What exactly is in an Augusta Roll? Tempura shrimp, spicy tuna, avocado, eel sauce, tempura flakes and pickled ginger, of course. Throw in some wasabi and soy sauce, and the past winners in attendance at Tuesday’s Masters Club Dinner were surely in for a tasty evening.
Those Augusta Rolls were courtesy of 2019 champion Tiger Woods. As is custom for the event also known as the Champions Dinner, the previous year’s winner gets to set a special menu for the gathering of green-jacketed greats each year at Augusta National Golf Club.
Also on the menu were prime steak and chicken fajitas; a dessert trio with flan, churros and sopapillas; and two specially ordered wines from which to choose: a 2015 Shafer Red Shoulder Ranch chardonnay and a 2015 Shafer Hillside Select cabernet sauvignon, both from Napa Valley.
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— The Masters (@TheMasters) November 10, 2020
It’s worth noting, players who might be averse to sashimi – their loss! – also can order from the regular club menu. That helps in some years when the host chooses more unusual fare, such as when Sandy Lyle had the club offer haggis – a mix of what appears to anybody not from Scotland to be random animal parts and vegetables, traditionally served in a bag made from a sheep’s stomach – with mashed turnips in 1989.
This year’s special menu is also a sign of elevated taste from the 44-year-old Woods, who in 1998 – in the wake of his record-breaking Masters victory at the age of 21 – offered cheeseburgers, chicken sandwiches, French fries and milkshakes.
But this is Augusta National, and you know those milkshakes had to be good.
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