Max Homa on his 477-yard drive: “I tell everybody it was uphill, into the wind, it was snowing.”
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LAHAINA,Hawaii–Kidssaythedarndestthings.AndtheyaskedsomeprettysharpquestionsofPGATourproMaxHomaonMondayafternoonatKaanapaliResort’sdrivingrangeduringaFirstTeeJuniorGolfKickoff.
Roughly200juniorgolfers,manyfromtheHawaiiStateJuniorGolfAssociation,participatedandhadthechancetowatchsomeofthetopcollegiateplayersinHawaiihitshots–althoughnonecouldhitaninflatableduckintherange–andhearpastU.S.OpenchampionandUniversityofHawaiimen’sgolfcoachScottSimpsontalk.MarkRolfing,theGolfChannelcommentatorstartinghis40thyearcallingtheactionandMr.HawaiiGolf,servedastheemceeandannouncedthatFirstTeewasmovingtoWestMauiandwouldbeanimportantpartoftheisland’srecoveryfromthewildfiresthatragedin2023.ThenHoma,oneoftheplayersinthe60-manfield,arrivedandstartedworkingthroughhisbag,offeringtipsonstance,alignmentandaim.
“NobodyhasmorefunplayinggolfthanMaxHoma,”saidRolfing.“Ithinkthat’swhatmakeshimsuchagoodp
