Masters 2009 Par 3 Contest

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Greg Norman is already making headlines at The Masters – and the tournament hasn’t even started yet!

The Great White Shark had his glamourous wife Chris Evert on his bag and he even earned himself a kiss with an astounding hole-in-one on the sixth hole of the par 3 contest.

There has never been an ace on this hole but Norman knocked it in! He finished two under par for the nine holes three shots behind South African Tim Clark who also had a hole-in-one (on the 9th).

Nick Faldo, Justin Rose and Ian Poulter teamed up and had plkenty of fun and games on their way round. On the last hole Faldo knocked a putt away from the hole, into the bank. The ball stoppped, and then rolled all way back and into the cup.

Poulter tried to do the same, but despite Faldo ‘mock’ sweeping the grass to add pace to the ball… he ended up a few inches short.pt into the water, the nine-times Major winner stepped up to hit another. This time the ball carried past the pin, before spinning back and into the hole for a solid par!

Freddie Couples finished at four under, just a shot behind the winner Tim Clark.

Gary Player had no such problem on the ninth. After hitting his first attem

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