Max Homa has experienced a woeful 2025 season on the PGA Tour so far, but his T-12 finish at The Masters was a rare positive.
Homa turned up at Augusta National woefully out of form, but he managed to end the week at four-under par to secure himself a top-15 finish at The Masters.
Over the past year or so, the 34-year-old from Burbank, California, has regressed badly, and he now seems to be a shadow of his former self.
On Wednesday ahead of the John Deere Classic, Homa praised Justin Thomas and Collin Morikawa for really helping him through his struggles.
And despite all of his problems this year, Homa has still made himself available for his fans after rounds, and is often pictured signing autographs.
The American is still very much a class act.
Max Homa makes claim about Augusta National after his T-12 at The Masters
Homa’s finish at Augusta back in April was a real surprise to everyone who has been following him over the past 12 months.
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He entered The Masters tournament low on confidence, but left Augusta National with renewed hope and vigour.
However, his solid performance proved to be nothing more than a false dawn.
And now Homa has made a startling admission about how he played at Augusta three months ago.
Speaking to reporters ahead of the John Deere Classic, the six-time PGA Tour winner responded when asked whether he took great belief from his finish at The Masters.
he said: “Yeah, it’s tricky. Augusta I played horrendous but that golf course in some odd way, if you know it really well, which I feel like I kind of got last year when I played well, I was very disciplined in the leaves and using the rest of my golf game to keep myself in it.
“Hit it very poorly that week off the tee. Thought my way around the place really well.
“Quail Hollow, having one great day was awesome, but I drove it well. I don’t know what I take from that exactly. What I will say is I tend to come to places like this where the scores are really low and you almost get lazy in your course management.
“I think the one shining light of like the way my game is coming to a place like this is hopefully I’ll put a little bit more thought into leaves and you don’t need to be on every green in regulation, avoid bogeys, sprinkle in birdies, and just kind of watch that go.
“I think sometimes we play — like last week for me I played knowing the scores were low, and any time you miss a par-5 fairway, you’re bummed out.
“So I need to do a better job of that. That’s what I would take from Augusta. As poorly and I played and decently as I scored, it’s a unique golf course, much different than this. There is something to be learned from that.“
The incredible thing Max Homa told his coach in June
After day one at the Memorial Tournament, Homa lifted the lid on a conversation he shared with his coach before the tournament began.
He said: “I’ve been trying not to worry so much about justifying it, but it does feel nice to — you know, I told my coach last night, this is the best my swing has felt in a really long time. Then the whole game kind of felt like that. So I just pointed it out, and I guess I didn’t need it to, I didn’t need to shoot a low number to validate that, but I just, it just feels nice. Because it really does — I was texting him, We weren’t BS’ing about it, it just felt good, looked good, felt like I could hit the shots I wanted to hit. So, yeah, I guess it’s not a justification, I guess, but you still want to get something out of it when it feels that good. Because this game, I mean, there’s so few chances for most of us to play a stellar round of golf, so you would like it when it feels good to go out there and actually post a number.“
That was quite the claim from Homa and as things stand, it seems like there was no substance to what he was actually feeling.
Let’s hope for his sake that he has a strong week at TPC Deere Run this week and builds some confidence ahead of some hugely important tournaments.