‘Game Recognizes Game’: Tiger Woods’ Viral Riviera Moment With Emotional Max Homa Melts Fans’ Hearts

In recent years, TigerWoods has proved how friendly he is through his interactions with young golfers. Despite being unable to win tournaments for so long due to his injuries, the golfer still has the same strong spirit for the game. And his participation in the 2023 Genesis Invitational was no less than a surprise for the fans. However, his recent humble gesture on the field is getting him more attention from fans than anyone else.

Fans react to Tiger Woods’ beautiful gesture toward Max Homa

The Genesis Invitational displayed great competition between professionals throughout the game. There were a lot of reasons for the fans to celebrate during the tournament. While many got excited about Jon Rahm’s victory leading him to the top in the world rankings, others were simply elated to see 15x major winner Tiger Woods on the field.

Woods doesn’t have a lot of friends on the PGA Tour. However, ever since a massive wave of players went on to join LIV Golf, the golf legend has been supporting all the professionals who stood by the former tour. And his support towards his fellow players was seen at the tournament.

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A video posted by the PGA Tour on Instagram shows Tiger Woods walking towards Max Homa after the final round of the event. To congratulate and appreciate the efforts of his friend, Woods went forward and hugged Homa after the game. And fans have been talking about the golfer’s gesture on the internet ever since the video was posted. Here’s what some of them had to say:

Passing the torch 🔥 Majors next for Max

Max Homa is a great dude.

Can’t wait to see Max rip it up on the next Ryder Cup team

RESPECT! There will ever only be 1 Tiger Woods but Sir Homa has the Tiger Spirit now. 

Max deserves it not That other guy

Game recognizes game

Max wanted this win so bad it hurts

Tiger’s right leg looks bad😢

Mad respect for Max! Love that guy.

Max Homa wanted to win at the Genesis Invitational really badly. The golfer also got a little emotional toward the end of the game. As a matter of fact, he had to try hard to hold back his tears as he gave the interview post-tournament, which made fans fall head over heels. 

Watching their favorites lose was disappointing for the fans. However, the interaction between Homa and Woods made their hearts melt. Moreover, Rahm’s fans were definitely happy seeing him finally reach the top at the end!

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