Rory McIlroy spares no expense with Masters' Champions Dinner - ESPN

For 17 years, Rory McIlroy desperately hungered to win his first green jacket at the Masters. A year later, he's making sure those that came before him will leave the Champions Dinner with full stomachs.

His menu for the Masters Club dinner is nearly as dramatic as the back nine he played at Augusta National to win the green jacket.

There are 12 items on the menu from appetizers to dessert, and then four labels from Augusta National's fabled wine cellar.

«I think it would be pretty presumptuous to have a menu in your head before you actually win the tournament,» McIlroy said in a conference call Wednesday. «But I always thought about if I win the Masters one day, what would I want it to look like? What would I like to serve?»

He spared no expense, even with him picking up the tab as the host.

«Can't wait to host the dinner on Tuesday night,» McIlroy said. «And then obviously, be a part of that dinner for many, many years to come.»

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There's a taste of home in Northern Ireland with his mother's bacon-wrapped dates as an appetizer and Irish Champ as a side dish.

He stayed local with crispy Vidalia onion rings that come from a 20-county region in southeastern Georgia. There's also a Georgia peach and ricotta flatbread.

And no, that isn't just any yellowfin tuna carpaccio as the first course. The staff from Augusta National flew to his favorite restaurant in New York, Le Bernardin, to meet with the chef so they could prepare the dish just the way McIlroy likes it.

«It's a really thin slice of French baguette with a really thin slice of foie gras on top of that and tuna