Sun's Out, Guns Out
Max Homa offers, uh, unconventional WM Phoenix Open pro-am advice to former NFL quarterback
Ben Jared
Max Homa probably gets more golf advice requests on the Internet than any other pro golfer. He opened the floodgates by roasting his followers' swings for years, and now even his famous buddies are asking for tips. That includes former NFL quarterback Ryan ‘Fitzmagic’ Fitzpatrick, who tweeted at Homa this weekend soliciting advice for his upcoming WM Phoenix Open pro-am appearance on Wednesday.
Though “close your eyes and sling it” has worked for Fitzpatrick in the past, Homa served up a much more filling slice of wisdom: Lead with your strengths ... and, if all else fails, sell the sizzle not the steak.
Ordinarily advising a golfer to keep their shirt off on the course is a bad idea, but there is some precedent at TPC Scottsdale. First, there’s the streakers, who have been important symbol of the tournament’s debauchery for years. Second is Harry Higgs and Joel Dahmen, who both went full JR Smith on the iconic 16th green back in 2022. If those two dad-bodded tour pros had the stones for such a stunt, maybe Fitzmagic will too.