Echavarria risks Masters Par-Three Contest curse with playoff win

Echavarria, who qualified for his first Masters by winning last year's PGA Zozo Championship in Japan, birdied the second extra hole while Spaun made bogey to take what has been a poisoned chalice triumph. No Par-Three Contest winner has ever donned the Masters champion's green jacket in the same year. "It feels awesome," Echavarria said. "Being my first time and winning this, it feels incredible. "Hopefully we change the tradition of never winning the Masters Par-Three Contest and the tournament itself.