Masters winner Scottie Scheffler hopeful golfers will desk tensions for Champions Dinner as menu is unveiled

The menu for the Champions Dinner held in honor of the reigning Masters Tournament winner Scottie Scheffler has been launched, and for Scheffler, he expects no hiccups when the PGA Tour members take their seats throughout their former opponents now enjoying within the LIV Golf circuit. 

The menu for the standard dinner was launched Wednesday and can begin with cheeseburger sliders served “Scottie Style” and firecracker shrimp. 

Scottie Scheffler performs his shot from the twelfth tee throughout the ultimate spherical of the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on April 10, 2022 in Augusta, Georgia. (David Cannon/Getty Images)

Guests will then dip into tortilla soup adopted by an choice of Texas rib-eye steak or blackened redfish, and dessert will likely be a heat chocolate chip cookie served with ice cream. 

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“I haven’t completely determined what I’ll say,” Scheffler stated throughout a media name Wednesday, by way of Golf Week. “I’m conscious I’ve to say a couple of phrases, however, for probably the most half, it’s form of a gaggle factor. I’m not fairly positive what the vibe will likely be like, however I feel we’re all there to play within the event and have a good time the Masters and have a good time all being previous champions.”

The Champions Dinner is a practice that started in 1952, when nine-time Major winner Ben Hogan, who received at Augusta National in 1951 and 1953, determined to ask all previous winners for a dinner earlier than the event. 

From left to proper, Claude Harmon, Gene Sarazen, Clifford Roberts, Cary Middlecoff, Sam Snead, Doug Ford, Byron Nelson, Jimmy Demaret, Bobby Jones, Jack Burke, Jr., Craig Wood, Ben Hogan, Horton Smith, Herman Keiser and Henry Picard attend the Masters Dinner throughout the 1958 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club held April 3-6, 1958 in Augusta, Georgia. (Augusta National/Getty Images)

Since then, all previous winners of the long-lasting Green Jacket have been invited to Augusta National the Tuesday earlier than the primary spherical for a menu chosen by the earlier 12 months’s champion. 

This signifies that previous winners, like Phil Mickelson, Bubba Watson and Dustin Johnson who’ve all converted the Saudi-backed rival circuit, will likely be in attendance. 

“I feel the dinner will likely be actually particular for all us to have the ability to collect once more, and I’m positive we are going to put all that different stuff apart and have a superb time collectively,” Scheffler stated Wednesday. 

“Just as a result of guys joined one other tour doesn’t imply I’m not mates with them anymore and suppose in another way of them as folks. They are nonetheless my mates, and we’re all simply gonna hang around and have a superb time.”

Hideki Matsuyama, of Japan, helps Scottie Scheffler placed on the inexperienced jacket after profitable the 86th Masters golf event on Sunday, April 10, 2022, in Augusta, Georgia. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Patrick Reed, Sergio Garcia and Charl Schawartzel, all previous winners at Augusta, may also have a seat on the desk. 

The sentiment across the dinner appears that gamers from either side acknowledge the awkwardness of the scenario, however will likely be there to honor Scheffler. 

Watson joked in January that he’ll sit wherever he’s requested to take a seat, even when he has to “sit exterior and simply stare within the window.” Tiger Woods stated final month that he was uncertain concerning the “response” from these in attendance however added that it will be necessary “that Scottie will get honored appropriately.”