Masters Champions Dinner menus over the years, from Rory to Tiger

Masters Champions Dinner menus over the years history, from Rory to Tiger.

Augusta National Golf Club and the Masters are nothing if not tradition. One of the best is the Champions Dinner. Each Masters winner gets to select the menu for the next year's dinner, held on the Tuesday of tournament week.

The history dates back to 1952. Defending champion Ben Hogan organized a "Masters Club" for all the past champions. Honorary memberships were extended to club co-founders Bobby Jones and Clifford Roberts. Tournament chairmen were later added, and Fred Ridley is an annual participant.

The Masters official program states:

As his certificate of membership in the Masters Club, he receives an inscribed gold locket in the form ofthe Club emblem.

Fun note: each Masters champ pays for the food on his menu for his fellow past green jacket winners. What have some of the menus looked like? Here are some recent Masters Champions Dinners.

Editor's note: The year listed is the year the dinner was served, not the year the player won the Masters.

2026: Rory McIlroy

Finally a Masters champ, McIlroy's menu has been released and it's a good one. He had previously said: “I’ve been into like wild game recently, so like venison, elk, stuff like that." And he followed through, as grilled elk sliders are on his menu.

2025: Scottie Scheffler

Scheffler didn't switch it up too much compared to what he did in 2023.

2024: Jon Rahm

Rahm served up a little Spanish flavor with his menu.

2023: Scottie Scheffler

Scottie Scheffler, the tournament's 2022 champ, nailed it in 2023. His menu has a little something for everyone.

2022: Hideki Matsuyama

Players were impressed with not just Matsuyama's dinner menu, but also the speech he gave in English. But back to the menu.

2021: Dustin Johnson

Tiger Woods zinged Dustin Johnson about what his Champions Dinner menu may be, but all kidding aside, DJ put together a solid spread after his November Masters win.

2020: Tiger Woods

“Being born and raised in SoCal, having fajitas and sushi was a part of my entire childhood, and I’m going back to what I had in 2006,” Woods previously said of his menu for 2020. “So we’ll have steak and chicken fajitas, and we’ll have sushi and sashimi out on the deck, and I hope the guys will enjoy it.”

2019: Patrick Reed

Love him or hate him, you have to respect this level of depth for Patrick Reed's dinner menu.

2018: Sergio Garcia

Sergio Garcia had a personal family touch to his dinner menu ahead of the 2018 Masters. I'm not exactly sure what all is in a traditional Spanish lobster rice is but I'd sure like to try it.

2017: Danny Willett

Danny Willett made his menu as English as possible, rivaling Sir Nick Faldo's fish and chips in 1997.

2016: Jordan Spieth

Jordan Spieth had a good ol' fashion Texas barbecue at Augusta National in 2016.

2015: Bubba Watson

Bubba Watson revealed last week that he usually eats before the Champions Dinner because he doesn't know what will be served, even though it's made public in advance.

So, it's not surprising that Watson's menu was basic as could be (and the same as 2013): Caesar salad, chicken breast, green beans, mashed potatoes macaroni and cheese, corn, confetti cake and vanilla ice cream.

2014: Adam Scott

Speaking of Scott, his menu was a bit more diverse than Watson's.

2013: Bubba Watson

Faldo called Watson's menu a Happy Meal, and there's absolutely no coming back from that.

2012: Charl Schwartzel

If you're a fan of seafood, he had crabmeat, crab legs, oyster, shrimp and lobster. If you're not a fan of seafood, how about a South African barbecue with some steak, sausages (called Boerwors and served with monkey gland sauce) and lamb?

It might be boring, but you can't go wrong with a vanilla ice cream sundae for desert.

2011: Phil Mickelson

 Mickelson's menu in 2011 served up a Spanish paella with machango-topped filet mignon, a salad and apple empanada ice cream for desert.

2010: Angel Cabrera

Angel Cabrera offered an Argentine Asado barbecue of chorizo, blood sausage, short ribs and beef filets with mollejas sweetbreads.

2000s

2009: Trevor Immelman

Meat pie with egg, sosaties, spinach salad, milk tart.

2008: Zach Johnson

Iowa beef, Florida shrimp.

2007: Phil Mickelson

Chicken, sausage, ribs, pulled pork.

2006: Tiger Woods

Stuffed jalapeno and quesadilla starter, salad, chicken and steak fajitas, rice, apple pie, ice cream.

2005: Phil Mickelson

Lobster ravioli in tomato cream sauce, salad, garlic bread.

2004: Mike Weir

Elk, wild boar, Arctic char.

2003: Tiger Woods

Chicken, porterhouse steak, sushi, sashimi, salads, crab cakes, asparagus, mashed potatoes, chocolate truffle cake.

2002: Tiger Woods

Porterhouse steak, chicken, sushi.

2001: Vijay Singh

Chicken panang curry, tom kah, scallops with garlic sauce, rack of lamb, sea bass with chili sauce, lychee sorbet.

2000: Jose Maria Olazabal

Beef filet with a red wine sauce, romaine lettuce with olive oils and vinegar, papitas fritas and shallots.

1990s

1999: Mark O'Meara

Sushi, tuna sashimi, chicken and steak fajitas.

1998: Tiger Woods

Cheeseburgers, chicken sandwiches, French fries.

1997: Nick Faldo

Fish and chips, tomato soup.

1996: Ben Crenshaw

Texas barbecue.

1995: Jose Maria Olazabal

Paella and hake, tapas.

1994: Bernhard Langer

Turkey, black forest torte.

1993: Fred Couples

Chicken cacciatore.

1989: Sandy Lyle

Jumbo lump crabmeat cocktail, Middleburg pie, haggis, neeps and tatties, broiled pompano 

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