Lardons, heirlooms and bordelaise sauce: Here's what was on Monday's Amateur Dinner menu
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Rory McIlroy discusses 2025 Masters prep, shape of Augusta National
Before teeing it up in the Texas Children's Houston Open, Rory McIlroy made a scouting trip to Augusta National ahead of the Masters.
The annual Amateur Dinner at Augusta National occurs Monday nights of tournament week, when the club hosts the young players who qualified from around the world.
Five players will participate in the 2025 Masters as amateurs, meaning they don't receive any prize money they could earn from making the cut.
Most will opt to stay in the famed Crow's Nest on the top floor of the clubhouse, which has housed former Masters amateurs such as Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus, Bryson DeChambeau and Phil Mickelson.
The annual Masters Champions dinner will take place Tuesday night, with defending champion Scottie Scheffler serving as host.
Here's what was on the 2025 Masters Amateurs Dinner menu.
Masters Amateur Dinner menu
The meal began with an baby iceberg salad with cane-bourbon glazed lardons, heirloom tomatoes, pickled red onions and Point-Reyes blue cheese dressing.
The main course featured a prime New York strip with roasted cauliflower and bordelaise sauce.
For dessert: Triple chocolate cake with strawberry ice cream.
Two wines were also served: 2021 Radio-Coteau, Seabed, Sonoma Coast, Chardonnay and a 2016 Hourglass, HGIII, Napa Valley, Red Blend
For those not up-to-date on fancy feasts, lardons are small strips of fatty bacon or pork fat while bordelaise sauce is a brown sauce made with a French red wine and other ingredients meant for steak.
Masters Menu
Baby Iceberg Salad Cane Bourbon-Glazed Lardons, Heirloom Tomatoes, Pickled Red Onions, Point-Reyes Blue Cheese Dressing
Prime New York Strip Roasted Cauliflower, Bordelaise Sauce
Triple Chocolate Cake Strawberry Ice Cream
2021 Radio-Coteau, Seabed, Sonoma Coast, Chardonnay
2016 Hourglass, HGIII, Napa Valley, Red Blend
Who are the amateurs playing in the Masters?
Josele Ballester
Ballester became the first Spaniard to win the U.S. Amateur, winning 1 up at Hazeltine National last August. The senior at Arizona State has been one of college golf's best players this year. He's also from the same hometown as 2025 ANWA winner Carla Bernat Escuder.
Evan Beck
Beck made it to the championship match of the U.S. Mid-Amateur for the second straight year, but this time, he had a dominating 9-and-8 win over Bobby Massa to win the championship and earn his spot in the Masters. He has a good chance of making the Walker Cup team later this year, too.
Justin Hastings
Hastings survived a 36-hole marathon to win the Latin America Amateur Championship, the second player from the Cayman Islands to win the event in the past four years. Hastings, a senior at San Diego State, is challenging numerous career school records held by Xander Schauffele.
Noah Kent
Kent, who became a fan favorite during the 2024 U.S. Amateur at Hazeltine, transferred to Florida over the winter and will begin play with the Gators this fall. He has played each of the last two weeks at the Texas Children's Houston Open and the Terra Cotta Invitational, but he has the most "rust" of the amateurs coming in.
Hiroshi Tai
Tai waited almost 11 months to get to Augusta National. He earned his spot in the Masters last May when he won the NCAA individual title at Omni La Costa. He's set to become the first Singaporean to play in the Masters.
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