Filet mignon and sea bass are on the menu for the principle, accompanied by mashed potatoes and greens, with peach cobbler and apple pie with ice cream the dessert.
The 1992 Masters winner Fred Couples, who historically performs a apply spherical with Woods forward of the main, mentioned he was “thinking of” Woods forward of this yr’s competitors.
The Champions Dinner is the unique pre-tournament gathering of previous winners and the Augusta National chairman on the Tuesday of Masters week. The meals is normally revealed simply days earlier than the event’s begin because the world’s greatest golfers collect at Augusta, with this yr’s Masters’ beginning on April 8.
The Champions Dinner is held in the Augusta National Clubhouse and has grow to be a part of Masters lore because it was began by the good Ben Hogan in 1952.
Later, the winner from the earlier yr was given the consideration of devising the menu, which frequently displays his nationwide dish.
When Woods returned as defending champion in 1998 following his breakthrough main win at Augusta, he served cheeseburgers, fries and milkshakes. He opted for Porterhouse steak in each 2002 and 2003.
Germany’s Bernhard Langer served wiener schnitzel in 1986, whereas England’s Nick Faldo chosen fish and chips in 1997 at one of many three Champions Dinners he hosted. Scotland’s Sandy Lyle donned a kilt and served haggis in 1989.
Other notable menus have included Canadian Mike Weir’s elk, wild boar and Arctic char in 2004, and Charl Schwartzel’s South African barbecue with monkey gland sauce in 2012.
“There’s no monkey and there’s no gland,” a laughing Schwartzel advised a information convention that yr at Augusta.