article_snippet.sent: Tiger Woods played in the Masters Par-3 Contest at Augusta National for the first time in 11 years .
article_snippet.sent: The par-three course: .
article_snippet.sent: the Par-3 Contest has become a much-loved part of the Masters build-up, and is played on Augusta National’s nine-hole par-3 course on the Wednesday before the tournament.
article_snippet.sent: Sam Snead won the first Par 3 Contest in 1960, two years after the course was completed.
article_snippet.sent: the Augusta National in Georgia par-3 course traditionally hosts the Par-3 Contest the day before the first major of the year begins .
article_snippet.sent: Spectators watch the Par-3 Contest under blue skies with the sun shining on Wednesday in Augusta, Georgia .
article_snippet.sent: the Augusta National in Georgia picturesque par-3 course was a sight to behold on Wednesday for the traditional curtain raiser .
highlights_snippet.sent: Tiger Woods played in the Par-3 Contest at the Augusta National for the first time since 2004 .
  