The Masters Champions Dinner is a convention that brings previous champions of Augusta Nationwide collectively for some story telling and good consuming. The host is all the time the prior 12 months’s winner who additionally will get to construct the menu and pays the tab. The 2022 Masters Champion, Scottie Scheffler, was this 12 months’s host and lots of had been wanting ahead to his Texas-themed menu choices.
One factor that wasn’t on the menu, although, was awkwardness.
Because the PGA Tour invited golfers from LIV Golf to take part on this 12 months’s event at Augusta, many have been ready for one thing uncomfortable to occur between golfers of either side. Thus far, exterior of these from LIV sporting their crew shirts on the golf course, issues have been fairly calm and welcoming between PGA and LIV. That’s, till the earlier Masters champions all bought collectively for his or her conventional dinner occasion.
A few of these previous winners included present LIV golfers — one being Phil Mickelson. Based on 1979 winner Fuzzy Zoeller, Mickelson saved to himself all through the dinner and didn’t say a factor.
“We’re simply 33 previous champions in a room, all making an attempt to get alongside,” Zoeller instructed Golfweek when requested concerning the PGA-LIV relationship. “No person mentioned a phrase about it. Phil sat close to the tip of the desk and saved to himself. He didn’t communicate in any respect.”
One other Masters legend was Tommy Aaron who was on the dinner as properly. He additionally spoke to Golfweek including that he tried wishing Mickelson good luck, however seems he didn’t get a response again.
“I needed him good luck, however I couldn’t consider how quiet he was. Phil took a really low profile. He didn’t say a phrase.”
One factor is definite, this storyline isn’t going to go away. As soon as event play begins Thursday all bets are off with regards to enjoying good with each other, so to talk. So maybe Mickelson is simply warming up his sport face for the event.
However hey, at the very least he and the others smiled for the digital camera.
