| Max Homa Quick Info | |
|---|---|
| Height | 6 ft 1 in |
| Weight | 82 kg |
| Date of Birth | November 19, 1990 |
| Zodiac Sign | Scorpio |
| Spouse | Lacey Croom |
Max Homa is an American professional golfer who has primarily plied his trade on the PGA (Professional Golfers’ Association) Tour (the main professional golf tour in the United States and North America). On the PGA Tour, as of May 2023, he had won the Wells Fargo Championship (May 2019), the Genesis Invitational (February 2021), the Fortinet Championship (September 2021), the Wells Fargo Championship (May 2022), the Fortinet Championship (September 2022), and the Farmers Insurance Open (January 2023). As of May 2023, Max’s best performance at a major championship was a 13th-place (tied) finish at the 2022 edition of the PGA Championship. He had also finished in joint 6th place at the 2023 edition of The Players Championship, a prestigious annual golf tournament on the PGA Tour that is often dubbed as the 5th major – the 4 majors being The Masters Tournament, The Open Championship, the PGA Championship, and the U.S. Open. As of May 2023, Max’s best performance at a WGC (World Golf Championship) event was a ‘Round of 16’ finish at the 2023 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play. He achieved a peak ranking of 5 in April 2023 in the Official World Golf Ranking charts. At the amateur level, Max won the Walker Cup (a golf trophy contested in odd-numbered years between the leading male amateur golfers of 2 teams – the United States and Great Britain & Ireland) in 2013.
Born Name
John Maxwell Homa
Nick Name
Max
Sun Sign
Scorpio
Born Place
Burbank, Los Angeles County, California, United States
Residence
Scottsdale, Maricopa County, Arizona, United States
Nationality
Education
Max had attended Valencia High School, a public secondary school located in the neighborhood of Valencia in the city of Santa Clarita, California. After his high school graduation in 2009, he joined The University of California, Berkeley, a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. He played collegiate golf there, on a scholarship, and graduated in 2013 with a degree in consumer behavior.
Occupation
Professional Golfer
Family
- Father – John Homa (Acting Coach)
- Mother – Bonnie Milstein
- Siblings – Maddie Homa (Sister)
- Others – Ellen Croom (Mother-in-Law), Keith Croom (Father-in-Law)
Turned Pro
2013
Net Worth
In 2023, Max Homa had a net worth of approximately $5 million according to Sportskeeda.
Build
Athletic
Height
6 ft 1 in or 185.5 cm
Weight
82 kg or 181 lbs
Girlfriend / Spouse
Max has dated –
- Lacey Croom (2013-Present) – Max began dating a real estate agent named Lacey Croom in July 2013 and they eventually got married in November 2019. They have a son together named Cam Andrew Homa (b. October 30, 2022).
Race / Ethnicity
White
He is of American descent.
Hair Color
Dark Brown
Eye Color
Light Brown
Sexual Orientation
Straight
Distinctive Features
- Toned physique
- Mullet hairstyle
- Sports a thick beard
- Affable smile
Religion
Judaism
Brand Endorsements
He has been sponsored by –
- Burns & Wilcox (American independent insurance wholesale broker and underwriter)
- ADP Inc. (American provider of human resources management software and services)
- Mastercard Inc. (the second-largest payment processing corporation worldwide)
- Five9 Inc. (a California-based cloud-based call center software company)
- Fortinet (an American cybersecurity company that develops and sells security solutions)
- FootJoy (American golf equipment, footwear, and apparel brand)
- Titleist (American golf equipment brand)
- BetMGM (American sports betting and online gaming/entertainment company)
Max Homa Favorite Things
- Golf Course – National Golf Links of America in Southampton, Suffolk County, New York
- City – San Diego, California
- TV Shows – The Office (2005-2013), Friends (1994-2004)
- Quote – “Winners Never Quit & Quitters Never Win” – Vince Lombardi
- Movie Franchise – Harry Potter (2001-2011)
- Hobbies/Interests – Gymming, Playing Basketball
- Basketball Team – Los Angeles Lakers
- Baseball Team – Los Angeles Dodgers
Source – PGA Tour, PGA Tour Media Guide
Max Homa Facts
- Max, in his senior year (2012-13) at The University of California, Berkeley, was included in the ‘First Team All-Pac-12‘. The Pac-12 Conference is an athletic conference that operates in the Western United States, participating in 24 sports in the NCAA‘s Division I – the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association – a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico) in the United States.
- He also won the Pac-12 Championship that season which included an opening-round 9-under-par score of 61. The score broke the course record at the North Course of The Los Angeles Country Club, a golf and country club located in Los Angeles, California. It also tied the then record for the lowest round posted in the United States.
- For his performances in the 2012-13 season, Max was named in the ‘First Team All-American’ as well as the ‘All-Nicklaus Team’ by the GCAA (Golf Coaches Association of America – a non-profit, professional association of men’s collegiate golf coaches). The latter selection is named after Jack Nicklaus – a retired American professional golfer and golf course designer who is widely considered to be one of the greatest golfers of all time. Max also won the individual event of the 2013 edition of the NCAA Division I Men’s Golf Championship.
- Legendary baseball manager Thomas Charles Lasorda aka Tommy Lasorda (who was at the helm of the Los Angeles Dodgers (Max’s favorite baseball team) from 1976 through 1996) had jokingly promised in 2017 that he would give Max a call whenever he would win his first PGA Tour event, provided that he was still alive by then. Tommy kept that promise and made a congratulatory call when Max achieved that feat by winning the Wells Fargo Championship in May 2019. Tommy passed away in January 2021 (aged 93).
- In 2022, Max won the Presidents Cup, a biennial series of men’s golf matches between a team representing the United States and a team representing the rest of the world minus Europe. He won all 4 of the matches that he played in the competition, the 2nd-best performance by an individual player – only behind Jordan Spieth who won all 5 of his matches.
- Max is known to carry 2 coins while playing, as a good luck charm. One of those coins is from 1991, the birth year of Lacey, his wife. The other coin is from 2018, when he brought home his pet dog, Scotty, a yellow labrador.
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