Rory McIlroy’s first Masters Champions dinner features elk and a dish inspired by green jacket holder's mom

Rory McIlroy is taking afloat vantage of his archetypal accidental to curate 1 of pro golf’s astir revered traditions astatine the Masters.

On Wednesday, the Masters’ societal media accounts pulled backmost the curtain connected the 2026 Masters Champions Dinner menu, which is curated each twelvemonth by the reigning greenish overgarment holder. The pre-tournament meal astatine Augusta National Golf Club is constricted to erstwhile Masters winners.

McIlroy's choices included 4 antithetic appetizers, a archetypal course, a main course, dessert and 4 vino selections, and galore of the reasons for their enactment were a motion to McIlroy's idiosyncratic and golfing life.

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Rory McIlroy holds the Masters title trophy during the last circular of the Masters Tournament astatine Augusta National Golf Club. (Kyle Terada/Imagn Images)

Dinner guests volition take from a paper definite to fulfill virtually immoderate foodie, with appetizer options including stone shrimp tempura, peach and ricotta flatbread, bacon-wrapped dates and the aforementioned elk sliders — with caramelized bulb jam and roasted ail aioli.

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Next is the archetypal course, featuring yellowfin tuna carpaccio. McIlroy drew inspiration for the crockery from his and his wife’s favourite New York City restaurant, Le Bernardin, the golfer told the Irish Independent.

"It’s called Le Bernardin and this is simply a crockery from that restaurant," McIlroy told the outlet. 

Rory McIlroy falls to his knees successful solemnisation aft winning a playoff connected the no. 18 greenish during the last circular of the Masters Tournament astatine Augusta National Golf Club connected April 13, 2025. (Kyle Terada/Imagn Images)

He added that the bacon-wrapped dates listed connected the appetizer database are a motion to the ones his parent makes. "My ma does these really, truly bully dates stuffed with goat’s food wrapped successful bacon. So I’ve enactment those connected the appetizers list."

In the buildup to the 2025 Masters, McIlroy said helium was avoiding excessive elk depletion astatine the time.

"I got this large shipment of elk, and I was eating a batch of that, and I didn’t privation elk to beryllium the main course, due to the fact that I didn’t cognize if everyone would similar that, truthful I incorporated it into the appetizers. So I’m doing grilled elk sliders, which I deliberation is fun."

For the main course, attendees tin take betwixt wagyu filet mignon and seared salmon. Those volition beryllium paired with accepted Irish champ potatoes, brussels sprouts and crispy Vidalia bulb rings. "For the sides, a batch of antithetic sides, I've done accepted Irish champ. When I was a kid, I utilized to devour champ by the bowlful," the Northern Ireland autochthonal said.

Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy respond during the greenish overgarment ceremonial aft the last circular of the Masters Tournament astatine Augusta National Golf Club connected April 13, 2025. (Katie Goodale/Imagn Images)

Sticky toffee pudding with vanilla crystal pick and lukewarm toffee condiment makes up the champion’s meal dessert option.

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Augusta National houses a robust vino cellar. McIlroy selected a 2022 Domaine Leflaive from the club’s cellar. A vessel from that twelvemonth tin transcend $2,000, according to prices listed connected Wine-Searcher.com. The different 2 wines connected the menu, including a 1990 Château Lafite, mean astatine slightest $1,200 per bottle.

This year’s Masters Champions Dinner volition instrumentality spot April 7. The archetypal circular of the Masters, the season’s archetypal major, tees disconnected April 9. McIlroy volition look to support his archetypal Masters rubric aft becoming the sixth golfer to implicit the vocation Grand Slam.

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