PONTE VEDRA, Fla. — Since returning to the PGA Tour, Max Homa has improved almost every season. From winning the Wells Fargo Championship in 2019 to capturing multiples titles in the same season to contending on the second nine at the Masters last year, Homa slowly but surely climbed his way near the top of the golf world.
That ascension came to a screeching halt in the second half of 2024, however, as he recorded just one top-10 finish across the final eight months of the season and limped to the end of the year. Homa missed out on the Tour Championship for the first time since 2021 and spent the offseason searching for answers.
Having since switched swing coaches, apparel companies and club manufacturers, Homa’s struggles have persisted into the new year as he entered the PGA Tour’s flagship event, the 2025 Players Championship, with high hopes only to instead miss his fourth straight cut.
Homa is not currently qualified to play in two major championships and has dropped to No. 76 in the Official World Golf Rankings, but he is keeping a long-term perspective on the ebbs and flows of his career. Homa contends that he is hitting the golf ball as well as ever and doesn’t care how crazy that may sound.
He believes in the process and what he and his new swing coach, John Scott Rattan, are working on. He also believes, once he starts to play golf instead of golf swing, the results will follow.
Below are five of the many topics Homa covered during a 30-minute conversation with CBS Sports. You can watch the interview in its entirety below or on the Golf on CBS YouTube channel.
On his relationship with Tiger Woods
What has it been like to to further your relationship with someone you admire so much?
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Max Homa talks unexpected Tiger Woods relationship, swing changes, state of his game before 2025 major season
