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Patrick Reed has been waiting for his meal for a long time — 15 years to be exact.
On Tuesday, Reed, who won last year’s Masters, hosted his first Champions Dinner at Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia for past winners and Fred Ridley, the club chairman.
The dinners are private affairs away from the nattering galleries and clicking cameras — no spouses or media. They are held at the plantation-style clubhouse, inside the front door, 13 carpeted steps up the spiral staircase and to the right in what’s called the library, a cozy room with bookshelves, a fireplace, a bronze sculpture of Bobby Jones and a portrait of Clifford Roberts, a club founder, painted by President Dwight D.