Who won the Par 3 Contest? Aaron Rai shoots 6-under 21 to win by a shot
Aaron Rai has won the 2026 Par 3 Contest. Will he go on to win the Masters?
The Masters Par 3 Contest is the fun before the serious, the calm before the storm, the light-hearted before the intense. It's the most family-friendly event in sports and it's tailor-made for television. It's also an event that perhaps some don't want to win.
Never in the history of the event, it's been repeated time and again, has the Par 3 winner gone on to win the Masters later in that same week. Aaron Rai wins 2026 Masters Par 3 Contest Perhaps Aaron Rai will break that trend. Wearing his trademark two gloves, Rai shot 6-under 21 to win the Par 3 Contest by a shot over Jacob Bridgeman and Johnny Keefer.
Rai almost had a hole-in-one during the contest, a day that saw four aces in all. Rai will make his second Masters start in 2026. He tied for 27th a year ago after making the cut.
His best score was 70. This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Who won the Par 3 Contest? Aaron Rai posts 6-under 21 to win by a shot