Max Homa
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Height: 6'1" (1.85 m)
Weight: 180 (82 kg)
Age: 31 (November 19, 1990)
Birthplace: Burbank, California
Residence: Scottsdale, Arizona
Family:
Wife, Lacey
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 2025-26)
Career Victories
PGA TOUR Victories (4):
2019 (1) Wells Fargo Championship. 2021 (1) The Genesis Invitational. 2022 (2) Fortinet Championship, Wells Fargo Championship.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:
63 - 2020 The American Express (Round 3)Career High FedExCup Rank:
#1 : 2022 Fortinet ChampionshipCareer High Official World Golf Rank:
#28 : 2022 AT&T Byron NelsonCareer Largest Paycheck:
$1,674,000 : 2021 The Genesis Invitational (Finished 1)2021-22 Season Highlights
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Became the fifth player to win multiple times during the season, collecting victories at the season-opening Fortinet Championship and the Wells Fargo Championship in May.
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PGA TOUR
Fortinet Championship - Won the season-opening Fortinet Championship, earning his third career PGA TOUR title in his 128th start at the age of 30 years, 10 months. Entered the final round trailing by two strokes and played the final seven holes in 5-under en route to his second career come-from-behind victory. Marked the second win in his home state of California (2021 Genesis Invitational). With the victory, moved to No. 1 in the FedExCup standings for the first time in his TOUR career. Wells Fargo Championship - Won the Wells Fargo Championship for the second time, earning his fourth PGA TOUR title and second of the season. Victory came at TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm (won at Quail Hollow Club in 2019), with the tournament moving for one year to accommodate the 2022 Presidents Cup at Quail Hollow. Became the second player to win the Wells Fargo Championship multiple times (first: Rory McIlroy).
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: | 142 | 422 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 33 | 80 | 62 | $11,947,772 | ||||
| 2022 | 15 | 48 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 2 | 7 | $4,388,260 | ||||
| 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 | |
| 2022 | T13 | T48 | T13 | 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 | |
| 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.