Every once in a while, old tweets resurface. Sometimes they’re bad takes, sometimes they’re miraculous predictions that somehow come true, and sometimes they’re heartwarming things like this.
In 2013, Max Homa, a then collegiate golfer at Cal, sent out a tweet asking Tiger Woods for a practice round at that year’s U.S. Open (Homa qualified for the event at Merion).
Like many professional golfers in this era, Woods was Homa’s hero.
Fast forward to 2021 and the California native took home the hardware at the Genesis Invitational, an event hosted by Woods and his foundation. So, after receiving the trophy, Homa took a picture with the 15-time major champion to mark the victory.
@TigerWoods just won PAC 12s, NCAA championship, and qualified for the us open. Any chance I can get a practice round with u?? #hero
— max homa (@maxhoma23) June 4, 2013
Now, 507 days later, it was announced the four-time Tour winner will tee it up with Woods and Matthew Fitzpatrick for the first two rounds at the Old Course for the 150th Open Championship.
The threesome with tee off at 9:59 a.m. ET on Thursday and 4:59 a.m. ET on Friday.
Homa was asked about the dream pairing: “Unreal times a million.”
In 2018, the then Korn Ferry Tour player went on the No Laying Up podcast and discussed the 2013 tweet.
Here’s @maxhoma23 in 2018 talking about trying to track Tiger down for a practice round.
This was when he was playing on the Korn Ferry Tour.
Now he’s gonna tee it up with Tiger f’n Woods at the Old Course in The Open Championship. pic.twitter.com/YQ4ojyuJRF
— No Laying Up (@NoLayingUp) July 12, 2022