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Champions Dinner Etiquette Do’s and Don’ts Manners are everything at Augusta National – especially at the dinner table By Coleman Bentley
DON’T DISCUSS PGA TOUR-PIF POLITICS AT THE TABLE. DO TELL JOKES INTO ONLY THE GOOD EARS OF THE HONORARY STARTERS. DON’T GET CAUGHT WITH A NON-CONFORMING BUTTER KNIFE.
DO REMOVE YOUR RANGEGOATS HAT IN THE DINING ROOM. DON’T ANCHOR YOUR SALAD FORK.
DON’T DREDGE UP FOUR- DECADES-OLD CHEATING ALLEGATIONS. DO FOLD YOUR NAPKIN INTO AN AZALEA WHEN YOU HEAD TO THE LAVATORY.
DO REMEMBER THE DRESS CODE: JACKET AND TIE. DON’T PRACTICE AIMPOINT WITH YOUR PEAS. DO LET THE GUY WHO JUST GOT A $300-MILLION PAYDAY PICK UP THE CHEQUE.
DO CHEW WITH YOUR MOUTH CLOSED EVEN WHILE TIGER RECOUNTS HIS 16TH- HOLE CHIP-IN.
DON’T SNEAK IN YOUR OWN WAFFLE HOUSE.
ILLUSTRATION BY MICHAEL BYERS
20 GOLF DIGEST SOUTH AFRICA
MARCH/APRIL 2024
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