By Ben Nuckols
Augusta, VE. (AP), before Max Homa went on the practice shirt in Augusta National for a long -term practice session with her new coach, the former Lime star joined her new caddie to transfer her clubs, golf balls and other essential team bags, a new and third, the teachers surely would like to watch this weekend on television.
Another new thing for Homa: frequent weekends.
Homa reaches the masters as an example of lack of lack of how fast the fortunes in golf can change. A six times winner of the PGA Tour between 2019 and ’23 that rose to the No. 5 In the world, he now occupies the 81st position and has not made a complete field from the British Open last year, when a 29 -feet foot for Birdie was hidden in the 18th hole in Royal Throne and celebrated with a complete roar.
“I know how good or easy it can feel or be,” said Homa on Tuesday. “I don’t have to, tell me so much about what my roof is.”
Instead, Homa said he has to tell him: “You are closer than you think.”
A year ago, the only thing that was missing from Homa’s curriculum was to compete in a specialty, and marked that box when he opened the masters with a 5 -year -old 5 -year -old boy and remained in the mixture until double Bogey in Hole 12 in the final round. It ended in a tie for third place.
It has an end among the 10 best since then, and the duration of that moment has changed almost everything except its results. He has just read social networks, where he built a devotee base of fans with self -descent humor and “roasted” or swings of fans. The dismissal of homan to x, previously Twitter, was a characteristically quotable citing: he said that the platform was “for the sick.”
Perhaps the most surprising was his separation from the friend of childhood and the caddie of pulmonary time Joe Greiner, with whom he hurried to share credit for his triumphs.
“It was not my choice, so it stinks, but we always had a deal that we are first friends and friendship mattered more than work, and he was wise enough to do what he did,” said Homa. “It’s hard. I’m so used to him Caddying.”
Bill Harke debuted in the Homa Stock Exchange last week at Texas Open, where Homa lost the cut again.
Statistically, it has decreased in all areas. Confilentibly long and precise in the tee at its peak, it has lost the distance without improving its precision. Your approach and placement game has deteriorated. The only place where PGA Tour average player is around the Greens, an essential skill for someone who occupies the 168th position on the Greens in Greens in the regulation.
It is enough for Fred’s couples to feel the need to greet Homa in the practice shirt with a bear hug.
“He is working on his swing. That is a bit more difficult when you don’t get results and you see that many people work on their swing and get results,” said Couple. “And he has a lot of talent. So why are he fighting now? I might not be fighting in five months.”
The home is happy to explain its reasons to review its swing, clubs and support system after it won in Rivera and Torrey Pins between four victories in their native California, won the Wells Fargo champion Roursesses and Ledsesses and Ledsesses and Ledseses and the Rours and Ledsesses.
He said Mark Blackburn was a great instructor, but he needed a new voice. He is now working with John Scott Rattan, the director of instruction at the Country Club Congress outside Washington, the DC Homa team agreement was updated, he tested Cobra Clubs and loved them.
“Everything is in the leg just because to improve. Swing changes have the biggest problem, I would say, or simply as what is the longest tasks,” Homana said. “But I would still have done what I did. I would only want to be able to capture a little faster.”
It may sound unlikely that a fighter player can rediscover his game in the masters. For Homa, at least, Augusta National has the memory of his most recent success.
“I feel that I have my plan B here. Certain shots that I know I can achieve, certain (shots) I know that it is likely,” said Homa. “This place almost makes you creative, something that I have not been doing a great job and now that I know I can play the place, I think it helps a lot.”
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