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USA TODAY surveyed 33 players, including eight who have won the green jacket, about the Masters and Augusta National Golf Club, a powerful combination that leaves lasting memories. Here's what they had to say about the Par-3 Contest, which is scheduled for Wednesday.
Given the curse of the Par-3 Contest -- no player who has won the annual tournament on the short course has gone on to win the green jacket in the same year -- do you want to win the Par-3 Contest?
"Absolutely not. One year, I birdied five of my first six holes and then hit three balls into the water on purpose. My dad was so angry with me he wanted to strangle me.” – Andy North
“Heck yeah. That’s still something to brag about. I’d be telling everyone that I won the Masters. But then in the small print there would be the Par 3 Contest.” – Kevin Na
“I want to win everything there. I would love to win the Par 3 Contest and the Masters. Am I superstitious? For sure. But every curse gets broken. I’m a Boston Red Sox fan, so I know all about curses and how they end.” – Billy Horschel
“I was talking with Padraig Harrington about superstitions, and he told me he goes out of his way to break superstitions and he said he’s won the Par 3 Contest three times. I said that was interesting and then asked him if he’d won the green jacket. He nodded no, and I said well maybe they’re on to something there with that superstition.” – Graeme McDowell
“Probably not, considering history says otherwise. I didn’t try to win it the first year I played.” – Daniel Berger
“Hell yeah. I’ll take any crystal they’ve got there.” – Pat Perez
“No, I don’t want to win it.” – Tiger Woods
“One year I was standing on the ninth tee and I thought about it. But I never tried not to win it.” – David Duval
“Heck yeah. If I can get my name on anything on that piece of property is a great feat. I’d love the accomplishment of winning the Par 3 and then trying to break the hex.” --Charley Hoffman
“It’s unlikely I’ll win the main event again, so yes, I’ll take it. I might as well get my name on as many of those fountains as possible.” – Trevor Immelman
“Yes. I think it would be fun to break the hex and fun to have that experience of winning the Par 3 contest. That would be a great double.” – Phil Mickelson
“I’d love to be the only one to win both. And anytime you can earn some crystal, you want to earn crystal. So every time I go out there I’m trying to win.” – Jordan Spieth
“It would be nice to break that so-called curse. And if you win the Par 3 Contest, your wedge game is in pretty good shape, so that’s a good thing.” – Rory McIlroy
“Sure. The year I won the Masters I finished second in the Par 3 Contest. And I missed a putt to get in a playoff. Shoot, I’d love to win it. It’s crystal.” – Zach Johnson
“Absolutely. You want to put your name on a trophy as much as you possibly can.” – Wesley Bryan
“No. I believed in the hex. Look at what I did to Raymond Floyd. He had won the Par 3 contest and then I beat him in the playoff in the Masters.” – Nick Faldo
“I’d like to win anything there.” – Steve Stricker
“No. I really don’t play. I let my daughter play half the holes.” – Kevin Kisner
“If they’re giving crystal away that says you won something at Augusta National, I want to win it. So, yes, are you kidding me?” – William McGirt
“Absolutely. I’ll beat that hex.” – Gary Woodland
“No. Someone is eventually going to break the hex, but it’s not going to be me.” – Brandt Snedeker
“In 2011, when I was No. 1 in the world, it was an absolute goal of mine to win both. And I won the Par 3 that year and then finished fourth in the Masters. I was close. So, yes, I want to win both. I want to debunk that myth.” – Luke Donald
“No. I want to finish second. I’ll dump one into the water on the last hole.” – Mac Hughes
“No. Looking back at it, though, to think that was stupid. What chance did I have of winning the actual tournament? I should have been grinding it out on Wednesday trying to win on the Par 3 course.” – Justin Leonard
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