Overview
- Rory McIlroy will host the Masters Champions Dinner on Tuesday, April 7 at Augusta National after his 2025 win completed the career Grand Slam.
- Tiger Woods will not attend or play as Augusta National confirmed his absence while he focuses on treatment, and Phil Mickelson withdrew from the tournament for a family health matter, marking the first dinner without both since 1994.
- Independent analyses peg the menu at about $318 per plate, the highest recent estimate for the event, which implies a food bill north of $11,000 with roughly 31–32 past champions expected.
- The menu mixes personal dishes and fine dining touches such as peach and ricotta flatbread, grilled elk sliders, yellowfin tuna carpaccio, and a choice of Wagyu filet mignon or seared salmon, with sticky toffee pudding for dessert.
- McIlroy curated high‑end wine pairings from Augusta’s cellar, including 2015 Salon Brut, 2022 Domaine Leflaive Bâtard‑Montrachet, and a 1990 Château Lafite Rothschild he associated with his Masters win, reflecting a tradition in place since 1952 in which the defending champion selects and pays for the meal.