The Masters Club, better known as the Champions Dinner, is a tradition at Augusta National Golf Club that started in 1952.
That’s when defending champion Ben Hogan decided to have a dinner for all of the tournament’s previous winners, and only previous winners, although club founders Bobby Jones and Clifford Roberts were given honorary memberships.
Over the years, Bill Lane, Hord Hardin, Jack Stephens, Hootie Johnson, Billy Payne and Fred Ridley have also been extended honorary status to the dinner.
Per tradition, the defending champion selects the menu for the Tuesday night gathering.
According to the Masters, each past champion also receives an inscribed gold locket in the form of the Club emblem.
Prior to the postponement of the 2020 Masters, Tiger Woods revealed his plans. And who knows, maybe the past champs will gather in November for their annual feast. In fact, Woods had his own Champions Dinner with family on Tuesday.
Jose Maria Olazabal,1995
Collard green soup
Jumbo lump crabmeat cocktail
Halibut in Spanish green sauce
Roast rack of lamb
New York sirloin steak, asparagus, roasted herb new potatoes
Mark O’Meara, 1999
Sushi and sashimi,
Chicken and steak fajitas, rice and refried beans
Grilled filet mignon, twice-baked potato, asparagus, trio dessert
Phil Mickelson, 2005
Quail served on polenta with mushrooms and cheese
Fried calamari with spicy tomato sauce
Lobster ravioli with fresh tarragon tomato cream sauce
Vanilla ice cream
Trevor Immelman, 2009
Crispy fried calamari
Pumpkin fritters with sweet and hot sauce
South African spinach salad
Chicken sosaties with yellow rice, milk tart
Adam Scott, 2014
Artichoke and arugula salad with grilled calamari
Australia Wagyu New York Strip
Moreton bay bugs
Sauteed spinach, strawberry and passion fruit pavlova
Sergio Garcia, 2018
Spanish lobster rice
An international salad that combines ingredients from several countries of past Masters champions and a desert using the recipe of Garcia’s wife, Angela Garcia’s tres leches cake.
Patrick Reed, 2019
Caesar salad, wedge salad
Prime bone-in cowboy ribeye
Macaroni and cheese, corn creme brulee
Creamed spinach, steamed broccoli
Tiramasu
Vanilla bean creme brulee
Chocolate crunch and praline cheesecake
Tiger Woods, 2020
“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,” explained Woods, a five-time winner at Augusta National. “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.”
But Tiger, what about for dessert?
“I’m debating whether or not to have milkshakes as desserts because that was one of the most great memories to see Gene Sarazen and Sam Snead having milkshakes that night in ’98,” Woods remembered from his first time hosting the Champions Dinner after his 1997 title at just 22 years old.
Golfweek’s Adam Woodard contributed to this article.
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