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When Max Homa’s game was at its worst, he knew hard work was the only answer.
That’s always been the easy part. He remembers the many nights his father, John, came home at 1 a.m. from his second job. Max worked his way to the PGA TOUR despite growing up on a short and scruffy par-61 public course. And he’s long idolized Kobe Bryant and his Mamba mentality.
Homa has the word ‘Relentless’ tattooed on his right wrist. In college, he kept quotes from naysayers affixed to his door to serve as inspiration.
“I need somebody to say, ‘You can’t,’ and I will be like, ‘Yes I can,’” he said recently on the podcast of the recording artist mike. There was one problem.