Nico Echavarria wins, aces highlight play at Masters Par 3

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AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Sammy Spieth, age 3, hit a better tee shot by his standards than playing partners Justin Thomas and Max Homa did by theirs on the second hole of the Par 3 Contest at the Masters. He teed up a driver, gripped it cross-handed and sent his ball about 30 yards down the middle, while Thomas and Homa hit their wedges short and right into a bunker.

Sammy's dad, 2015 Masters champion Jordan Spieth, didn't bother to tee off. He had enough to manage with a team of caddies -- all wearing white Augusta National coveralls -- that included Sammy, 1-year-old daughter, Sophie, and wife, Annie, who is expecting a third child in July.

Sammy Spieth, the 3-year-old son of…