Columbus, Ohio – Max Homa stands out better than usual in a U.S. Open qualifier full of PGA Tour players. He is the only one who carries his schoolbag.
Homa has no caddies and doesn’t want much attention on social media. According to a person who learned of the split, he was no longer with two-month caddie Bill Harke.
The person spoke to the Associated Press on anonymity because the separation from Homa was needed. Homa didn’t provide much insight.
“I’d rather talk about golf than all the questions about caddies,” Homa said. “I’m fine. Fighting hoof 36.”
As for golf?
“It can be heartbreaking, but it’s OK,” Homa said. “I haven’t brought 36 holes in a while, so I’m a little tired.”
He pierced it 38 holes. Homa put him into the five-man playoffs on the 36th hole of Kinsale, making his last place to the U.S. Open. Cameron Young won the game with a 12-foot birdie.
Homa then lost the playoffs on the next hole. When asked about his attitude, Homa left a clue about the split.
“It seems better than when someone is standing next to me for some reason,” he said. “I probably need to walk more. Maybe I just see it as a nice, peaceful walk. Maybe I have to fight some demons and no one can rely on. Maybe it helps a little bit. No one…everything is me. Everything is me. Fighting helps that.”
Kincel’s qualifiers offer six attractions for next week’s Oakmont Open. Homa spent most of her time around the bubble.
He left a rough chip in the ninth hole of the second round, then kept the double bogey in the bogey, then bogey and then responded with two straight birds. He looked safe and shot 25 feet on the par 5 (his last hole). But the uphill putter was around the hole and returned to about 6 feet of the hole, where he finished with less than 139 strokes.
Homa didn’t expect him to be ranked tenth in the world a year ago. But he changed the equipment and changed the coach. He broke up with a six-year caddie before the Masters. Then he didn’t have a caddie at all.
Homa said he never felt tired because he was on the cutoff line all day, pushing forward. One third later, his last hole was when he started hitting him.
He said no one could consult with the shooting, which made him more conservative, and it was not a course he didn’t know much about.
When Homa asked about the caddy for the last time, he whispered: “I want to carry 36 holes. Everyone will ask me.”
Homa is not entirely outside the U.S. Open. He will be in the Canadian Open this week, although he may have to win the top 60 and qualify.
