Max Homa issued a very Max Homa-like apology to the person who almost got ‘knocked out’ on Friday. Homa’s third shot at the 14th flew inches past the spectators, almost hitting one’s head, who was busy filming. After the final round, where he carded 1-under 71, Homa admitted that he wanted to shoot much higher than that but also ‘apologized’ to the person for causing unwanted mental trauma.

Notably, the 33-year-old did warn the swarming spectators to clear off, but few listened. Fortunately, no one was hurt as he knifed his shot into a tree. But Homa still apologized for not checking up on them, but not without a touch of his characteristic humor.

Max Homa apologizes for walking away from the scene

The 33-year-old took to X (formerly Twitter) to issue a clarification first. The video went viral, and it looked like the ball just grazed the person who was shooting the clip. However, Homa revealed that was not the case at all. Rather, the ball “smoked a tree.” Homa wrote, “Really thankful it missed the guy. That would have been devastating. Cool video tho if I do say so myself.”

Regardless, some pointed out that the PGA Tour Pro didn’t stop to check up on spectators at that time. The six-time PGA Tour winner pointed out that since it didn’t hit anyone, he walked away from the scene. Nevertheless, the PGA Tour Pro did admit it was definitely scary for the people standing by.

“This is true. The main reason I didn’t check to see if everyone was ok was because my ball hit the tree and not one of the people. I would however like to apologize to anyone who was emotionally scarred cuz that had to be scary.” Max Homa tweeted. 

Much has been made out of the incident since the video went viral. But that did raise a very potent question. Do fans stand too close to the golfers for their own good? What does Max Homa think?

Homa sounds tired of asking fans to back off

In response to Christopher Powers, who asked him the specific question, Homa replied, “Mostly. I ask them to back up, they back up, normal three or four steps. I was trying to go much higher than that. Yesterday, I should’ve probably asked them to move more. But typically, you ask them to move it’s like two steps back. I just think that you know, [they] throw caution to the wind at times with their own safety.”

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Hidden in his words was also his anguish that fans don’t listen even after multiple warnings. Notably, yesterday, Rickie Fowler, too, had a fallout with a spectator. Although that was for a different reason, that fan was also warned before an enraged Fowler yelled at him. In Homa’s case, the tree saved other fans who were too close to the line, despite multiple warnings. 

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