Missing the Masters was hard enough for Max Homa, who was a month away from making his debut at Augusta National. What really stung was missing the tournament that made him eligible for the Masters.
Homa won his first PGA Tour event a year ago this week at the Wells Fargo Championship, starting the back nine with a pair of birdies to build a big lead and closing with a 4-under 67 for a three-shot victory.
Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, North Carolina, is one of his favorites, and that was before he won. When he returned a few months ago to help promote the tournament, he was given his own locker in a special room for tournament champions that include Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, Jason Day and Jim Furyk. “That’s something I wasn’t expecting,”