Homa, after criticizing golf outbursts, throws club
TL;DR
Max Homa, after criticizing golfers for poor behavior, threw his club in frustration during the RBC Heritage. He expressed disappointment over on-course outbursts, emphasizing the need for golfers to maintain a higher standard.
Key points
- Max Homa criticized on-course outbursts among golfers.
- He threw his club in frustration during the RBC Heritage.
- Homa emphasized the need for golfers to maintain a higher standard.
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Just days after saying on-course outbursts cast a bad look and that professional golfers "need to be held to a higher standard," Max Homa threw his club in frustration after a poor shot during the final round of the RBC Heritage on Sunday.
Homa failed to back to the fairway after hitting his drive into a tree-filled waste area on the par-5 15th hole at Harbour Town Golf Links in Hilton Head, South Carolina. He angrily flung his club in a downward motion, with it bouncing about 15 yards.
On Wednesday, when asked about Sergio García's antics on a tee box at the Masters last week, Homa was blunt about how he felt.
"I don't like when people break clubs. I don't like when people beat up the golf course because we deal with it, and I think the breaking clubs makes us look very, very spoiled," Homa said Wednesday.
"... I definitely think beating up a golf course would be probably tops just because the rest of us have to play it."
Garcia, who was given a code-of-conduct warning, issued an apology for his outburst on social media Tuesday, expressing "regret" for slamming his driver into the turf on the No. 2 tee box at Augusta National, causing apparent damage, before hitting his driver against a cooler and snapping the head off the club.
It is not the first time Homa has lost his cool, and he admitted as much on Wednesday. He was caught flinging a club down the fairway during last year's PGA Championship and also at the WM Phoenix Open in 2023.
"I say a lot of bad words. I very much try to do it not when a kid can hear," Homa said Wednesday. "So I do think there's some, hey, don't say it in front of the wrong person, like be a bit aware of your surroundings. Not saying I've never done it."
The PGA Tour has been developing a code-of-conduct policy for competition, and the Masters was the first tournament to use it. The other majors are also likely to use the policy -- which ramps up to disqualification on a third violation -- this year.
Q&A
What did Max Homa say about golfers' on-course behavior?
Max Homa criticized on-course outbursts, stating they cast a bad look and that golfers need to be held to a higher standard.
What happened during Max Homa's final round at the RBC Heritage?
During the final round, Homa threw his club in frustration after hitting a poor shot into a tree-filled waste area on the par-5 15th hole.
How did Homa react to Sergio García's antics at the Masters?
Homa expressed disapproval of García's behavior, stating he dislikes when players break clubs and damage the golf course.
