One of the great thrills of the Par 3 Contest at the Masters is the proliferation of hole-in-ones. Each year provides at least a handful of aces, and on Wednesday, Dylan Frittelli got the fireworks going on the 8th hole.
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Frittelli, a South African making his first Masters appearance, dropped his tee shot just past the hole and spun it back for the hole-in-one.
Watch @Dylan_Frittelli make the first hole-in-one of the 2018 Par 3 Contest on No. 8. #themasters pic.twitter.com/9KQIM13TFB
— Masters Tournament (@TheMasters) April 4, 2018
In 2016, the last full Par 3 Contest that was played, there were a record nine hole-in-ones.