Max Homa

Homa was born in Burbank, California.[2][3] He is Jewish.[4] In December 2018, he tweeted: "Despite 6 years of Hebrew school and the completion of my Bar Mitzvah, the most Jewish I've ever felt came after looking at a home with extravagant Christmas lights and immediately thinking ‘that electric bill must be brutal.’”[4] In November 2019, he married Lacey Croom, and the couple lives in Scottsdale, Arizona with their dog, Scotty.[5][6]

Homa attended Valencia High School in the Santa Clarita Valley.[7] There, he was a four-time first-team All-Foothill League selection, and 2009 Foothill League MVP, graduating in 2009.[8]

He then played college golf at University of California, Berkeley on scholarship, earning a degree in Consumer Behavior.[9][10][3][8] There, as a junior in 2011-12 Homa was a third-team PING Division I All-American and second-team All-Pac-12 and PING Division I All-West Region.[8] As a senior in 2012-13 he was ranked No. 19 nationally by Golfweek (5/19) and No. 22 according by Golfstat (5/21), was first-team All-Pac-12, ranked No. 17 on the final Palmer Cup Ranking, and won the Pac-12 Championship with an opening-round nine-under par 61 breaking the course record at the North Course at Los Angeles Country Club and tying for the lowest round posted in the U.S.[8] He was named a first-team All-American and to the All-Nicklaus Team by the Golf Coaches Association of America.[11]

In 2008, Homa was selected to represent Southern California on the Junior America's Cup team.[8] In 2009, he won the Ventura County Junior Golf Association Robinson Ranch (72-73=145).[8]

In 2010, he reached the quarterfinals of the U.S. Amateur before losing to reigning champion and Cal teammate An Byeong-hun.[8] Homa ended the year ranked 4th in California, 33rd in the U.S., and 78th in world according to amateurgolf.com.[8]

In 2011, Homa won the amateurgolf.com Silicon Valley Amateur (63-70=133).[8] He ended the year ranked 8th in California, 36th in the U.S., and 89th in the world according to amateurgolf.com.[8] In 2012, he ended the year ranked 5th in California, 18th in the U.S., and 50th in the world according to amateurgolf.com.[8]

Homa competed as an amateur at the 2013 U.S. Open, and won the individual 2013 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship.[3] He was selected to the 2013 Walker Cup squad, and turned pro after the event.[12][13]

In October 2013, Homa finished T-9 at the Frys.com Open, his first PGA Tour event as a pro.[14] In December 2013, he tied for 6th place in the Web.com Tour qualifying school. In May 2014, he earned his first professional win at the Web.com Tour's BMW Charity Pro-Am, defeating fellow rookie Jonathan Randolph by one stroke, earning $117,000.[15][16] He finished 17th on the Web.com Tour regular-season money list, to earn his PGA Tour card for the 2014–15 season.[16]

In the 2015 PGA Tour season, Homa entered 27 events. He made 12 cuts and won $380,339. He finished 163rd in the FedEx Cup standings and lost his tour card.[13] In the 2016 Web.com Tour season, Homa won the Rust-Oleum Championship in Ivanhoe, Illinois, coming from seven shots back, and ultimately regained his PGA Tour Card for the 2016–17 season.[16]

In the 2017 PGA Tour season, Homa made only two cuts in 17 events and lost his card.[16] That year he made just $18,008.[13] In 2017 he tweeted: "Had a few caddies hit me up recently hoping to team up. They heard they usually get weekends off which is apparently a great selling point."[4]

In the 2018 Web.com Tour season, Homa regained his PGA Tour card for the 2019 PGA Tour season.[16]

On May 5, 2019, Homa won the Wells Fargo Championship for his first PGA Tour victory, with a three-shot victory over Joel Dahmen.[17][18] Homa received $1.422 million for his win, a two-year extension of his PGA Tour card, as well as spots in the PGA Championship and in the 2020 Masters Tournament.[18][19]

On February 21, 2021, Homa earned his second PGA Tour victory at the Genesis Invitational in a playoff over Tony Finau.[20]

In September 2021, Homa won his third PGA Tour title at the Fortinet Championship, the opening event of the 2021–22 season.[21] In May 2022, Homa won the Wells Fargo Championship for a second time.[22] He ended the season finishing in a tie for 5th at the Tour Championship.

In September 2022, he successfully defended the Fortinet Championship, chipping-in for a birdie on the final hole to beat Danny Willett by one stroke.[23] He was selected to play on the U.S. team in the 2022 Presidents Cup; he won all four of the matches he played.[24]

In January 2023, Homa won the Farmers Insurance Open. He came from behind with a final round six-under par 66 for a two shot victory over Keegan Bradley.[25]

• 2013 NCAA Division I Championship

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied for place
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

¹Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

NT = No tournament
"T" = Tied
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
Note that the Championship and Invitational were discontinued from 2022. The Champions was discontinued from 2023.

Amateur

• Walker Cup: 2013 (winners)

Professional

• Presidents Cup: 2022 (winners)

• 2014 Web.com Tour Finals graduates
• 2016 Web.com Tour Finals graduates
• 2018 Web.com Tour Finals graduates

• List of Jewish golfers

• Max Homa at the PGA Tour official site
• Max Homa at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
• Max Homa on Twitter