{"id":26320,"date":"2017-04-05T07:00:51","date_gmt":"2017-04-05T06:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yourgolftravel.com\/19th-hole\/?p=26320"},"modified":"2017-04-05T08:43:06","modified_gmt":"2017-04-05T07:43:06","slug":"5-of-the-best-moments-from-the-masters-par-3-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yourgolftravel.com\/19th-hole\/5-of-the-best-moments-from-the-masters-par-3-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"5 of the best moments from the Masters par 3 contest"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The par contest on the Wednesday of Masters<\/a> week has always been a great chance for fans to see golf\u2019s best players at their most relaxed and probably for the only time during the week players can be seen laughing and joking around. Over the years it has become a tradition that players will be caddied for by their family, girlfriends or famous friends and this has lead to some of the cutest and or funniest moments to be seen Augusta National. Here is a look at our favourite 5 moments that the caddies and golfers have produced over the course of the par 3 tournament….<\/p>\n

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Number 1<\/h5>\n

Starting us off at Number 1 has to be one direction super star Niall Horan, often seen in some of the world\u2019s most glamorous night clubs it is very rarely that a bad photo or video will be taken of him. However, that all changed in 2015 when another of Ireland\u2019s most famous sons, Rory McIlroy asked him to be his caddy. In between holes Rory McIlroy was pulled aside for a quick interview with Sky Sports when the boy band sensation became slightly wrong footed on the famous Augusta pine needles. He then continued to fall in what seemed like\u00a0slow motion flat on his back on live TV sending the world into a media frenzy of \u2018LOLS\u2019, even Rory and the reporter started having a little chuckle.<\/p>\n