Champions dinner a tradition unlike any other at Masters
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Phil Mickelson can think of only one way that the Tuesday night dinner for Masters champions can get any better: to be the host.
Mickelson has served in that capacity three times as the reigning champion. That meant picking the menu and speaking to a room filled with some of golf’s greatest players, all of them in their green jackets, a dozen of them in the Hall of Fame.
He is a quick study.
“I realized a couple of things,” Mickelson said. “All the old guys like meat. The first year I had lobster ravioli. I messed up — the guys want a steak. The other two times, I always did some beef so they’d always have a steak option.”