PGA Tour

Max Homa becomes latest top player to WD from Farmers, leaving before his round is over

January 23, 2025
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Max Homa reacts to a chip shot on the sixth hole during the first round of the Farmers Insurance Open.

Sean M. Haffey

Max Homa apparently had enough of the wind and his own ragged play on Thursday in the Farmers Insurance Open. The champion of the event at Torrey Pines in 2023 withdrew with three holes to play on the North Course after heavy winds forced officials to suspend play.

Homa stood at four over par for his round and nine over for the tournament. He opened the event on Wednesday on the South Course by making a triple bogey on No. 1, followed by a double and two more bogeys on the front, along with a birdie, to shoot 41 on the outward nine. Homa ended the day with a 77—his second-worst score in 25 rounds in the Farmers.

Homa’s withdrawal brought the number of players pulling out before or during the Farmers to 15 as tour officials said illness was the cause for many of the WDs. Shortly after Homa, Emiliano Grillo also withdrew during the delay with only one hole remaining on the North. With one triple bogey and a double on his card, he was eight over for the round and 14 over for the week. Twelve withdrew prior to the first round, and then Nate Lashley (74 in the first round), Hayden Buckley (79), Grillo (78) and Homa went out before completing a second round.

Homa was playing in his second tournament of the season after opening at The Sentry in Maui with a T-26.