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Rory McIlroy may feel like a newcomer at the Masters champions dinner
Summary
Rory McIlroy, one of six golfers to complete a career grand slam, will host the Masters champions dinner and serve a three-course menu that includes dates with goat cheese, 'Champ' potatoes and elk.
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Rory McIlroy will join past Masters winners at the champions dinner on Tuesday night. He is one of only six golfers to achieve the career grand slam. The dinner is an invitation-only event for past champions and the club chairman. The defending champion chooses the menu each year.
Notable details:
- McIlroy will present a three-course menu that includes dates stuffed with goat cheese and almonds wrapped in bacon, "Champ" riced potatoes with butter and cream, and elk.
- The wine selection will come from Augusta's cellar and includes bottles such as a 1990 Château Lafite Rothschild and a 1989 Château d'Yquem.
- The champions dinner began in 1952 at the suggestion of Ben Hogan, and menus became more varied after Bernhard Langer's 1985 victory.
- Past champions have chosen memorable dishes, from Tiger Woods's cheeseburgers and milkshakes to Sandy Lyle's haggis; Ian Woosnam once had to change plans after a leg of Welsh lamb was held by U.S. customs.
- Each champion is presented with an inscribed three-piece solid gold locket during the dinner, a piece often worn by recipients' spouses.
Summary:
The champions dinner is a longstanding Augusta National tradition that brings past winners together for a private meal and ceremony. McIlroy will serve a menu tied to his background and recent win, and he will be seated among the club's past champions at the dinner on Tuesday night.
