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Max Homa
John Maxwell Homa (born November 19, 1990) is an American professional golfer. During his amateur career at the University of California, Berkeley, he won both the individual Pac-12 Men's Golf Championship and NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship in 2013. He turned professional later that year, and he has since won six times on the PGA Tour. He reached the top five in the Official World Golf Ranking in 2023.
Homa was born in Burbank, California, on November 19, 1990. He is Jewish, and attended six years of Hebrew school and had a bar mitzvah, but has stated he is not religious. He said in 2018: "The most Jewish I've ever felt came after looking at a home with extravagant Christmas lights and immediately thinking 'that electric bill must be brutal'."
Homa attended Valencia High School in the Santa Clarita Valley. There, he was a four-time first-team All-Foothill League selection, and 2009 Foothill League MVP, graduating in 2009.
He then played college golf at University of California, Berkeley, on scholarship, earning a degree in Consumer Behavior. There, as a junior in 2011-12 Homa was a third-team PING Division I All-American and second-team All-Pac-12 and PING Division I All-West Region. As a senior in 2012-13 he was ranked No. 19 nationally by Golfweek (5/19) and No. 22 according by Golfstat (5/21), was first-team All-Pac-12, ranked No. 17 on the final Palmer Cup Ranking, and won the Pac-12 Championship with an opening-round nine-under par 61 breaking the course record at the North Course at the Los Angeles Country Club and tying for the lowest round posted in the U.S. He was named a first-team All-American and to the All-Nicklaus Team by the Golf Coaches Association of America.
In 2008, Homa was selected to represent Southern California on the Junior America's Cup team. In 2009, he won the Ventura County Junior Golf Association at River Ridge in Oxnard (72-73=145).
In 2010, he reached the quarterfinals of the U.S. Amateur before losing to reigning champion and Cal teammate An Byeong-hun. Homa ended the year ranked 4th in California, 33rd in the U.S., and 78th in world according to amateurgolf.com.
In 2011, Homa won the amateurgolf.com Silicon Valley Amateur (63-70=133). He ended the year ranked 8th in California, 36th in the U.S., and 89th in the world according to amateurgolf.com. In 2012, he ended the year ranked 5th in California, 18th in the U.S., and 50th in the world according to amateurgolf.com.
Homa competed as an amateur at the 2013 U.S. Open, and won the individual 2013 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship. He was selected to the 2013 Walker Cup squad, and turned professional after the event.
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Max Homa
John Maxwell Homa (born November 19, 1990) is an American professional golfer. During his amateur career at the University of California, Berkeley, he won both the individual Pac-12 Men's Golf Championship and NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship in 2013. He turned professional later that year, and he has since won six times on the PGA Tour. He reached the top five in the Official World Golf Ranking in 2023.
Homa was born in Burbank, California, on November 19, 1990. He is Jewish, and attended six years of Hebrew school and had a bar mitzvah, but has stated he is not religious. He said in 2018: "The most Jewish I've ever felt came after looking at a home with extravagant Christmas lights and immediately thinking 'that electric bill must be brutal'."
Homa attended Valencia High School in the Santa Clarita Valley. There, he was a four-time first-team All-Foothill League selection, and 2009 Foothill League MVP, graduating in 2009.
He then played college golf at University of California, Berkeley, on scholarship, earning a degree in Consumer Behavior. There, as a junior in 2011-12 Homa was a third-team PING Division I All-American and second-team All-Pac-12 and PING Division I All-West Region. As a senior in 2012-13 he was ranked No. 19 nationally by Golfweek (5/19) and No. 22 according by Golfstat (5/21), was first-team All-Pac-12, ranked No. 17 on the final Palmer Cup Ranking, and won the Pac-12 Championship with an opening-round nine-under par 61 breaking the course record at the North Course at the Los Angeles Country Club and tying for the lowest round posted in the U.S. He was named a first-team All-American and to the All-Nicklaus Team by the Golf Coaches Association of America.
In 2008, Homa was selected to represent Southern California on the Junior America's Cup team. In 2009, he won the Ventura County Junior Golf Association at River Ridge in Oxnard (72-73=145).
In 2010, he reached the quarterfinals of the U.S. Amateur before losing to reigning champion and Cal teammate An Byeong-hun. Homa ended the year ranked 4th in California, 33rd in the U.S., and 78th in world according to amateurgolf.com.
In 2011, Homa won the amateurgolf.com Silicon Valley Amateur (63-70=133). He ended the year ranked 8th in California, 36th in the U.S., and 89th in the world according to amateurgolf.com. In 2012, he ended the year ranked 5th in California, 18th in the U.S., and 50th in the world according to amateurgolf.com.
Homa competed as an amateur at the 2013 U.S. Open, and won the individual 2013 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship. He was selected to the 2013 Walker Cup squad, and turned professional after the event.