Masters Par-3 Contest: Here’s who stole the show

Hello, friends, and welcome to today’s edition of the Rogers Report, where I am highlighting the very best day in golf. That’s right, folks. Wednesday at the Masters is my favorite day in golf because of the Par-3 Contest, which allows players to take a break from all of their Masters preparation and focus on nothing but family and fun for a few hours. Players, their wives and their adorable children head over to play the nine-hole par-3 course at Augusta National, and the rest of us get to soak it all in.

The following photo is one of my favorites of the day. Sometimes we forget that the best golfers in the world are also dads and husbands, and this image of the World No. 1 in full-on dad mode is as good of a reminder as any.

With the exception of Bennett Scheffler’s very brief cry (we’ve all been there), the whole family looked like they had the best day ever. And the rest of us all had a pretty great time watching their best day ever.

Frankie Fleetwood

To know the Par-3 Contest at the Masters is to know Frankie Fleetwood. He first went viral two years ago after running down the fairway ahead of his dad, Tommy, and he’s been a crowd favorite ever since. I watched him warm up on the practice green ahead of his tee time this afternoon, and he was taking his job very seriously. Little Fleetwood even did an interview with Sky Sports, and he sounded just like a professional golfer talking to the media after a round.

Frankie is a star, and I’m already looking forward to seeing him at the 2026 Par-3 Contest.

The Big Family Division

The biggest families in this year’s Masters are the Finaus, who have six kids, and the Days, who have five. This means that Tony Finau and Jason Day have a lot of caddies with them at the Par-3 Contest. As someone from a big family, it’s the Finau family’s content that is often the most relatable (and chaotic in the best way possible).

The Day parents were also plenty busy during the Par-3 Contest, and all of their kids looked adorable. I’m a big fan of the Adidas kicks they put their youngest in.

Shout out to the Day and Finau parents for getting all of their children over to the Par-3 Contest not just in one piece, but with smiles on their faces. I can’t imagine what it’s like getting a handful of young kids ready for a public outing at the same time.

The celebrations

The Masters Par-3 Contest is filled with moments of celebration, but I followed the Lowry, Fleetwood and McIlroy group so I’ll mostly be focusing on moments from their squad. Let’s kick things off with Iris Lowry, who sunk a putt from the fringe while her dad proudly recorded.