Max Homa Vows on ‘Speeding’ Up His Controversial Putting Process After Witnessing a Frustrated Opponent at the Match Play

Published 03/26/2023, 10:10 AM EDT

In the past few months, Max Homa has played some brilliant golf, cementing his name amongst the PGA Tour greats. The golf pro is beloved by all, and both on and off the course, everyone around him is all smiles. And yet, recently, he seems to have ticked off one of his fellow golfers during the round of 16 at the WGC-Dell Tech Match Play this week. But the incident only fueled self-improvement in the humble PGA Tour star.

Max Homa humbly swears on self-improvement

This week, along with 64 others, Homa was competing against the best of the best at the Dell Tech Match Play. On Friday, after topping his group, the golf pro moved on to the knockout stages of the tournament. He faced off against Mackenzie Hughes on Saturday in the round of 16, and the match ended with both players frustrated. The golf pro for having lost, and Hughes for his opponent’s putting technique.

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The 6-time PGA Tour winner uses a process called AimPoint while playing. In it, golfers feel the slope of the green using their feet. Walking the path of the ball to the hole, they gauge the slope of the green and thereafter make their shot. Homa followed the same process and measured the slope four times with his feet at a hole for a 5-foot putt.

Got tagged in this. Will work on speeding this process up https://t.co/rU039h56p8
— max homa (@maxhoma23) March 25, 2023

A video of him using AimPoint went viral soon after. The clip also features his Canadian opponent drumming his fingers in frustration as he waited for Homa to finish his long, tedious process. Soon enough, the 6-time PGA Tour winner came across the viral video of himself. After witnessing Hughes’ frustration, he swore on Twitter to try and be better. “Will work on speeding this process up,” he wrote, assuring both his fans and colleagues that he would improve.

How did Homa fare against Mackenzie Hughes?

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Homa’s superb skill and luck didn’t seem to work for him past the group stage, where he dominated his group and won all three of his face-offs. Despite his foolproof putting techniques, he went on to lose the round of 16 to Hughes.

The Canadian took a 3-hole lead at the 16th hole, ending the PGA Tour pro’s Match Play journey with a score of 3&2. Homa won only two holes out of 16 against Huges, and having conceded five holes, he had to forgo his plans of grabbing the trophy.

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As he heads to the Masters next month, do you think Homa’s AimPoint process will be faster? Let us know in the comments below.

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Sheldon is a golf writer at EssentiallySports. He is a business graduate from Christ University with a degree in Finance and Accounting. He also has experience as a Senior Audit Associate at an MNC, but his love for writing drove him towards his dream, and he switched careers.

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Manaal Siddiqui

Max Homa Vows on ‘Speeding’ Up His Controversial Putting Process After Witnessing a Frustrated Opponent at the Match Play

Max Homa humbly swears on self-improvement

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How did Homa fare against Mackenzie Hughes?