Max Homa is just three shots off the lead at the PGA Championship, but he admits that his wife struggles to understand some of the intricacies of golf
Rich Jones Assistant Sports Editor
21:37, 17 May 2025Updated 21:37, 17 May 2025
Max Homa says his wife Lacey Croom “doesn’t get it”(Image: Warren Little/Getty Images)
Max Homa surged into contention at the PGA Championship with a remarkable seven-under 64 on Friday, leaving him just three shots off the lead at five-under.
Following his round, he credited his new caddie and shared insights into his struggles since last year’s Masters and his recent resurgence, including a tied-third finish at Augusta last month. It comes after his heartbreaking admission over former caddie, Joe Greiner. In a candid interview, Homa discussed the challenges of explaining the intricacies of golf to his wife, Lacey, admitting she often finds it perplexing. “A lot of it has been (hard to explain),” Homa said.
“Especially with my wife, she’ll ask me on days at home, like how was today? I’ll say great, and we’ll leave the next day and shoot a zillion. She doesn’t get it.
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“It’s hard to explain because I don’t – I can give you the technical version of all of it, but at the end of the day, it is odd. I’ll play some really good practice rounds. Waste Management in particular was probably the best I’ve ever driven the ball in my life, and even in the first round on Thursday, I think I shot 6- or 7-over. It’s just a hard game.
“I heard Matt Fitzpatrick was doing an interview, and he explained it. The week he’s driven the ball well, it seemed like he’s putted awful or he hit his irons awful. And the weeks he’s ironed it great or putted great, he’s driven it awful. It is hard to explain.
Max Homa has opened up on his struggles(Image: Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)
“The technical is that it just gets faster when you play. The positions I’ve been in and the club being behind me, I can figure it out here and there and get into grooves, and if a feel gets going, I can repeat it a lot.
“But you start getting nervous, trees on the left, trees on the right, water, whatever, certain winds, it just — it messes with all — you don’t want a lot of timing in your golf swing.
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“People wonder why Scottie (Scheffler) is so amazing. He doesn’t have a lot of timing. He’s incredibly athletic and aware of where the golf club is, and I have not been. So when you get under stress and things, it just doesn’t become as easy as — I call it field practice when you’re on a range where you hit a bough and rake another one over and just try to time it little better.
“It has been hard to explain, but at the end of the day, there’s also been bad days (practicing) at home. So it’s not like it’s completely foreign when I show up to a golf tournament. Didn’t feel mental. It just was a little bit of mental with a lack of confidence mixed with a golf swing that wasn’t super repeatable.”
