Max Homa
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Height: 6'1" (1.85 m)
Weight: 180 (82 kg)
Age: 32 (November 19, 1990)
Birthplace: Burbank, California
Residence: Scottsdale, Arizona
Family:
Wife, Lacey; Cam
Education:
University of California-Berkeley (2013, Consumer Behavior)
Special Interests:
Going to the gym, basketball
Turned Professional:
2013
City plays from:
Valencia, CA, United States
Exempt Status
PGA TOURWinner, The Genesis Invitational (thru 2027-28)
Career Victories
PGA TOUR Victories (6):
2019 (1) Wells Fargo Championship. 2021 (1) The Genesis Invitational. 2022 (2) Fortinet Championship, Wells Fargo Championship. 2023 (2) Fortinet Championship, Farmers Insurance Open.Korn Ferry Tour Victories (2):
2014 (1) BMW Charity Pro-Am Presented by SYNNEX Corporation. 2016 (1) Rust-Oleum Championship.Player Statistics
Career Low Round:
62 - 2022 TOUR Championship (Round 2)Career High FedExCup Rank:
#1 : 2023 Shriners Children's OpenCareer High Official World Golf Rank:
#5 : 2023 Valero Texas OpenCareer Largest Paycheck:
$2,180,000 : 2023 The Genesis Invitational (Finished 2)2022-23 Season Highlights
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Won the Fortinet Championship and Farmers Insurance Open, earning multiple titles on TOUR for the second consecutive season.
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PGA TOUR
Fortinet Championship - Successfully defended his title at the Fortinet Championship, chipping in for birdie at the 72nd hole to defeat Danny Willett by one stroke. Marked his fifth PGA TOUR title and third in his native California. Became the second player in tournament history to win back-to-back, joining Brendan Steele (2016, 2017). Became the first player to win after holing his final shot from off the green since Sam Burns at the 2022 Charles Schwab Challenge. Sentry Tournament of Champions - Played the final two rounds of the Sentry Tournament of Champions in 17-under and finished T3. Farmers Insurance Open - Won the Farmers Insurance Open by two strokes over Keegan Bradley, earning his sixth PGA TOUR title and fourth in his native California. Entered the final round trailing Sam Ryder by five strokes, winning in come-from-behind fashion for the fifth time on TOUR. Led the field in Strokes Gained: Tee to Green and SG: Approach the Green. The Genesis Invitational - Finished solo-second at The Genesis Invitational, his first runner-up finish on TOUR and fourth consecutive top-10 at the event. THE PLAYERS Championship - Finished T6 at THE PLAYERS Championship, his first career top-10 at the event. World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play - Fell to Mackenzie Hughes, 3 and 2, in the Round of 16 to finish T9 at the World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play. Advanced from group play with a 3-0-0 record with wins over Justin Suh, Kevin Kisner and Hideki Matsuyama.
National Team Selections
Career Records
| PGA TOUR (Playoff Record: 1 - 0) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Events | Rounds | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Top 10 | Top 25 | Cuts Made | Cuts Missed | WD | FedExCup Rank | Earnings | |
| Total: | 167 | 510 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 50 | 102 | 65 | $21,422,441 | |||
| 2023 | 16 | 54 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 2 | 3 | $8,573,087 | ||
| 2022 | 24 | 82 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 5 | $5,289,842 | ||||
| 2021 | 28 | 86 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 9 | 35 | $3,448,578 | ||||
| 2020 | 21 | 70 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 70 | $1,453,056 | ||||
| 2019 | 25 | 80 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 60 | $2,063,606 | ||||
| 2017 | 17 | 37 | 2 | 15 | 244 | $18,008 | |||||||
| 2015 | 27 | 74 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 15 | 163 | $380,339 | |||||
| 2014 | 8 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | $195,924 | ||||||
| 2013 | 1 (A) | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| (A) - Amateur | |||||||||||||
Top Tournaments |
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| PGA TOUR | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| THE PLAYERS Championship | Masters Tournament | PGA Championship | U.S. Open | The Open Championship | WGC-HSBC Champions | WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play | WGC-FedEx St. Jude Inv | WGC-Workday Championship at The Concession | |
| 2023 | T6 | T43 | T55 | T9 | |||||
| 2022 | T13 | T48 | T13 | T47 | CUT | T35 | |||
| 2021 | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | T40 | T18 | T51 | T22 | |
| 2020 | CNL | CUT | T52 | ||||||
| 2019 | T64 | T61 | |||||||
| 2013 | CUT | ||||||||
| FedExCup Playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FedEx St. Jude Championship | Dell Technologies Championship | BMW Championship | TOUR Championship | |
| 2022 | T42 | T23 | T5 | |
| 2021 | T47 | T63 | ||
| 2020 | CUT | T59 | ||
| 2019 | T38 | T61 | ||
Personal
- Is a 2009 graduate of Valencia (Calif.) High School.
- Earliest golf memory is Tiger Woods winning the 1997 Masters.
- Favorite course played is The National GL of America, host of the 2013 Walker Cup. Favorite TV shows are "The Office" and "Friends." Favorite movies are the Harry Potter series. Favorite city is San Diego. Favorite quote is "Winners never quit, quitters never win."
- 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.
- Watches all sports (mostly professional) and 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.
- Met his caddie, Joe Greiner, when he was six years old playing golf in Valencia, California.
- Knows more about reality television than he cares to admit due to watching so much with his wife, Lacey.