Ultime News
Articoli recenti
Categorie
Categorie
NEWS
NEL MONDO…GOLF. Yokohama Country Club,
,
By@Pierbattista Patrizia
By@Mirella Pierbattista BY@Elisa Nardocci Avv.
By@EXIBI
By@Redazione
-
-
-
Search
Menu
SearchR2Baycurrent ClassicRight Arrow
5H AGONo panic, just patience: Max Homa keeps cool in pursuit of first win since 2023
3 Min Read
Latest
Highlights | Round 2 | Baycurrent Classic
Players in Article
Favorite
M. Homa
Written by Max BerensonThe last three seasons haven’t quite gone Max Homa‘s way. But even as the results have become harder to come by, the six-time PGA Tour winner isn’t about to panic.
The Cal product hasn’t won on Tour since the 2023 Farmers Insurance Open and has recorded just seven top-10 finishes since the start of the 2024 season. After establishing himself as one of the game’s most consistent performers earlier this decade, Homa has spent much of the last three years searching for the form that once made him a fixture near the top of leaderboards.
Through two rounds at the Baycurrent Classic in Japan, however, Homa is showing signs of the confidence that carried him to a career-high No. 5 in the Official World Golf Ranking in 2023. At 9 under, he enters the weekend just two shots behind co-leaders Jacob Bridgeman and Keith Mitchell, putting himself in position to end his nearly three-year winless stretch.
But to stay in contention Friday, Homa had to stay patient and trust his game.
After opening with a relatively stress-free 6-under 65 on Thursday, Homa followed with a 68 in the second round. Starting on the 10th tee at Yokohama Country Club, he played his first four holes in even par before reaching the par-4 14th, where his round nearly unraveled.
Homa pushed his drive right into the rough between two bunkers before blocking his second shot farther right and into the trees. Forced to take a penalty drop, he eventually walked away with a double bogey, turning what had been a steady round into a test of his composure.
For a player who has spent the past three seasons trying to rediscover his best golf, the setback could have led to further frustration. Instead, Homa stayed level and refused to let one bad hole dictate the rest of his day.
“I just liked that I hung in there. I didn’t panic. I had a really weird 40 minutes out there around 14, but just happy I didn’t try to reinvent the wheel or anything,” Homa said. “I don’t know, just toughed it out, so that was good.”
His response started on the very next hole. Homa made a crucial par on the 15th, then added three more pars to make the turn at 2-over 37. He had steadied himself after the double bogey, but his best golf was still to come.
After a par at the first, Homa caught fire, stringing together five consecutive birdies on Nos. 2-6. He played his final nine holes in 5-under 31 to post a 3-under 68 and move to 9 under for the tournament.
Yet the birdie run wasn’t what stood out most to Homa. Instead, he pointed to the par on No. 15, when he still felt the effects of the trouble that had unfolded one hole earlier.
“The par I made on 15 was great. I was a little bit rattled coming off 14,” Homa said. “I hit a horrible tee shot on a pretty easy hole, hit what I thought was a great second shot, got the flyer wrong and just again didn’t panic, hit a good chip up there, made a 10-, 12-footer. Just little things like that, that one stuck out.”
For Homa, that ability to stay patient could be just as important as the birdies themselves. While his recent results may have fallen short of the standard he established earlier in his career, Friday offered a reminder that he doesn’t need to overhaul his game every time adversity strikes. Sometimes, the key is simply trusting the process and letting the results follow.
-
-
Ultime News
Articoli recenti
Categorie
Categorie
Articolo 1
Testo Articolo 1 :
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Fusce justo velit, pharetra a ultrices nec, lobortis vulputate leo. Morbi convallis mi vel sem consequat, et mattis massa venenatis. Sed suscipit nulla quis mauris suscipit sodales. Aenean varius nulla justo, id rutrum sapien luctus vitae. Sed aliquet lectus at pulvinar ultricies. Proin nisl eros, pulvinar vel nisi et, viverra porttitor leo. Proin id augue mi. Fusce vitae placerat elit. Suspendisse tellus augue, suscipit sed ornare nec, sagittis sed odio. Sed tincidunt euismod risus ac vulputate. Proin condimentum, dui eget suscipit luctus, odio dui eleifend lorem, in convallis lacus libero ac nisi. Mauris a risus nec mauris pretium vulputate quis hendrerit lorem. Maecenas viverra neque in risus euismod sollicitudin.
Mauris consequat vitae libero nec elementum. Donec a nisl eget dolor blandit hendrerit eget ac neque. Donec eu pellentesque ipsum. In hendrerit venenatis odio non aliquam. Aliquam volutpat efficitur sodales. Fusce mauris mauris, euismod sed ornare id, aliquam tempus dui. Aliquam tempor diam sed purus porta, in semper purus luctus. In varius purus nulla, non pulvinar urna molestie quis. Praesent ac arcu pulvinar, efficitur ipsum nec, ullamcorper ligula. Nam tempus augue in felis faucibus bibendum. Vestibulum faucibus purus quis nibh luctus, vel faucibus ligula aliquet.
