Xander Schauffele’s PGA Champions dinner menu revealed with lavish main course and very wholesome gift

XANDER SCHAUFFELE has unveiled his PGA Champions dinner menu  –  as he bids to continue his smoking hot form.

The 2024 winner says he wants to please everyone with his selection – but has thrown in a rather personal gift.

Xander Schauffele carried on the tradition of deciding the menuCredit: Getty

Schauffele lifted the crown last year, when he also won the OpenCredit: GettyApart from a five-course meal, including Wagyu beef, the World No 3 will hand each guest a humidor stuffed with cigars.

Schauffele is known for his taste in such items – holding a Montecristo in hand after winning the PGA Championship and The Open last year.

He said: “I think the gift is pretty fitting for everyone.

“I think they’ll enjoy it, and if they don’t like it, they can re-gift it pretty easily. Pretty on brand, I guess, a humidor and some cigars.”

Deciding the menu is a title-holders’ traditions at the PGA Championship.

And although the cigars might be an eyebrow-raising addition to his choice, Schauffele reckons he has played it straight down the middle with his food options.

Fellow superstars like Rory McIlroy, Justin Thomas and Brooks Koepka will be at the dinner on Tuesday.

And Schauffele has gone for a wide array of appetisers from which every guest will surely pick at least one winner.

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His starters include smoked goat cheese dates, pickled watermelon, clams casino shooters and steak and bleu cheese crostini.

Then comes the main course, where the Californian has upgraded to even more exotic offerings.

Schauffele’s list boasts Wagyu New York strip, paired with blackened jumbo shrimp.

It’s topped with a bourbon bone marrow reduction – a method of using marrow to add flavour.

That might be too refined for some guests – so perhaps that’s why  Schauffele went for sweet and safe with his dessert selections.

The carb frenzy – infused with liquor – includes a banana split covered in rum sauce and a strawberry shortcake with Chambord syrup.

Schauffele then revealed his taste-bud tactics.

The 31-year-old said: “I didn’t go do anything unique.

“I’d say it was sort of middle of the road, a steak option, a fish option.

“I wanted everyone to be happy or to be able to eat whatever they’d like.”

This year’s PGA Championship – starting on Thursday – is at the Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina.