Rich Beem On The 'Immaculate' Masters Par 3 Course

"It truly is remarkable how perfect how perfect condition they get the par 3 course in as the get the tournament course in."

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Five-time Masters competitor and 2002 USPGA Champion Rich Beem tells Golf Monthly why he loves Augusta National's Par 3 course

Rich Beem On The 'Immaculate' Masters Par 3 Course

Five-time US Masters competitor and 2002 USPGA Champion Rich Beem is making the trip to Augusta National this year as part of the Sky Sports team.

Beem is certainly looking forward to the season's first major, telling us "I can’t think of a better place to be for about a week to hang out if you’re a golf geek like I am. It’s just spectacular."

The American won't be taking his clubs this time though, as the rules regarding the Par 3 competition's entry criteria have changed.

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We recently caught up with Beemer who expressed his love for Augusta National's beautiful par 3 course.

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"It’s so immaculate you almost can’t believe it," he said.

"It’s basically the same mowing heights when it comes to the tee boxes and greens as you’d have on the tournament course.

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"It truly is remarkable how perfect condition they get the par 3 course in as they get the tournament course in.

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"It truly is a sight to behold and the par 3 course is just extraordinary.

"What a fun event too, you get out there and you get the families, you get kids caddying for dad and it’s really cool to see all the generations of people that are out there watching the event.

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"What a great way to decompress right before you have four days of nothing but stress and pressure on you at all times."

The Masters takes place from 6-9th April, with the par 3 contest taking place on Wednesday 5th April.

Sky Sports Golf‘s live offering in 2017 includes the Majors, the PGA and European Tours, women’s golf including all five Majors, the Solheim Cup and much more.

Elliott Heath
News Editor

Elliott Heath is our News Editor and has been with Golf Monthly since early 2016 after graduating with a degree in Sports Journalism. He manages the Golf Monthly news team as well as our large Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. He covered the 2022 Masters from Augusta National as well as five Open Championships on-site including the 150th at St Andrews. His first Open was in 2017 at Royal Birkdale, when he walked inside the ropes with Jordan Spieth during the Texan's memorable Claret Jug triumph. He has played 35 of our Top 100 golf courses, with his favourites being both Sunningdales, Woodhall Spa, Western Gailes, Old Head and Turnberry. He has been obsessed with the sport since the age of 8 and currently plays off of a six handicap. His golfing highlights are making albatross on the 9th hole on the Hotchkin Course at Woodhall Spa, shooting an under-par round, playing in the Aramco Team Series on the Ladies European Tour and making his one and only hole-in-one at the age of 15 - a long time ago now!


Elliott is currently playing:


Driver: Titleist TSR4

3 wood: Titleist TSi2

Hybrids: Titleist 816 H1

Irons: Mizuno MP5 5-PW

Wedges: Cleveland RTX ZipCore 50, 54, 58

Putter: Odyssey White Hot OG #5

Ball: Srixon Z Star XV