Dustin Johnson and Brooks Koepka’s Wags in Masters par-three crowd on eve of Augusta tournament
Annual par-three contest took place at Augusta as the world's best golfers enjoyed an afternoon in the sun with their families
PAULINA GRETZKY and Jena Sims were among the golf Wags in attendance for the annual Masters par-three contest on Wednesday.
Dustin Johnson's fiancee and Brooks Koepka's partner watched the traditional event on the eve of the first Major of the year.
Sergio Garcia, Jon Rahm, Paul Casey and Tommy Fleetwood were some of the other golf stars joined by their families for the laidback event.
The Augusta National hosted the annual par-three contest a day before the battle for the green jacket begins.
Top pros were joined by their families and ex-players enjoyed another afternoon in the sun on Wednesday.
Gretzky and Sims were not caddying for their respective partners, instead enjoying the event as spectators.
Rahm's girlfriend Kelley Cahill even attempted a putt with the Spaniard helping her to line it up.
The par-three contest was first held in 1960, and no winner of the traditional event has gone on to be crowned Masters champion that year.
Matt Wallace won the event after a shoot-out victory over Sandy Lyle on Wednesday.
TIGER'S QUEST
Tiger Woods sat out the par-three contest as he chases a fifth green jacket and a first Major victory since 2008.
Nick Faldo says a fifth Masters win for Woods this week would be the biggest thing ever to happen in golf.
Woods, 43, is among the favourites to pull on the green jacket on Sunday – 14 years after his last victory – despite playing with a fused disc in his lower back.
And three-time Masters champion Faldo commented: “If Tiger wins, my goodness, what an incredible story that would be. It might even make the FRONT pages of the morning papers – for the next three months!
“It would be that big a deal, and you’ve also got Rory McIlroy going for the Grand Slam. There are plenty of amazing storylines – let it unfold and let’s enjoy what happens.”
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Faldo would not be surprised to see the Masters champion hole the winning putt for the first time with the flagstick still in the hole.
He added: “I personally think that psychologically it is a huge advantage.to have that flagstick in there. For uphill putts I would definitely have it in.
“On downhill putts you have got to be a perfect weight. If you hit it too hard, the odds of you hitting the flagstick square on and it saving you are pretty slim. But it is obviously slower uphill, and it does give you a nice stopper.”
