.

The Par 3 Contest has produced 112 holes-in-one implicit the past 65 years. Last year, 5 participants made an ace. Sam Snead won the inaugural Par 3 contention successful 1960.

Apr 9, 2025; Augusta, Georgia, USA; Keegan Bradley directs his lad Logan James and Cooper during the Par 3 Contest astatine Augusta National Golf Club. (Peter Casey-Imagn Images)

Fan enactment for Bradley has seemed to beryllium steadily rising recently. Although helium is the existent Ryder Cup captain, helium was snubbed successful 2023. His absorption to being rebuffed was chronicled connected the Netflix docuseries "Full Swing." Bradley's handling of the concern helped marque him 1 of the astir beloved golfers connected the PGA Tour.

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The archetypal circular of the 89th variation of the Masters begins connected Thursday astatine Augusta National Golf Club.

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