John Maxwell Homa (born November 19, 1990) is an American

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who plays on the

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. He reached the top five in the

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in 2023. During his amateur career at the

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, he won both the individual

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Men's Golf Championship and NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship in 2013. He turned professional later that year, and he has since won six times on the PGA Tour.

Early and personal life

Homa was born in

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, on November 19, 1990. He is Jewish, and attended six years of Hebrew school and had a ''

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'', but has stated he is not religious. He said in 2018: "The most Jewish I’ve ever felt came after looking at a home with extravagant Christmas lights and immediately thinking 'that electric bill must be brutal'." In November 2019, he married Lacey Croom. The couple live in

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, and had a son in October 2022.

Amateur career

Homa attended Valencia High School in the

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. There, he was a four-time first-team All- Foothill League selection, and 2009 Foothill League MVP, graduating in 2009. He then played college golf at

, on scholarship, earning a degree in

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. There, as a junior in 2011-12 Homa was a third-team PING Division I

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and second-team All-

and PING Division I All-West Region. As a senior in 2012-13 he was ranked No. 19 nationally by '' Golfweek'' (5/19) and No. 22 according by ''Golfstat'' (5/21), was first-team All-Pac-12, ranked No. 17 on the final

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Ranking, and won the Pac-12 Championship with an opening-round nine-under par 61 breaking the course record at the North Course at the

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and tying for the lowest round posted in the U.S. He was named a first-team All-American and to the All-Nicklaus Team by the Golf Coaches Association of America. In 2008, Homa was selected to represent

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on the Junior America's Cup team. In 2009, he won the Ventura County Junior Golf Association at River Ridge in Oxnard (72-73=145). In 2010, he reached the quarterfinals of the

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before losing to reigning champion and Cal teammate

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. Homa ended the year ranked 4th in California, 33rd in the U.S., and 78th in world according to amateurgolf.com. In 2011, Homa won the amateurgolf.com Silicon Valley Amateur (63-70=133). He ended the year ranked 8th in California, 36th in the U.S., and 89th in the world according to amateurgolf.com. In 2012, he ended the year ranked 5th in California, 18th in the U.S., and 50th in the world according to amateurgolf.com. Homa competed as an amateur at the 2013 U.S. Open, and won the individual 2013 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship. He was selected to the 2013 Walker Cup squad, and turned professional after the event.

Professional career

In October 2013, Homa finished T-9 at the Frys.com Open, his first

event as a pro. In December 2013, he tied for 6th place in the Web.com Tour qualifying school. In May 2014, he earned his first professional win at the Web.com Tour's BMW Charity Pro-Am, defeating fellow rookie Jonathan Randolph by one stroke, earning $117,000. He finished 17th on the Web.com Tour regular-season money list, to earn his

card for the 2014–15 season. In the 2015 PGA Tour season, Homa entered 27 events. He made 12 cuts and won $380,339. He finished 163rd in the

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standings and lost his tour card. In the 2016 Web.com Tour season, Homa won the Rust-Oleum Championship in Ivanhoe, Illinois, coming from seven shots back, and ultimately regained his PGA Tour Card for the 2016–17 season. In the 2017 PGA Tour season, Homa made only two cuts in 17 events and lost his card. That year he made just $18,008 in tournament prize money. In 2017 he tweeted: "Had a few caddies hit me up recently hoping to team up. They heard they usually get weekends off which is apparently a great selling point." In the 2018 Web.com Tour season, Homa regained his PGA Tour card for the 2019 PGA Tour season. On May 5, 2019, Homa won the Wells Fargo Championship for his first PGA Tour victory, with a three-shot victory over Joel Dahmen. Homa received $1.422 million for his win, a two-year extension of his PGA Tour card, as well as spots in the

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and in the

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. On February 21, 2021, Homa earned his second PGA Tour victory at the Genesis Invitational in a playoff over Tony Finau. In September 2021, Homa won his third PGA Tour title at the

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, the opening event of the 2021–22 season. In May 2022, Homa won the Wells Fargo Championship for a second time. He ended the season finishing in a tie for 5th at the

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. In September 2022, he successfully defended the

, chipping-in for a birdie on the final hole to beat Danny Willett by one stroke. He was selected to play on the U.S. team in the 2022 Presidents Cup; he won all four of the matches he played. In January 2023, Homa won the Farmers Insurance Open. He came from behind with a final round six-under par 66 for a two shot victory over Keegan Bradley. In September 2023, Homa played on the U.S. team in the 2023 Ryder Cup at Marco Simone Golf and Country Club in Guidonia, Lazio, Italy. The European team won 16.5–11.5 and Homa went 3–1–1 including a win in his Sunday singles match against Matt Fitzpatrick. In November 2023, won the

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in South Africa, shooting 19-under-par to claim his first victory outside of the United States. In January 2024, Homa hit a 477-yard drive during the third round of The Sentry, the longest drive in the PGA Tour's ShotLink era (since 2003). In April 2024, Homa tied for third place in the 2024 Masters Tournament at −4, winning $1,040,000 and marking the first top-5 finish in a major of his career. In October, began working with a new swing coach, John Scott Rattan, the director of instruction at

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. On January 1, 2025, it was announced that Homa was joining Cobra Golf, Puma Golf, and apparel company lululemon as an ambassador, bringing an end to his relationship with Titleist. Homa split with his caddie, Joe Greiner, in April 2025, amidst a downturn in performance. Homa and Greiner were childhood friends, and Greiner had been on Homa's bag first in 2013 and continuously since 2019, including for each of his six PGA Tour wins.

Amateur wins

*2013 NCAA Division I Championship

Professional wins (9)

PGA Tour wins (6)

PGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

European Tour wins (1)

Web.com Tour wins (2)

Results in major championships

''Results not in chronological order in 2020.'' CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied for place
NT = no tournament due to

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Summary

*Most consecutive cuts made – 4 (2021 Open – 2022 U.S. Open) *Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (2023 Open Championship – 2024 Masters)

Results in The Players Championship

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships

¹Cancelled due to

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pandemic
NT = No tournament
"T" = Tied
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
Note that the Championship and Invitational were discontinued from 2022. The Champions was discontinued from 2023.

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur *

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2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

(winners) Professional *

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(winners),

2024 The year saw the list of ongoing armed conflicts, continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Myanmar civil war (2021–present), Myanmar civil war, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudane ...

(winners) *

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References

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