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Gary Player is 80 years old, but that isn’t about to stop him from making headlines at The Masters.
Wednesday during the Par 3 contest at Augusta, Gary Player became the oldest player to ever sink a hole-in one at the contest. You can see the beautiful shot above and the fantastic celebration.

It was quite hard to steal the headlines at the Par 3 contest given that Rickie Fowler and Justin Thomas had earlier gone back-to-back with their hole-in-ones. You can see both of their shots below.

[The Masters]

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