Ten US Ryder Cup players are in the field on this week Procore Championship, although one of the best players in the Americans in the most recent Ryder Cup, Max Homa, is not to that group.
Homan is in Napa, California, because he won this tournament twice (when it was called the Fortinet Championship), he comes from the state and went to school to Cal for an hour, but it is also a good place to start his schedule. Since the Wyndham championship, he played no more than a month ago after he had missed the FedEx Cup play -offs for the first time since 2017.
HOMA would of course want to participate in this Ryder Cup group that can be adjusted to Bethpage Black in two weeks, but his game has not been confused. Yet he did not agree that having this extra attention in Silverado Resort this week is motivation for him. He said it’s something else.
“No part of it is motivating; it is very cool,” Homan said when he met the media on Wednesday. “I love this event. Had a partnership with Fortinet for a while and the fact that they helped this event was really great and then that was a bit like a last-minute exit. So to have Procore, which they did last year and then clearly stay on this year, it’s a kind of karma for them.
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“Some of these events in the fall, which is understandable, are the fields deep, but like not top, but they are really great events. Like the Sanderson Farms event that I have loved. This is clearly on my list. But they don’t necessarily become like the Scottie Schefflers of the world. So I think it’s really cool.”
The press conference of Homa followed that of the American Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley, who is not playing this week, and Ryder Cup players Scottie Scheffler and Collin Morikawa.
Homan would be forgiven that he feels the strange man.
It was not so long ago, in Rome, on the Ryder Cup 2023, when his 3.5 points led the team – the next highest point total was 2 – and he won his singles match 1 above Matt Fitzpatrick. He also played in the Presidents Cup in 2022 and 2024, where he was also fantastic and finished 5-2 in general.
You could claim that no American has been better in team events in the past three years.
“I think every time you wear red, white and blue, only the honor of it is as high as it becomes,” Homan said. “I also think that in a larger schedule it is really a huge achievement, so I think you can just be proud of it. It is as if you win a golf tournament, qualifies for that team or perhaps win a lot. If you have ever played. If you have ever played. [a Ryder Cup team]It is the nicest, coolest thing you will ever do. To qualify for it, it is so difficult and then such an achievement that I think it means so much to everyone. “
Homan has not won for two years, and when it was time to make Ryder Captain’s Picks, his name was not in the conversation.
Yet this week he does not hang his head or he feels sorry for himself. He joked that he had a lot of time in the past year – especially Saturday and Sunday – to “think about how bad it was.” Although missing the play -offs had a silver lining, because it enabled him to be home when he and his wife welcomed their second child last month. He said he started practicing again about three weeks ago and put more emphasis on his well. He is happy with how much better his ball stairs was to end last season and hopes to continue that.
He is planning to play all three October events: The Sanderon Farms, the Baycurrent Classic (in Japan) and the Bank of Utah Championship. He hopes to be in the Top 100 of the FedEx Cup classification by that time, which would give him an invitation for the 2026 Players Championship.
He has goals for 2026. But no, this group Ryder -Cuppers does not motivate him. He doesn’t need it.
“Yes, it’s not motivating, but I think it’s quite cool for the event and those who come out,” Homan said. “It is always a bit sleepier than a typical West Coast tournament, but you are going to get a chair in the front row to see one of the best golfers you will ever see in your life, so I think that’s great.”
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