Golf may look all classy and calm. But behind the scenes, many golfers struggle with the pressure of performing on the course. Grayson Murray, Lexi Thompson, and many others have shared how the performance pressure can take a toll on a golfer’s mental health. All these tensions usually arise from a stretch of poor play on the greens, and Max Homa’s 2025 PGA Tour season has been anything but smooth. However, he has somehow still found a reason to laugh and stay positive.

In a recent Instagram story, the 6x PGA Tour winner shared a weird thing that excites him. It was a plain black screen with the text, “Adulthood is being more excited about bulk trash day than ur own birthday.” It’s a simple, funny remark as his birthday approaches in November. Yet it perfectly sums up Homa’s current mindset. As his form on the course wobbles, he seems to be taking comfort in the everyday bits of life that bring a strange kind of satisfaction.

Homa’s last win came at the 2023 Farmers Insurance Open. He finished the four rounds at an impressive 13 under par score to win the title. Following him closely was the 2025 Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley. While most people behind him, including Collin Morikawa and Sahith Theegala, struggled on Round 2, Homa scored 2 under par to get a lead over others.

The 2022-2023 season was the latest impressive one he had. The Farmers Insurance Open champion started in 25 events across the season and won 2: the 2022 Fortinet Championship and the 2023 Farmers Insurance Open. Besides the wins, he was a runner-up at the 2023 Genesis Invitational and finished in the top 10 13 times. But things started going down the hole for the PGA Tour pro from then.

During the 2024 season, he started in 22 events and made the cut in 18 of them. Although he didn’t win a tour, he made it to the top 10 three times. But this year was even worse. In the 23 events he played, he made the cut in only 14 of them. Moreover, he secured a top-10 finish only once and withdrew from the 2025 Farmers Insurance Open.

Max Homa has acknowledged his performance on several occasions. Ahead of the 2025 John Deere Classic, he was asked about his poor performance. “Yeah, my game isn’t particularly sharp. Obviously, I haven’t played well this year or great lately, either,” said Homa.

He also recently broke the silence about the poor run with an Instagram post. Sharing a carousel of images, Homa wrote, “April —> Today. Complete 💩 year and a half but super stoked with how far it’s come along thanks to a lot of hard work from some awesome people. Can’t do anything about the bad golf this season but very determined to make sure that my best golf is in front of me #golf #pvo”. 

But that’s how the game of golf is. One moment you are striking the ball really well, and the next moment you keep missing the hole. A prime example of this is the fellow PGA Tour pro Rickie Fowler, who was right there with Max Homa at the 2025 John Deere Classic. Rickie Fowler pulled out of a prolonged nosedive with his sixth title at the 2023 Rocket Mortgage Classic. And since then, he has again gone winless in the past two seasons.

Thankfully, Homa understands this and tries to find excitement in everyday bits. This time, it was the bulk trash day. Although his professional career is taking a dip, Homa is insecure about something else.

Max Homa reveals his biggest insecurities

In a lighthearted yet revealing moment during a charity video for LA wildfire relief, Homa shared his biggest insecurity. “The first thing that comes to my mind is just the forehead hat tan line,” he said.

This tan line becomes especially noticeable when golfers take off their hats to shake hands at the final hole. This makes his distinct tan stand out compared to his natural skin tone.

The 6x PGA Tour winner also added that, “Then I also have like a massive nose and I’m losing a bit of hair on the top. I’ve been trying to distract people with a mini mullet thing going on.” These insecurities come during a challenging season for Homa. He is struggling with his performance and has switched equipment brands from a decade-long partnership with Titleist to Cobra Puma. With the transition, many analysts and fans questioned how this might affect his game, and Homa himself acknowledged the reality of the tough year: “It’s a hard game, man, and when it doesn’t like you back, it gets very difficult.”

Max Homa’s lighthearted post is a reminder that humor can be a quiet form of resilience. Even as his game falters, he’s proving that finding joy in life’s smaller moments can keep the bigger battles in perspective.