Southern California native comes from five strokes down to start final round and posts two-stroke victory over Keegan Bradley at Torrey Pines
Max Homa entertained and enlightened CBS viewers Friday when he was mic’d up for one hole during the third round of the Farmers Insurance Open.“Everybody else calls me the social media guy,” Homa said. “I still think I’m a pretty darn good golfer. ... I like to say dumb things and make dumb jokes and observe weird stuff and tweet about them.“But when I work, when I practice, when I play tournaments, this is what I love. I love what today was. It was incredible.
“It’s a beautiful game,” said Homa, who won $1,566,000 on Saturday. “Sometimes you’re just one good swing thought from being good again.” Ryder was four holes from a potential victory when things unraveled. A double bogey at the par-4 15th hole dropped him out of the lead. Ryder finished tied for fourth, four shots behind Homa, after carding a 3-over 75.
“There was definitely a lot of new pressure, but it was fun,” Ryder said. “I was trying to just enjoy it. Like, you know, it was a good experience for me and I think it’s only going to feed me. Rahm had even more trouble at the fifth hole where a cart path bounce created problems that led to a double bogey.
Bradley, rising quietly on the leaderboard, made a move when he birdied the par-5 13th hole to get within three shots of the lead. Three more birdies on the back weren’t quite enough.
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