{"id":516571,"date":"2026-04-06T21:58:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T21:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/516571\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T21:58:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T21:58:09","slug":"staggering-cost-of-rory-mcilroys-most-expensive-champions-dinner-in-masters-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/516571\/","title":{"rendered":"Staggering cost of Rory McIlroy’s most expensive Champions Dinner in Masters history"},"content":{"rendered":"

The stunning amount of money that Rory McIlroy will pay to celebrate his 2025 Masters win at the prestigious Champions Dinner has been revealed.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, the highly-anticipated 2026 Masters<\/a> will tee off at the iconic Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia.<\/p>\n

Before then, 2025 winner McIlroy<\/a> will welcome several of his fellow Masters champions for the famous Champions Dinner just days before the tournament begins.<\/p>\n

The annual dinner allows the previous champion to select several courses of local dishes close to their heart, or just their favourite foods, to enjoy with their fellow Masters winners.<\/p>\n

Ahead of the dinner, McIlroy’s menu was revealed, with the Northern Irishman making several expensive choices such as grilled elk sliders and yellowfin tuna carpaccio.<\/p>\n

But now, it’s been revealed just how much the five-time Major winner will have to fork out to pay for his Champions Dinner, and it’s the most expensive ever.<\/p>\n

According to an analysis by Sportsbook Review, McIlroy is facing a considerable bill of around $318 (\u00a3240.24) per head.<\/p>\n

Comparatively, Scottie Scheffler’s 2025 menu cost just $108, the cheapest of the last 10 years, marking a 194% rise for McIlroy’s meal this year.<\/p>\n

The 2026 meal is also a 44% rise on the previous most expensive Champions Dinner, held by Hideki Matsuyama in 2022.<\/p>\n

Typically, over 30 guests attend the Champions Dinner, and although some big names won’t be present for McIlroy’s meal<\/a> this year, it appears set to cost him over $9,000 (\u00a36,801).<\/p>\n

Of course, for McIlroy this is a small price to pay for writing his name into the history books last year, becoming the first European to complete the career grand slam and taking home around $4.2 million (\u00a33.17m) in the process.<\/p>\n

\"RoryRory McIlroy will enjoy the 2026 Champions Dinner with several former winners ahead of The Masters this year. (Image: Michael Reaves\/Getty Images)What is on Rory McIlroy’s Champions Dinner menu?<\/p>\n

Appetisers<\/p>\n

Peach & ricotta flatbreadBacon-wrapped datesRock shrimp tempuraGrilled elk sliders<\/p>\n

Main courses<\/p>\n

Yellowfin tuna carpaccioWagyu filet mignon or seared salmon (served with traditional Irish champ)<\/p>\n

Dessert<\/p>\n

Sticky toffee pudding (served with vanilla ice cream and warm toffee sauce)McIlroy explains his Champions Dinner menu<\/p>\n

In a media conference following the announcement of the menu, McIlroy revealed that the bacon-wrapped dates are a speciality of his mother, Rosie, with the dates stuffed with goat cheese.<\/p>\n

He said (as per The Irish Times<\/a>): “I wanted some personal touches along the way but putting together a good enough menu that everyone would enjoy.”<\/p>\n

And it’s not just the the itself that the Northern Irishman has carefully selected, as attendees also get to enjoy the extensive wine cellar at Augusta.<\/p>\n

“My favourite part of the menu is you obviously get access to the wonderful wine cellar at Augusta National,” said McIlroy.<\/p>\n

“So for the wines we’re starting off with a 2015 Salon Brut champagne. And then followed by a 2022 Domaine Leflaive Batard Montrachet, and it’s the first-ever white wine that I actually liked. So to be able to serve something that’s sort of important to me…(is good).<\/p>\n

“And then for the red wine we’re receiving a 1990 Chateau Lafite Rothschild from Pauillac in Bordeaux. That is the wine that I drank the night that I won the Masters, so obviously brings back some great memories.<\/p>\n

“You know, Shane Lowry had a little bit to do with getting that wine, so I want to shout him out for that, too. But that will be amazing to serve.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The stunning amount of money that Rory McIlroy will pay to celebrate his 2025 Masters win at the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":516572,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5904,2623,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-516571","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-golf","9":"tag-rory-mcilroy","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom","13":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516571","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=516571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516571\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/516572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=516571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=516571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=516571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}