One of the endearing traditions at the Masters is that the defending champion picks out – and pays for – the menu at the Wednesday evening champions dinner. The tradition began in 1952 at a suggestion by Ben Hogan. Phil Mickelsen’s feast this week will include southern fried chicken, baby back ribs, beef brisket and smoked sausage. Dessert will be vanilla ice cream. Attendees also can order off the regular club menu, as many of them did when Sandy Lyle served haggis, mashed potatoes and mashed turnips in 1989. Ben Crenshaw replaces the late Byron Nelson as host of the dinner.
Hitting range balls while wondering whatever happened to Rex Baxter.
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- Mr. Fairway’s love affair with the game of golf began in junior high. He once made his living as a journalist covering high school sports, cops and robbers and politics. Today, Mr. Fairway is a public relations consultant and a widely-published freelance golf writer. His current USGA handicap index is 9.3 and he averages 50-plus rounds a year.