Max Homa not proud of club-throwing moment: ‘Can’t look less cool’

Safe to say a T39 end was not what Max Homa was searching for coming off a win on the Farmers Insurance Open in his final begin.

While Homa has developed a status as a relatively light-hearted humorous man on social media, he’s additionally identified to be intense about bettering his recreation.

On Sunday, some of the uglier aspect of the depth confirmed up at TPC Scottsdale.

On the sixth gap in the course of the remaining spherical of the WM Phoenix Open, Homa woefully mishit his method out of the correct fairway bunker, advancing the ball solely about 100 yards and leaving one other 79 to the inexperienced.

That’s when Homa, who began the day six behind due to a double bogey on his remaining gap Saturday, had an all-too-relatable second. He chucked his membership like a frisbee some 15 yards in entrance of him.

Homa did not rise up and down from the tough for his par afterward and the irritating spherical continued with bogeys on the par-5 fifteenth and par-3 sixteenth earlier than a spectacular tee shot on the drivable par-4 seventeenth arrange a straightforward birdie. Altogether it added as much as a 72, his first over-par spherical on the PGA Tour because the CJ Cup in October.

But after the spherical, Homa appeared to take fault for his actions on Twitter, quote tweeting a video of the incident with, “Can’t look less cool if I tried.”

It’s straightforward for feelings to get the most effective of us within the warmth of competitors. For somebody who has developed a following as huge as Homa has, he made it clear that wasn’t his proudest second. No one is ideal, good on Homa for proudly owning as much as it.

The self-deprecation didn’t finish there. Tyrrell Hatton, who has been identified to have a brief fuse on the golf course earlier than, chimed-in within the replies, providing to show Homa the right strategy to throw a golf membership.

We don’t condone club-throwing of any variety right here at GOLF.com, however in case you are gonna do it, ensure you get some cling time on that sucker. Really make it memorable.

“I’m already nervous,” Homa replied.

Jack Hirsh

Golf.com Editor

Jack Hirsh is an assistant editor at GOLF. A Pennsylvania native, Jack is 2020 graduate of Penn State University, incomes levels in broadcast journalism and political science. He was captain of his highschool golf crew and nonetheless *tries* to stay aggressive in native amateurs. Before becoming a member of GOLF, Jack spent two years working at a TV station in Bend, Oregon, primarily as Multimedia Journalist/reporter, but in addition producing, anchoring and even presenting the climate. He may be reached at jack.hirsh@golf.com.