When Max Homa sat down in front of the assembled media Sunday at TPC Potomac after winning his second Wells Fargo Championship, he was reminded of a few other perks that came with winning.
One stood out among the rest: He was set to make a big leap in the U.S. Presidents Cup standings.
“I care about nothing more than making that Presidents Cup team,” Homa said. “So, I’m really hoping captain Davis Love III was watching today, or at least somebody messaged him about it, but that’s all I’ve really cared about. … This goes a long way.”
He was right. Thanks to his two-shot victory on Sunday, which he capped with a 2-under 68, Homa rose six spots, from 12th to sixth, in the most updated point standings. He’s right behind Justin Thomas and just ahead of Jordan Spieth, two of Homa’s college contemporaries and fellow Walker Cuppers who have combined for 27 PGA Tour wins and four major victories.
Homa now owns four Tour titles, his first coming at this very event at Quail Hollow in 2019. Homa also won twice last year, at Riviera and in Napa, and as CBS Sports’ Kyle Porter pointed out, he’s won more since the start of 2021 than Thomas and Spieth, and Rory McIlroy, and Jon Rahm, and Brooks Koepka, and Bryson DeChambeau, and Xander Schauffele. Shall we keep going?
With Sunday’s victory, Homa is expected to crack to top 30 in the world rankings, at No. 29.
But so far, he’s yet to make a Cup team as a professional.
“As I started to establish myself on this tour when I won this event in 2019, I definitely knew I was capable of being a regular PGA Tour player,” Homa said, “but all of a sudden last year I get in the top 50 in the world, and you start looking around and it’s a new crop of people, and you start thinking to myself, ‘Am I as good as these guys? And then I want to be top 10 in the world, play Presidents Cup, play Ryder Cups. Am I good enough to do that?
“So, I’ve always struggled with it, but I have great people around me who bash me over the head…
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