The Par 3 Contest is played every year on eve of the Masters Tournament . Direction 's best players take on a nine-hole course with wives , girlfriends , friends and their kids as caddies . Tiger Woods and Bubba Watson were some of the many who brought the whole family along to play . Rory McIlroy brought One World 's Niall Horan to caddie the contest . The Masters Tournament kicks off Thursday at 8am in Augusta , Georgia .
The Par 3 Contest is played every year on eve of the Masters Tournament . World 's best players take on a nine-hole course with wives , girlfriends , friends and their kids as caddies . Tiger Woods and Bubba Watson were some of the many who brought the whole family along to play . Rory McIlroy brought One Direction 's Niall Horan to caddie the contest . The Masters Tournament kicks off Thursday at 8am in Augusta , Georgia .