Congratulatory voice messages from Rafael Nadal, honorary membership at Augusta National and the ability to plan the Champions Dinner menu with a celebrity chef. These are just a few of the perks that come with winning the Masters, as Jon Rahm has discovered over the past 72 hours.
For months and months, golf fans have pondered what a Champions Dinner at the Masters would be like when past champions from LIV broke bread with their PGA Tour brethren.
Phil Mickelson’s precarious relationship with the PGA Tour establishment has been well-documented, and part of the reason the Tuesday night Champions Dinner has the potential for “Dad brought his new girlfriend to Thanksgiving dinner”-level awkwardness.
This Tuesday on the second floor of the stately white clubhouse at Augusta National, a contingent of young and old and wise Masters champions will reconvene for another edition of golf’s most exclusive dinner party.
Normally, we have to wait until at least a week before the Masters for the reigning champion to reveal his Champions Dinner menu. But overnight, the official Masters Twitter account unveiled Scottie Scheffler’s five-course meal and from a carnivore’s perspective, it is an absolute masterpiece.