Max Homa recalls the "sweet woman" who paid for his lunch right after he earned his biggest paycheck of 2024

US golfer Max Homa was tied for the lead at the Masters last year; however, he eventually finished T3. He may not have won the tournament, but he experienced one of the sweetest fan interactions on his way to RBC Heritage from Augusta National.

Homa had recorded his best finish at the Masters and had taken home a staggering $1.04 million. On his way to Hilton Head Island, he had stopped at the fast food outlet Chick-Fil-A and encountered a "sweet woman" who paid for his food. He recalled the incident during the press conference for the RBC Heritage.

"I absolutely demolished Chick-fil-A on my way down. I was in the drive-thru by myself and I went to order and the person taking the order told me that the woman in the row next to me had paid for whatever I was going to get. She said that her son is 3 or 4 and I'm his favorite golfer, so it was pretty cool. I don't know, those kinds of things I still pinch myself," he said via Golf Week

The 34-year-old golfer spoke very fondly of the incident.

"It was kind. I just pinch myself at times with the kindness people have given me just because I play some golf. I feel very fortunate for that,"

Homa started his new season at the Sentry in Hawaii. He is currently placed at T22 with a score of 3-under in the ongoing Round 1.

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Who is Max Homa paired with at the Sentry Round 2?

Max Homa and Sahith Theegala at the Sentry 2025 (Source: Getty)

Max Homa is paired with Sahith Theegala and Tony Finau for Round 2 at the Sentry on Friday. The trio will tee off at 2:21 pm ET.

In Round 1, Homa was grouped alongside the same two golfers as they teed off at 4:27pm ET. Here's the full Round 2 pairings and tee times for the Sentry:

• 12:45 p.m. – Rafael Campos, Viktor Hovland, Byeong Hun An
• 12:57 p.m. – Nico Echavarria, Peter Malnati, Corey Conners
• 1:09 p.m. – Davis Riley, Brian Harman, Max Greyserman
• 1:21 p.m. – Kevin Yu, Matthieu Pavon, Alex Noren
• 1:33 p.m. – Patton Kizzire, Stephan Jaeger, Sepp Straka
• 1:45 p.m. – Maverick McNealy, J.T. Poston, Davis Thompson
• 1:57 p.m. – Billy Horschel, Russell Henley, Sungjae Im
• 2:09 p.m. – Keegan Bradley, Chris Kirk, Jason Day
• 2:21 p.m. – Sahith Theegala, Tony Finau, Max Homa
• 2:33 p.m. – Hideki Matsuyama, Justin Thomas, Adam Scott
• 2:51 p.m. – Chris Gotterup, Tom Hoge, Adam Hadwin
• 3:03 p.m. – Jhonattan Vegas, Harry Hall, Nick Taylor
• 3:15 p.m. – Denny McCarthy, Cameron Young, Eric Cole
• 3:27 p.m. – Cam Davis, Brice Garnett, Thomas Detry
• 3:39 p.m. – Aaron Rai, Taylor Pendrith, Christiaan Bezuidenhout
• 3:51 p.m. – Austin Eckroat, Matt McCarty, Jake Knapp
• 4:03 p.m. – Robert MacIntyre, Si Woo Kim, Will Zalatoris
• 4:15 p.m. – Nick Dunlap, Akshay Bhatia, Matt Fitzpatrick
• 4:27 p.m. – Collin Morikawa, Sam Burns, Patrick Cantlay
• 4:39 p.m. – Xander Schauffele, Wyndham Clark, Ludvig Åberg