A hole in one is surely the highlight of any golfer's career. Sam Snead famously recorded more holes in one that perhaps anyone else in golf history. Well, we know that at least one must've come in front of thousands of spectators in the famous Masters Tournament Par 3 Contest, which is held on the Wednesday of Masters Week each year.

To commemorate his accomplishment, The Masters Tournament used to award the rare Wedgwood Masters Champions' Dinner Plates. Not to be confused with the more common Lenox Augusta National plates that were issued to members from 1992 to 1997, these gorgeous Wedgwood plates were produced in approximately the late 1950s through the 60s. They were used as Par 3 Tournament Prizes in the 1960s and as the actual plates used for dinner at the famed Masters Champions' Dinner each year (a photo of the 1968 Champions' Dinner, from page 34 of the 1973 book The Masters: Profile of a Tournament, shows these plates in use). In previous sales, even single plates have brought over $3,000 at auction.

Offered here are a pair of those original plates that were almost certainly awarded to Sam Snead for a Par 3 Contest hole in one.

The letter of provenance from Jack Snead and Heritage auction states they are from Snead getting eagles on par 5s in the Masters tournament, but we do not agree with that claim. We simply believe that they are mistaken, and are confusing the award of "Masters Crystal" with the award of plates during the Par 3 Contest.

These plates were made by Wedgwood and numbered 664 & 665.