Max Homa Daily Fantasy News, Rankings, Projections

If you have rostered Homa either of the last two weeks, then you have been on the wrong side of a cut sweat. He bogeyed the 18th hole on Friday at the Workday Charity Open to miss the cut on the number and he did the exact same thing at the Memorial Tournament. Afterwards, he Tweeted that he's working too hard not to see a breakthrough soon and that he's going to play great golf the rest of the season. His ball striking numbers have been just fine since the restart and they look even better compared to the golfers in this week's field. There are only two golfers in this field that are ranked in the top 10 in strokes gained off the tee and in strokes gained approach and Homa is one of them. While he didn't play great here last year, he's seen the course and did make the cut.

I played Homa in my main lineup last week and suffered for it as he missed the cut on the number. He gained 3.5 strokes tee to green, but simply could not make a putt, losing 2.1 strokes on the greens and directly costing him his chance at making the cut. Trust me, watching him miss several putts under 10 feet on shot tracker was not very fun. This is not an uncommon performance for Max – over the past 24 rounds, he is 13th in this field tee to green, but 61st in putting. I’m willing to go back to well here in the hopes that the putter can come around this time. He certainly comes with some risk, especially because he struggles with his game around the green as well, but if he can continue to hit fairways and greens, I like his chances of making the cut and putting up a decent performance. If you are looking for a sub-7k ball striker, Homa could be your guy.

Homa continues to be a staple on this list every single week, and at a slight price decrease, he provides a nice amount of savings and upside. As I mentioned last week, Homa ranked third in both wProx and SG:APP per Round at the Travelers Championship, and last week gained strokes on 50% of his approaches. He’s not the most accurate driver on Tour, but these fairways do seem to provide some extra landing room for the longer hitters as compared to the past 2 events, so his Driving Accuracy numbers are not concerning for me here.

Max continues to impress me with his Ball-striking, even with a poor “result” last week at the Travelers Championship. Max was third last week on both wProx and SG:APP per Round, and ranked first in Proximity inside 12’. This was his first event back since Memorial, so some rust was expected but his T27 at Colonial this year also adds to his appeal. Sign me up for a recent Tour winner who still is hitting it just as well, just needs to get the putter warmed back up.

Max is back! We haven’t seen Max in a few weeks as well since he also missed qualifying for the US Open. Nonetheless he is coming in with some of the best form for this price range and with the added confidence of a win a month ago, these are generally good opportunities to keep the pedal down. Trying to attack players with strong recent iron stats, Max has gained SG:APP in 4 straight events, averaging ~63% GIR during that timespan. In his last event, the Memorial, he was Top 10 in SG:APP hitting 20% of his approach shots inside of 12 ft.