American {golfing} idols Scottie Scheffler and Jordan Spieth have spoken in regards to the etiquette surrounding the extremely prestigious Masters dinner.
Jordan Spieth and Scottie Scheffler agree on one factor on the subject of the Masters dinner (Picture: Kevin C. Cox, Getty Pictures)
Scottie Scheffler and Jordan Spieth have agreed that they won’t sit alongside {golfing} legends Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus on the annual Masters dinner. This yr, Rory McIlroy will host fellow winners of the Inexperienced Jacket in the course of the unique gathering held two days earlier than the key at Augusta Nationwide Golf Membership. Scheffler’s first expertise of the occasion was in 2023, following his maiden triumph 12 months earlier. The American then prevailed once more at Augusta Nationwide in 2024.
Scheffler not too long ago defined throughout a press convention on the Arnold Palmer Invitational: “Zach [Woods] and Jordan [Spieth] at all times sat subsequent to one another, and I positively did not ask Jordan to take a seat by him, as a result of he would have executed one thing to make it possible for I did not have a spot to take a seat.
“So I type of checked out Zach, I used to be like, ‘Hey, the place are you sitting this yr?’ And he instructed me, and he was good and let me be part of him. However I positively wasn’t going to ask Jordan for that as a result of he would have messed with me.”
Requested about there being any unwritten guidelines, Scheffler stated: “There’s somewhat protocol. Guys have, like, I’d say, sections the place they sit. However you progress round somewhat bit.
Spieth echoed this sentiment, including: “You converse in that room. It is like, what am I going to say to those guys? And I used to be 22. I do not even bear in mind what I stated. However, yeah, I used to be [nervous]. Not anymore.”
Each Scheffler and Spieth may have the chance to savour McIlroy’s menu this yr, which incorporates wagyu filet mignon and seared salmon. The starters function bacon-wrapped dates full of goat’s cheese, yellowfin tuna carpaccio, foie gras, a toasted baguette with chives and elk sliders. Sticky toffee pudding might be on supply for dessert.
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