For a first-timer, the Masters Champions Dinner must be both an incredible honor and an incredible source of stress. From planning the menu to rubbing elbows with some of golf’s greats, it’s not hard to imagine even the most hardened pros fighting back a few butterflies before their big night.

Scottie Scheffler revealed as much on Wednesday at the Arnold Palmer Invitational when he was asked about his nerves in the build up to his first Masters Champions Dinner in 2023.

“Yeah, I think definitely the first time around when you’re hosting the dinner, it’s your first time in that room, you don’t really know what to expect,” he told the AP’s Doug Ferguson. “I had no idea what it’s going to be like. The only thing I really knew is where I was going to sit. That’s basically the only thing I knew, sitting next to Mr. Crenshaw and the chairman. So, yeah, I was definitely nervous. I’m not really a super social guy to begin with.”

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Usually a familiar face in the room is just the lifeline you need in scenarios like this, but as Scheffler explained, that isn’t always the case. When the topic turned to the Champions Dinner seating arrangements, Scheffler revealed that there’s only two real rules to live by: 1. Don’t park yourself between Jack and Tiger and 2. Don’t ask Jordan Spieth if you can sit next to him, especially ahead of time. Take it away, Scottie.

Scottie Scheffler was asked about seating assignments at the Masters Champions Dinner.

“I definitely didn’t ask Jordan [Spieth] to sit by him because he would’ve done something to make sure I didn’t have a place to sit.” 😂 pic.twitter.com/scqQGtT72H

— Golf Digest (@GolfDigest) March 4, 2026

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“Zach [Johnson] and Jordan always sat next to each other. I definitely didn’t ask Jordan to sit by him because he would have done something to make sure I didn’t have a place to sit [laughter]. So I kind of looked at Zach and was like ‘hey, where are you sitting this year?’ … He was nice and let me join him, but I wasn’t gonna ask Jordan.”

Friends, can’t live with ‘em, can’t live without ‘em. Now that Scottie is no longer the new kid on the block, maybe he won’t worry so much about Spieth making him sit in the walk-in freezer. Rory, on the other hand, better watch out.

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