The soup was “spicy” but not much else.
A couple of participants dished on some of the details from the Masters Champions Dinner on Tuesday night, including Tommy Aaron telling Golfweek that Phil Mickelson “didn’t say a word.”
And apparently LIV Golf was not mentioned by anyone, despite six past champions playing in the rogue league that has dominated the golf conversation for the past 12 months.
Fred Couples, who won the Masters in 1992, had notably called Mickelson a “nutbag” and Sergio Garcia a “clown” for their actions since bolting to LIV Golf.
The other past champions who attended the dinner and are now a part of LIV were Bubba Watson, Charl Schwartzel, Patrick Reed and Dustin Johnson.
“Couples spoke a lot but didn’t mention LIV at all,” 1973 champ Tommy Aaron told the magazine. “I sat next to Freddie, and he and Ray Floyd kept trying to figure out how many champions had come out of the final group.”
That would match the more subdued attitudes that have been circulating around the grounds of Augusta this week.
Mickelson has kept a “low profile” this week and passed on his traditional press conference, though he did talk to reporters after a Tuesday practice round.
While Rory McIlroy, who has been fiercely outspoken in his LIV Golf criticism in the past year, played a practice round on Tuesday with LIV defector Brooks Koepka.
“I have no problem with any of them, just please do not bash a Tour that I have 43 years invested in,” Fred Couples said earlier this week, according to Barstool Sports.
“It bothers the hell out of me. They don’t bother me. They really don’t. They’re golfers. I’m a golfer. I respect them all, if one wants to stop and ask why I’m picking on them, then I’m all for it, but I don’t really think I’ve done anything horrific. They’re making comments and I’m replying to them. That’s it.”
Now, back to the soup.
“I’m sure you’re all wondering about the temperature in the room, it was all calm and cool. Only the tortilla soup was spicy hot!” Nick Faldo tweeted.
The exact ingredients for the tortilla soup were avocado, crispy blue tortilla strips, sour cream, cilantro and lime.
Faldo was not alone in his culinary feelings.
“The ribeye was fantastic, but the tortilla soup was spicy as hell,” Aaron told Golfweek.
“That soup was pretty damn spicy, but I enjoyed everything else,” said Zoeller, who once infamously cracked a crass Tiger Woods joke about serving fried chicken and collard greens at the champions dinner.