Rory McIlroy’s Masters Champions Dinner menu is the most expensive ever with Irish twist and £1,000 wine

Rory McIlroy has splashed the cash and then some for his highly-anticipated menu for the 2026 Masters Champions Dinner.

The Northern Irishman completed the career grand slam at Augusta last year, securing the Green Jacket in dramatic fashion after more than a decade of heartbreak at the majors.

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It means that the greatest golfer of his generation finally gets access to the game’s best privileges, including an invitation to the most exclusive dinner in sport.

On the Tuesday evening before the Masters begins, the reigning champion hosts a traditional sit-down dinner for past champions and Augusta chairman Fred Ridley.

The three-course selection, plus appetisers, always attracts much attention and McIlroy has announced quite a spectacular offering.

It includes a main course supported by traditional Irish champ and 2022 Domaine Leflaive, which comes in at £1,700 per bottle…

What has McIlroy said?

While there is no Irish stew or full Irish breakfast, there is a nod to his mother’s cooking – Rosie’s dates stuffed with goats cheese.

And he has taken from some of his favourite restaurants to give his fellow champions an almighty feast, with Wagyu filet mignon and fillet of seared salmon the main course options.

Explaining his thoughts, McIlroy said: “It’s from the heart, personal experience and nostalgia, I guess.

“I wanted some personal touches along the way but putting together a good enough menu that everyone would enjoy.”

Sparing no expense

McIlroy’s menu may carry sentimental value but he’s blown his rivals out of the water in terms of the monetary price of the food on offer.

It clocks in at a stunning $318 (£251) per head, making it nearly three times more expensive than Scottie Scheffler‘s menu last year.

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Scheffler’s meal came in at just £85 per head with the American serving up cheeseburger sliders, chilli and ribeye steak.

But McIlroy’s unusual choices also comfortably beats the second-most expensive menu from 2022, with Hideki Matsuyama’s menu of sushi, miso black cod and wagyu ribeye costing around £174 per head.

What has come before?

From Sandy Lyle serving up haggis in a kilt to A5 Wagyu perfection from Hideki Matsuyama – that McIlroy must now live up to – the Augusta clubhouse has seen almost everything since Ben Hogan started the tradition in 1952.

And according to Sir Nick Faldo, nothing will ever be as bad as Bubba Watson’s dinner.

Speaking to talkSPORT.com back in 2024, the Englishman said: “What was the worst one? Oh, it was Bubba, wasn’t it? When we had Chuck E. Cheese.

“When we had a little hamburger and a little corn and a little ice cream.

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“I think we had a milkshake as well. So, yeah, that was a lot.”

Faldo still believes his decision to serve fish and chips was inspired.

He added: “My fish and chips… That was my best one. It was very successful. Everybody loved that.

“I flew in the fillets from Harry Ramsden’s with these big chips as well – and mushy peas. They took one look at it, because they’re fluorescent green, aren’t they?

“They went, ‘What are these?’ I said, ‘Mushy peas’. They said, ‘Mushy what!?’ So that went down well.

“I had Sarson’s Vinegar as well. So I deem that one of the top three, honestly.”