While speaking with talkSPORT.com, three-time Masters champion Nick Faldo reflected on one of his former Masters champions dinner choices.

“My fish and chips… That was my best one. It was very successful. Everybody loved that.” Faldo said.

“I flew in the fillets from Harry Ramsden’s with these big chips as well – and mushy peas. They took one look at it, because they’re fluorescent green, aren’t they?”

Despite Faldo’s satisfaction with his choice, he recalls some other players questioning the choice.

“They went, ‘What are these?’ I said, ‘Mushy peas’. They said, ‘Mushy what!?’ So that went down well.”

“I had Sarson’s Vinegar as well. So I deem that one of the top three, honestly.”

Faldo also mentioned which Masters dinner he thought was the worst he’s ever had.

“What was the worst one? Oh, it was Bubba, wasn’t it? When we had Chuck E. Cheese.”

Perhaps the most interesting part of what Sir Nick had to say was the fact that the dinners can get emotional.

“It can get it can get quite emotional,” the golf legend added. “Because some of the old boys are getting on, or you’ve lost somebody and reminisce some old stories and that sort of thing.

“We usually have a good laugh as well. Everybody ribs [each other], especially when Jack [Nicklaus] says, ‘Well, it was pretty easy in 1965’. Everybody nearly beat him up on that one, which was quite fun. ‘So because you won by 10 or whatever?”

This year’s Masters champions dinner will be hosted by Spaniard Jon Rahm on Tuesday night.

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According to Jamie Kennedy of Golf Digest, Tiger Woods arrived at Augusta National on Sunday to practice chipping and putting with his caddie and a handful of clubs. Kennedy zoomed in on the clubs to see what Tiger was practicing with.

Tiger walked the front nine of Augusta on Sunday with his caddie and Rob. No bag, just an handful of clubs to hit approaches, chips and putts.

Yes, of course I zoomed in to see what clubs.

Three wedges, a 9-iron, 8-iron, his Scotty putter… and a Wilson 8802 blade putter! pic.twitter.com/kM7LXjazDh

— Jamie Kennedy (@jamierkennedy) April 8, 2024

“Three wedges, a 9-iron, 8-iron, his Scotty putter… and a Wilson 8802 blade putter!” Kennedy noticed.

It’s certainly noteworthy that Tiger was experimenting with two putters, however it’s still more likely than not that Tiger will have the Scotty in the bag for Thursday’s opening round of The Masters.

Speaking to NBC Sports a few years ago, Tiger explained just why he chooses the Wilson gamer as his preferred putter for practice, saying:

“I really do practice with my 8802 probably the most because I like feeling that toe release and I like putting with my right hand. That’s basically my training aid, and then I went to a longer putter to get more reps in.”

Woods hasn’t teed it up much in 2024, but when he has, he’s putted poorly. At the Hero World Challenge, he lost 1.88 strokes on the green. Through less than two rounds at the Genesis, he lost almost a stroke putting.

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While speaking on the Sky Sports Golf Podcast, three-time Masters champion Nick Faldo said that he hopes Jon Rahm doesn’t win the Masters for a second consecutive year.

When referencing the fact that only three players (Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods and Faldo himself) have ever won The Masters in back-to-back seasons, Faldo said he hopes it stays that way.

“I wish him all the best, but I hope the club stays at three!”

Sir Nick then questioned whether or not Rahm was happy with his decision to join LIV and if he’s had enough tournament reps this season.

“I know that he made comments about watching Riviera and thought he wished he was there.”

“I thought The Players was good, that was exciting, and I bet he wished he was in there. He has been playing resort courses in his shorts for the last couple of months and hasn’t really been tested yet.”

“He’s a hell of a player, but he’s going to have to make a little bit more effort to step it up and get the right intensity.”

“Whether coming to defend you can do it, or whether he’s just not quite sharp enough because he hasn’t tested himself quite as much, we’ll have to wait and see.”

For what it’s worth, four of the five courses played on LIV this season have previously been mainstays on either the PGA Tour or the European Tour, and it’s unclear whether or not wearing shorts make said courses play easier.

Rahm played at Doral last week, which is a 7,700+ yard behemoth of a golf course. We will soon find out if the LIV schedule has been enough to sharpen Rahmbo’s game in the lead-up to major season.

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