Without a swing coach, Max Homa seeks new direction at Presidents Cup

But at times, the communication gets hard. I think everyone in here has gone through that at some point. It’s one of those things, more for me I need a break and sometimes I don’t do a great job of taking ownership of my own golf swing so kind of putting the ball in my court a bit, and you know, trying to figure it out myself.”

Homa was near the bottom of the leaderboard until a final-round 67 at the BMW Championship, a round that spurred optimism about his future and followed several changes to his address position. He continued to work on those tweaks while working on his game at home in Arizona over the past few weeks.

He arrived at Royal Montreal, however, after missing the cut at the Procore Championship, the only PGA TOUR event between the TOUR Championship and Presidents Cup. It is a concerning result considering he won the Northern California tournament in 2021 and 2022. He also finished T7 there last year. Homa said his golf swing “feels great,” though.

“I just needed some time,” Homa said. “I just don’t think people understand how impressive it is when golfers like a Scottie (Scheffler) or a Wyndham (Clark), or anyone on our team goes through a slump and then it ends. It’s just not that easy. The back end of our season, it goes from The Open and the Playoffs and you just don’t get a lot of time to go through and work things out as fast.

“I used (Procore) as a check … of, okay, how is this going to be in competition, and I was really pleased with how I drove the ball there. So it was good.”

Homa said he is not currently working with a coach. He has sent some videos of his swing to a friend and also leaned on Joe Greiner, his longtime caddie and friend since childhood, for advice while navigating his changes.

“As much as a coach can be brilliant, a genius like Mark, I know my golf swing better than anybody, and I can see it and feel it,” Homa said. “Just trying to take some ownership like that.”

Homa, who finished third at this year’s Masters, had just one top-25 finish in his final nine starts to end the FedExCup season. After finishing 46th in the FedExCup standings, he had to sit at home while other candidates for Jim Furyk’s six captain’s picks competed at the TOUR Championship. Furyk ended up picking Nos. 7-12 in the U.S. Presidents Cup standings and Homa was given one of those picks as the 12th-ranked player in those standings. He is the lowest-ranked player on the U.S. Team in both the FedExCup (46th) and Official World Golf Ranking (25th), as well.