{"id":242212,"date":"2025-07-06T08:18:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T08:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/242212\/"},"modified":"2025-07-06T08:18:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T08:18:09","slug":"max-homa-admits-something-happened-during-day-three-of-the-john-deere-classic-which-actually-shocked-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/242212\/","title":{"rendered":"Max Homa admits something happened during day three of the John Deere Classic which actually ‘shocked’ him"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Max Homa has a very real chance of winning on the PGA Tour for the first time since January 2023 at the John Deere Classic on Sunday.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Homa<\/a> is currently sitting just one shot off the lead with 18 holes to play at the John Deere Classic<\/a> after shooting a third round of three-under par 68.<\/p>\n

The 34-year-old has really been in the golfing doldrums over the past 18 months, but his faith in his own ability and his work ethic has never wavered.<\/p>\n

Homa\u2019s iron play has been exceptionally good during the John Deere Classic<\/a> so far, and if he putts well on Sunday, he will have a great chance of winning.<\/p>\n

He is ranked 17th in strokes gained approach this week \u2013 a huge improvement on his season-long ranking of 169th in that category.<\/p>\n

There is obviously still a long way to go but the Californian\u2019s swing is looking very good right now.<\/p>\n

Homa found something on the range before the John Deere Classic began<\/a>, and it seems like whatever he found could be a game-changer for him.<\/p>\n

Max Homa admits to being shocked on day three of the John Deere Classic<\/p>\n

Homa was visibly delighted after tapping in for par on his final hole of the day on Saturday at TPC Deere Run.<\/p>\n

He addressed the media after his round, and responded when asked how important his birdie on the long par-three 12th was, having bogeyed his previous hole.<\/p>\n

\"MaxPhoto by Andy Lyons\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Homa said: \u201cYeah, it was more just mental. If you space these two bad swings out on 10 and 11 I really don\u2019t think I had missed golf shot prior to that. Kind of shocked the system a little bit.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was nice to stand over the shot on 12 and not think much of it and just get back to work, because they came out of left field. I told myself if I played 18 holes and made two bad swings for a whole day I think I would be happy. That was the mindset I was trying to use.\u201c<\/p>\n

What a great way to react to making a couple of poor swings in a row.<\/p>\n

Had he not been as positive as he was after his bogey on the 11th, his round could have ended up very differently.<\/p>\n

Max Homa has missed being \u2018stressed out\u2019<\/p>\n

Homa is right in the hunt to win the John Deere Classic with just one round remaining.<\/p>\n

After his round at TPC Deere Run on Saturday, the six-time PGA Tour winner was asked what it\u2019s like to be back in the mix on a weekend.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cYeah, just fun. Golf has just been very boring for me this year. I haven\u2019t had a whole lot of stress, and you want to be stressed out. So I look forward to the butterflies in the morning; I look forward to the first tee shot.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just nice to get to feel that again. It\u2019s been a while.\u201c<\/p>\n

The man from Burbank, California, will certainly be feeling the stress on Sunday in Silvis, Illinois, but that\u2019s clearly what he has missed over the past year or so.<\/p>\n

A win for Homa at the John Deere Classic on Sunday would completely transform his season, and it would give him a renewed sense of hope ahead of a crucial two months\u2019 golf ahead of him.<\/p>\n

Whatever happens on Sunday, he is highly likely to make huge strides in both the Official World Golf Rankings and the FedEx Cup points list.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Max Homa has a very real chance of winning on the PGA Tour for the first time since…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":242213,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4106],"tags":[2826,90891,8312,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-242212","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-golf","9":"tag-john-deere-classic","10":"tag-max-homa","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114805309820817856","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=242212"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/242212\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/242213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=242212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=242212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=242212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}