Max Homa was paired with his idol Tiger Woods in the first two rounds at The Open. He couldn’t hide his emotions after all: “One of those things I feel like people say, ‘I’ll never forget where I was when’ and like, I was there,” said Homa for kansascity.com The Rocket Mortgage Classic at Detroit Golf Club will be his next challenge, and he will be part of a threesome with Joel Dahmen.
“It’s like the opposite,” he said. “What a contrast. They say you have to be humbled in this game, so I’ve been humbled, went from Tiger to Joel. What a world this golf is. We talk a lot more, I know that”.
Max Homa and popularity
Homa has gained immense popularity, and he described what it’s like to deal with it. “Getting recognized is weird,” Homa said. “Do I like it? It kind of depends. It’s one of those things that you like why it’s happening and sometimes you don’t like that it’s happening.
A lot of time I’m with my wife and it’s just awkward”. “I don’t think it will ever not feel bizarre because I don’t feel like people should be taking pictures with me,” he said. “It’s not something you picture when you’re putting on your home putting green when you’re a kid to win the Masters, you don’t think you’re going to be taking pictures at a Detroit Tigers game with a bunch of strangers, but it is what it is”.
His goal is to qualify for the Tour Championship “It’s obviously been a very big goal of mine,” he said. “I felt like three weeks off at home, it’s a billion degrees in Arizona, it would be better to practice on a great golf course and get ready to try to peak at the right time at the end of the season”.
