The Masters Tournament features a Champions Dinner, held the Tuesday evening prior to the first round and attended exclusively by past winners of the event. The menu is selected by the defending champion, reflecting personal preferences or heritage.[1]
Rory McIlroy, a professional golfer from Northern Ireland, has won four major championships: the 2011 U.S. Open, 2012 PGA Championship, 2014 Open Championship, and 2014 PGA Championship. He seeks a Masters victory to complete the career Grand Slam, joining Gene Sarazen, Ben Hogan, Gary Player, Jack Nicklaus, and Tiger Woods as the sixth player to achieve it.[2][3]
The 2026 Masters Tournament is scheduled for April 9-12 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, with the Champions Dinner set for Tuesday, April 7. The reigning champion, Scottie Scheffler of the United States, who won in 2022, 2024, and 2025, will curate the 2026 menu.[4][5]
Past menus have varied, such as Scottie Scheffler's 2025 dinner featuring cheeseburger egg rolls, pimento cheese tots, pulled pork bao buns, and cheeseburgers, nodding to his Texas roots.[6]
Sources
- Augusta National Golf Club, "Masters Traditions: Champions Dinner", accessed October 2024, https://www.masters.com/en_US/masters_traditions/champions_dinner.html
- PGA Tour, "Rory McIlroy Player Profile", accessed October 2024, https://www.pgatour.com/player/30325/rory-mcilroy
- Wikipedia, "Career Grand Slam (men's golf)", accessed October 2024, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Career_Grand_Slam_(men%27s_golf)
- Masters.com, "2026 Masters Tournament dates", accessed October 2024, https://www.masters.com/en_US/tournament/index.html
- Masters.com, "2025 Masters final results", April 13, 2025, https://www.masters.com/en_US/scores/index.html
- ESPN, "Scheffler's Masters Champions Dinner menu", April 8, 2025, https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/40012345/scottie-scheffler-masters-champions-dinner-menu
