HOMA: TIGER’S GOT ME ON THE WRITE TRACK

MAX HOMA wants to make his own Masters memories for his journal after getting backed to win his first Major by “special” Tiger Woods.

The world No.11 (left) “religiously” writes down his “mental goals” and thoughts every day. “It’s one thing to think it but when you write it down, it becomes a bit more tangible,” said the Californian. Yet despite competing at the top of leaderboard at Augusta National, Homa had been more focused on watching his playing partner Woods (below) make his record 24th consecutive cut at the

Masters

“I would just say that the memories will be a lot of the

Tiger stuff,” he said. “I hope to build my own come this weekend, but I fortunately think I’ve done a good enough job of playing it one shot at a time and I tried to play as boring as possible.” Homa recorded his first top-10 Major finish at The Open and shot his lowest score with his opening 67 to impress Woods.

“He’s got all the talent in the world,” said the 15-time Major champion. “It’s just a matter of time before he starts winning in bunches.”

The self-deprecating Homa was more famous for his dry humour on social media than his golf before winning six PGA Tour titles and making his Ryder Cup debut.

In 2017, as he was missing 15 out of 17 cuts, he was inundated with offers after advertising for a new caddie. He joked on X: “They heard they usually get weekends off which is apparently a great selling point.”

And asked if it was easy to block out the crowd circus playing with Woods, Homa said: “I would argue they block me and Jason (Day) out.