Max Homa won after two extra holes with Tony Finau, earning $ 1,674 million at the PGA Tour event with a $ 9.3 million prize fund in Southern California.
Homa kicked off in the last three rounds of Genesis Invitational on February 21. Image: AP
Homa and Finau finished 72 standard holes at -12 on the Riviera, par71. Both play-offs to determine the final result.
At the first extra hole – hole 10, par4, 282 yards long, Homa thought he lost the game because he crossed the green and the ball was close to the big tree. However, he still entered the pits with his wedges, 3.6 meters away and added two more par.
Homa keeps par in the first appendole.
Meanwhile, Finau went on the green “2 on” standard, the chip entered 2.1 meters away, but a birdie due to the putt lacked force.
The second round took place at the 14 par3 hole, 192 yards long with the flag near the back edge, left of the green. Finau plays first, goes into the sand trap, and Homa goes green, 3.6 meters away from the hole. Finau escaped but bogey, by two putts while Homa gently put the ball to score par to win the PGA Tour for the second time, after his first time at Wells Fargo Championship 2019. Finau received $ 1.013 million for runner-up – 10th finished runner-up on the PGA Tour, since winning the 2016 Puerto Rico Open.
Homa was born in 1990, has been playing golf professionally for seven years. He first watched Genesis Invitational when he was two years old. Yesterday, it was Tiger Woods – his childhood idol – presided over, and handed the trophy to Homa.
“I watched this tournament all the time and didn’t think I won. In the penultimate round, I saw Tiger but didn’t dare to speak. In the end, I shouldn’t have failed the 0.9 meter drop in front of Tiger. But now he is. have to talk to me, “Homa joked.
Homa wants to talk about going to the green holding the flag at hole 18.
Homa goes green and holds the flag at hole 18.
But, his putt missed.
Homa putt slipped at hole 18.
If he takes that shot, he wins at -13.
At the beginning of the round, Homa was T2, two strokes behind Sam Burns at the top of group -10. Burns led all the way from the start of the tournament. On the closing day, this player finished halfway, no bogey and four birdies. But the rest, Burns lost his advantage and lagged behind because of three bogeys from holes 12 to 15.
Homa and Finau are at the top of group -12 after 17 holes. At that time, Homa had five birdies and no bogey and Finau had eight birdies with a bogey. All par the last hole, Homa closed the round of 66 strokes, and Finau 64 strokes – ceiling achievement of 18 holes in this year’s tournament.
Homa honored to receive the trophy from the hands of idol Tiger Woods. Image: AP
Burns finished third at -11, getting $ 641,700. The top 10 in the end with the top 10 golfer pair of world rankings (OWGR) including number one Dustin Johnson and second Jon Rahm. Johnson was on T8 and Rahm returned to T5.
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