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Max Homa left Augusta National higher than the tips of the club’s pine trees. He’d tied for third at last week’s Masters, his best-ever finish in a major. He said he handled his nerves well. He said he didn’t let expectations affect his play.
He said he had an image.
It came Sunday, during the final round, in the heat of battle, while walking from the 11th green to the 12th tee. There, Homa paused. Looked around. Inhaled.
“I had a good buddy of mine remind me going into Saturday that I need to look around and smell the roses and appreciate what I get to do,” Homa said earlier this week at the RBC Heritage, “because I’ve seen some not-so-great parts of professional golf. So I was very aware on the weekend to smile. Joe [Greiner, his caddie] kept reminding me this is the most fun we’ve ever had. Appreciate that and then get back to work.
“I tried every day to walk up to that 12th tee with my eyes up and look around and scan the crowd. I got basically like a standing ovation walking to that tee, and I just tried to stare at it as long as I could and enjoy it. We got it on Saturday, as well. Just something about walking to that 12th tee is a pretty amazing feeling.”
Good stuff. At the least, it’s an interesting thought in a story where you can find out who made how much.
Below, you can check out the complete payout breakdown for this week’s RBC Heritage, played at Harbour Town Golf Links. The total purse is $20 million.
How much every player made at the 2024 RBC Heritage
1. $3.6 million
2. $2.16 million
3. $1.36 million
4. $960,000
5. $800,000
6. $720,000
7. $670,000
8. $621,000
9. $581,000
10. $541,000
11. $501,000
12. $461,000
13. $421,000
14. $381,000
15. $361,000
16. $341,000
17. $321,000
18. $301,000
19. $281,000
20. $261,000
21. $241,000
22. $224,500
23. $208,500
24. $192,500
25. $176,500
26. $160,500
27. $154,500
28. $148,500
29. $142,500
30. $136,500
31. $130,500
32. $124,500
33. $118,500
34. $113,500
35. $108,500
36. $103,500
37. $98,500
38. $94,500
39. $90,500
40. $86,500
41. $82,500
42. $78,500
43. $74,500
44. $70,500
45. $66,500
46. $62,500
47. $58,500
48. $55,300
49. $52,500
50. $51,000
51. $49,800
52. $48,600
53. $47,800
54. $47,000
55. $46,600
56. $46,200
57. $45,800
58. $45,400
59. $45,000
60. $44,600
61. $44,200
62. $43,400
63. $43,400
64. $43,000
65. $42,600
66. $42,600
67. $41,800
68. $41,400
69. $41,000