Here's what's on the menu for Hideki Matsuyama's 2022 Masters Champions Dinner
Defending Masters Tournament champion Hideki Matsuyama's selections for the Champions Dinner were inspired by his home country.
The menu choices by the first Japanese winner of the Masters were revealed Tuesday.
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"I'm really looking forward to the Champions Dinner," Matsuyama said. "The language barrier is still a struggle, but (I'm) going to do my best."
What's on the menu
Appetizers: Assorted sushi, Sashimi and Nigiri and Yakitori chicken skewers
First Course: Miso Glazed Black Cod — dashi broth
Main Course: Miyazaki Wagyu — A5 wagyu beef ribeye with mixed mushrooms and vegetables; sansho daikon
Dessert: Japanese Strawberry shortcake — fluffy sponge cake with whipped cream and amaou strawberries
Served in honor of Mr. Hideki Matsuyama. #themasters pic.twitter.com/qzcDqD4G19
— The Masters (@TheMasters) April 6, 2022
2015 Masters champion Jordan Spieth said he planned on having seconds of each course.
"I might make a lot of people mad in the state of Texas, but (Miyazaki Wagyu) is the best beef I've ever had," he said. "To be serving that on top of miso cod and sushi to start, I'm very, very excited."
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Appetizers: Pigs in a Blanket and lobster & corn fritters
First Course: House salad or caesar salad
Family-Style Sides: Mashed potatoes and spring vegetables
Main Course: Filet Mignon and miso-marinated sea bass
Dessert: Peach cobbler and apple pie with vanilla ice cream
Who started the Masters Champions Dinner?
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Ben Hogan founded the Champions Dinner, officially called the Masters Club, in 1952 for Masters champions and honorary members Clifford Roberts and Bobby Jones, the club's founders.
“Surely this has to be the most exclusive club of all,” Hogan wrote to Jones and Roberts in 1952. “Not only do a fortunate few of us have the tournament to look forward to, but the annual meeting of our club as well. Here, long after serious competition for some of us comes to an end, we can still get together and reminisce.”
Two-time Masters winner Ben Crenshaw, the emcee of the dinner, read Hogan’s letter aloud to members of the Masters Club last November to kick off the evening.
“It was emotional,” said Charles Coody, winner of the 1971 Masters. “Having Ben read that letter sure was special. I think it touched all of us.”
Interesting food items on previous menus
Past dinners included cheeseburgers and milkshakes (Tiger Woods, 1998), haggis (Sandy Lyle, 1989), wild boar and sockeye Salmon tartar (Mike Weir, 2004), Argentine barbecue and blood sausages (Angel Cabrera, 2010), monkey gland sauce (Charl Schwartzel, 2012) and bone-in cowboy ribeye (Patrick Reed, 2019).
This article originally appeared on Augusta Chronicle: Hideki Matsuyama's 2022 Masters Champions Dinner menu