Max Homa claps back at ‘clown’ who tried punking him over major drought

When it comes to following golfers on social media, there might not be anyone more entertaining than Max Homa.

Whether he’s yucking it up with some fan or sharing his own thoughts about the state of golf, the 33-year-old knows that he’s got a platform that allows for some fun interactions with millions of people. It’s why, in 2021, he said he began leaning into social media in the first place.

“If you’re a quiet person, be quiet. If you’re a fast player, be fast. If you’re slow, I would rather you play a little bit faster, but do your thing,” Homa said. “With social media, in my opinion, [Dustin Johnson] isn’t about that, so he doesn’t do social media. I have never disliked it, and I’ve enjoyed the banter with people back and forth, so I do it. But it feels genuine to me, and I think that’s kind of the goal of life, is just to be you and do what you want to do.”

While Homa welcomes all sorts of fun engagement, when things become personal, he’s going to defend himself, though.

That’s what he recently had to do when an Internet troll tried punking Homa over his poor finishes in major tournaments, with the keyboard warrior blaming Homa’s wife and 16-month-old son for having never won a major.

Instead of letting the comment go unnoticed, Homa did what he felt was necessary: Reply with some clever, self-deprecating humor.

This is an A+ response from Homa, along with being the absolute best way to undermine some Internet troll.

While Homa has yet to win a major, he is having a strong start to the 2024 season with four T25 finishes — with his most recent finish being a T10 at the Arnold Palmer Invitational.

But even he’s well aware of his poor performances in the biggest tournaments.

“Everybody knows my major record sucks,” he said candidly after the first round of the Open Championship, adding that, like most people, when the pressure intensifies, he tries a little too hard.

“I’m a perfectionist and it makes me work really, really hard. I’m very diligent,” he previously said. “But it’s like a double-edged sword. I get in these things and I can’t seem to understand that it’s OK to make bogeys and it’s OK to mess up.”

Despite some poor showings at previous majors, it’s good to see Homa being able to brush it off and laugh about it — and get the best of some Internet clown at the same time.

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