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Mickelson with his wife Amy and his daughters before teeing off at Augusta earlier today. Darron Cummings/AP/Press Association Images
Masters 2013

Cursed! Ted Potter Jr wins Masters Par 3 amid Mickelson scorecard confusion

The traditional Masters tune-up went down to a five-man playoff.

Updated 5.05pm

TED POTTER JUNIOR will carry the “curse” of the Par 3 contest at the Masters this week.

After a lot of scorecard confusion, Potter came out on a top of a five-way playoff against Matt Kuchar, Ernie Els, Nick Watney and Phil Mickelson.

Nobody has ever won the Par 3 contest, held on the Wednesday before the Masters tee-off, and then gone on to win the main event on Sunday.

Earlier it appeared that Mickelson, a three-time green jacket winner and one of this year’s leading contenders, was spooked by the curse and deliberately messed up his chances.

After going around in four-under-par 23, Lefty’s card was submitted as an NS (not scored), ensuring that he wouldn’t win.

But it wasn’t superstition. It was an honest mistake and after some rejigging of the leaderboard, he was back in contention only to be beaten by Potter.

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