Max Homa Facts: 20 Things You Didn't Know About The American Professional Golfer
Get to know popular American, Max Homa a little better with these facts about his life and career so far
One of the most popular players out on Tour and someone who is known for his sense of humor, we get to know American Max Homa a little better with these facts regarding his life and career in golf so far.
Max Homa Bio
1. Homa was born on November 19, 1990 in Sacramento, California.
2. His full name is John Maxwell Homa.
3. He got into the game because of his Dad. After his Dad finished work, he would go and hit golf balls at Griffith Park golf range, and Max would join him.
4. He grew up playing Vista Valencia Golf Club and it was his first home club. It is a public course and Homa acknowledges that this is probably one of the main reasons he fell in love with the game of golf.
5. It was while he was playing in Valencia, California that he met his current caddie Joe Greiner, at the age of six. In fact, Greiner holds the course record at the par-3 course there, which he apparently reminds Homa about all the time.
6. Homa also played for a while at Vista Valencia Country Club but his family couldn't stay there as they couldn't afford it.
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7. Homa attended the University of California-Berkeley and studied Consumer Behaviour. Whilst there he had huge success. He was a first-team All-American his senior year and Cal's first individual champion at the 2013 NCAA Championship playing for a Bears' team he tri-captained, a squad that won 11 of 14 tournaments.
8. Homa has a significant social media following and often takes to Twitter to make jokes about people's golf swings.
9. In his very first PGA Tour event, the 2013 Frys.com Open, he finished T9.
10. He lives in Scottsdale, Arizona.
11. According to PGA Tour.com, he carries two coins with him as a good luck charm. One is from 1991, the birth year of his wife, Lacey, and one from 2018, the year he got Scotty, his yellow lab.
12. Homa uses a full bag of Titleist equipment, including a Scotty Cameron putter.
13. He is a big fan of the Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Dodgers. Legendary Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda made a promise to him in 2017 that he would call him when he won his first PGA Tour event, and did so following the 2019 Wells Fargo Championship.
14. Homa appeared in two episodes of No Laying Up's popular golf series 'Strapped' when it was hosted in Southern California.
15. Favorite course played is The National Golf Links of America, host of the 2013 Walker Cup. In that event he played three matches and won two of them.
16. Homa occasionally appears on a podcast called Get A Grip which he hosts alongside broadcaster Shane Bacon.
17. Homa's favorite played course is The National GL of America, which hosted the 2013 Walker Cup.
18. He is a big fan of the LA Lakers and LA Dodgers. Legendary Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda made a promise to him in 2017 that he would call him when he won his first PGA Tour event, and did so following the 2019 Wells Fargo Championship.
19. Homa's favorite TV shows are The Office and Friends, while his favorite movie is the Harry Potter series.
20. He has two career aces on the PGA Tour, with the first coming during the third round of the 2022 Arnold Palmer Invitational and the second arriving on Sunday at the 2023 Rocket Mortgage Classic. Homa admitted he did not see either go in the hole.
Max Homa Bio
Full Name | John Maxwell Homa |
Born | November 19, 1990 - Burbank, California |
Height | 6ft1in (1.85m) |
Resides | Scottdale, Arizona |
Spouse | Lacey Croom |
College | University of California, Berkeley |
Turned Pro | 2013 |
PGA Tour Wins | 6 |
Career Earnings | $27.7 Million |
Current Tour(s) | PGA Tour, DP World Tour |
Former Tour | Web.com Tour (now Korn Ferry Tour) |
Caddie | Joe Greiner |
Sponsors | Titleist, FootJoy, Mastercard, Fortinet, Burns & Wilcox, Five9, ADP |
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Max Homa Pro Wins
Event | Tour | Winning Score |
---|---|---|
2014 BMW Charity Pro-Am | Korn Ferry Tour | -20 (one stroke) |
2016 Rust-Oleum Championship | Korn Ferry Tour | -13 (one stroke) |
2019 Wells Fargo Championship | PGA Tour | -15 (three strokes) |
2021 Genesis Invitational | PGA Tour | -12 (playoff) |
2021 Fortinet Championship | PGA Tour | -19 (one stroke) |
2022 Wells Fargo Championship | PGA Tour | -8 (two strokes) |
2022 Fortinet Championship | PGA Tour | -16 (one stroke) |
2023 Farmers Insurance Open | PGA Tour | -13 (two strokes) |
2023 Nedbank Golf Challenge | DP World Tour | -19 (four strokes) |
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