Max Homa Class: Junior Hometown: Valencia, CA High School: Valencia HS Height / Weight: 6-2 / 175 Birthdate: 11/19/1990 Experience: 2L

CURRENT INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS: Collegiate - Golfweek | Golfstat

GENERAL: One of the top players in the nation and rapidly becoming one of the best players in Cal golf history ... a tremendously hard worker who is always looking to improve and is a leader by example ... a solid ball striker who hits it long and straight ... of all his strengths, iron play is probably the top one ... a tremendous putter with a dramatically improved short game ... has an uncanny ability to make clutch putts on a regular basis ... reads greens well and has an excellent touch with the putter ... manages his game well ... has potential for a great future in golf both at the collegiate and professional levels ... has figured out how to use his strong mental capacities in ways that positively affect his golf game ... fearless when it comes to the game of golf and his opponents ... has the ability to put up low numbers in final rounds, which is what elite players do ... remarkably few weaknesses in his game ... still has the potential for more improvement.

CAL CAREER: Cal's active career leader in both stroke-play events (33) and rounds (101), averaging 72.2 strokes per round to rank second among Cal's active players to Michael Kim and totaling 7,293 shots ... has also played in two match-play events both in the spring of 2012 and posted a 5-2 record ... fired the lowest round of his collegiate career when he had a 63 on the opening 18 holes of Alister MacKenzie Invitational in 2010-11, which along with Joël Stalter's 63 in the first round of the Wolverine Intercollegiate in 2011-12 is the lowest round by an active Cal player ... top career finish came when he tied for individual medalist honors at John A. Burns Intercollegiate in 2010-11 before he was defeated on the second hole of a three-way playoff ... has also been second at MacKenzie Invitational and John A. Burns Intercollegiate in 2011-12 among six top-five and eight top-10 finishes, with five of the top-five and six of the top-10 coming in 2011-12 ... has posted Cal's top score in an a stroke-play event eight times, also the most by any active player ... has played in the NCAA Championship twice, tying for 17th in 2011 and tying for 86th in 2011 ... has played in three NCAA Regionals tying for 10th at 2012 NCAA Stanford Regional, tying for 16th at 2011 NCAA Arizona Regional and tying for 28th at 2010 NCAA San Diego Regional ... has played in two Pac-10/12 Championships, tying for 10th in 2012, finishing 38th in the 2011 and tying for 20th in 2010.

2011-12 (AS A JUNIOR): All-American candidate and one of the team's captains along with Brandon Hagy and Michael Weaver ... one of three Cal players to earn second-team All-Pac-12 recognition along with Hagy and Michael Kim, with the trio also sharing Team MVP honors ... one of only two players along with Hagy to participate in all 11 of the team's stroke-play events, each of its 34 stroke-play rounds and two match-play events ... has posted a 71.2 stroke average with 2,420 shots over 34 stroke-play rounds to co-lead the team along with Kim, who has the exact same number of shots, with both leading third-place Hagy (71.3) by 0.1 strokes per round and three strokes total ... has a 5-2 record in two match-play events, going 3-1 at Callaway Collegiate Match Play Championship and 2-1 at Del Walker Match Play Championship ... has had Cal's best score in a team-high-tying four stroke-play events (Golfweek Conference Challenge, Alister MacKenzie Invitational, John A. Burns Intercollegiate, Southern Highlands Collegiate Masters) ... ranked No. 33 by Golfweek (5/19/12) and tied for No. 38 with Kim according to Golfstat (5/22/12) in their latest player rankings ... has six top-10 and eight top-20 finishes ... named the Pac-12 Men's Golfer of the Month for the first time in his career in February of 2012 (first Cal golfer since Eric Mina in April of 2010) based on his performances at John A. Burns Intercollegiate and in the top spot of Cal's lineup at Del Walker Match Play Championship ... second at Alister MacKenzie Invitational (66-66-68 - 200, -13), making a 25-foot birdie putt on the 18th and final hole of the tournament to give Cal a share of the team crown along with then No. 1 Oregon ... also second at John A. Burns Intercollegiate (66-71-72 - 209, -7) ... tied for fourth at Southern Highlands Collegiate Masters (71-72-73 - 216, E) ... tied for fifth in season-opening Wolverine Intercollegiate (72-69-70 - 211, -2) ... tied for eighth at Golfweek Conference Challenge (71-74-71 - 216, E) ... tied for 10th at NCAA Stanford Regional (71-68-67 - 206, -4), moving up 14 spots over the final 18 holes with a three-under par round of 67 in the final round ... tied for 13th at Pac-12 Championship (72-74-69-72 - 287, -1) ... tied for 16th at ASU Thunderbird Invitational (74-71-66 - 211, -2) ... tied for 25th at Isleworth Collegiate Invitational (77-72-74 - 223, +7) ... tied for 36th at Western Intercollegiate (76-73-74 - 223, +13).

2010-11 (AS A SOPHOMORE): A second-team All-Pac-10 selection and NCAA All-Southwest Region choice ... posted the team's second-lowest stroke average with a 72.2 mark, taking 3,104 shots over 43 rounds as one of only two players along with Eric Mina to play in all 14 events ... earned the team's Most Improved Player honors by lowering his stroke average 1.5 shots per round from his 2009-10 rookie campaign ... reached as high as No. 11 in the Golfstat rankings and No. 12 according to Golfweek before finishing the season No. 42 by Golfstat and No. 46 according to Golfweek, both second on the team behind Stephen Hale ... posted Cal's best score in an event a team-high-tying four times at the Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational, Windon Memorial Classic, John A. Burns Intercollegiate and Western Intercollegiate, sharing the team's top score with Mina in the latter ... shared individual medalist honors for the first time in his collegiate career to lead Cal to a team victory at John A. Burns Intercollegiate (68-69-69 - 206, -10) before being defeated on the second hole of a three-way playoff ... tied for fourth at Windon Memorial Classic (77-65-69 - 211, -2) ... other finishes included tying for 11th at Olympia Fields/Fighting Illini Invitational (69-76-68 - 213, +3), tying for 12th at ASU Thunderbird Invitational (71-68-74 - 213, E), tying for 16th at NCAA Arizona Regional (73-69-70 - 212, -1) and Alister MacKenzie Invitational (63-71-74 - 208, -5), tying for 17th at Arizona Intercollegiate (69-75-75 - 219, +6) and NCAA Championship (73-74-72 - 219, +3), tying for 21st at Southern Highlands Collegiate Masters (72-79-74 - 225, +9), tying for 23rd at The Prestige at PGA WEST (72-70-79 - 221, +5), tying for 25th at Western Intercollegiate (75-72-71 - 218, +8), tying for 33rd at U.S. Collegiate Championship (70-77-76 - 223, +7), placing 38th at Pac-10 Championship (73-72-75-73 - 293, +13) and tying for 51st at USC Collegiate Invitational (72-79-74 - 225, +7) ... played in Cal's top spot in the lineup for each of the first three events of fall season.

2009-10 (AS A FRESHMAN): Competed in eight of 14 events with a 73.7 stroke average over 24 rounds that was the sixth-lowest on the team ... played in seven of the team's final eight tournaments, including both NCAA San Diego Regional (75-72-77 - 224, +8) and NCAA Championship (79-71-72 - 222, +6), where he finished tied for 28th and tied for 86th, respectively ... top finish came at his first spring event and the second collegiate tournament of his career when he tied for 16th overall at USC Collegiate Invitational (75-70-67 - 212, -1), shooting a season-low 67 in the final round ... other finishes included tying for 30th at Golfweek Conference Challenge (75-78-69 - 222, +6) in his lone fall event, tying for 32nd at National Invitational Tournament (78-73-70 - 221, +5) and tying for 38th at U.S. Intercollegiate (69-75-72 - 216, +6) ... posted his best individual score of the tournament in the final round of each of his first five collegiate events, shooting a combined 12-under par.

AMATEUR:
2012 - Ranked tied for fifth on the current Amateurgolf.com leaderboard for 2012 U.S. Player of the Year ... tied for 10th on Amateurgolf.com Tournament Series Player of the Year point standings (25) and No. 15 in the U.S. rankings ... tied for fifth at the prestigious Jones Cup (76-75-70 - 221) ... sixth at Silicon Valley Amateur (68-76 - 144).
2011 - Set tournament and course records to win Silicon Valley Amateur (63-70 - 133) ... fourth at The Players Amateur (69-70-69-70 - 278) ... tied for eighth at Sunnehanna Amateur (72-69-68-67 - 276) ... tied for 12th at weather-shortened Alister MacKenzie Cup (78-35 - 113) ... tied for 15th at California State Fair Amateur (70-70-70 - 210) ... tied for 21st at Porter Cup (76-65-69-64 - 274).
2010 - Had an exceptionally strong amateur season ... reached quarterfinals of U.S. Amateur with three victories in match play before falling to future Cal teammate and defending champion Ben An ... shot 69-76 - 145 in stroke play to qualify for U.S. Amateur match play ... co-individual medalist at his U.S. Amateur qualifier at Crystalaire Country Club (68-70 - 138) ... tied for third at Trans-Mississippi (69-65-71 - 205) ... fifth at Scratch Players Championship (72-72-73-70 - 287) and Los Angeles City Men's Championship (67-68-75-68 - 278) ... tied for fifth at Monterey City Championship (71-72-70 - 213) and California State Fair Amateur (66-72-67 - 205) ... seventh at Silicon Valley Amateur (71-74 - 145) ... 14th at SCGA Championship (70-69-73-71 - 283).
2009 - Won VCJGA Robinson Ranch (72-73 - 145) ... third at AJGA Mission Hills Junior (75-67-69 - 211) ... fifth at both Palo Alto City Championship (71-68 - 139) and Christmas Classic (65-74 - 139) ... sixth at both AJGA Robinson Ranch (72-71-75 - 218) and Paso Robles City Open (75-68 - 143) ... 25th at SCGA Amateur (73-67-77-75 - 292) after a fifth-place outing at SCGA Amateur Qualifier (71) ... 29th at Western Junior (72-76-72-76 - 296) ... shot 68 to qualify for Long Beach Open and proceeded to finish tied for 40th overall as the second-lowest amateur in the professional mini-tour event (71-74-65-71 - 281).
2008 - Selected to represent Southern California on the Junior America's Cup team ... tied for third at AJGA Hanmi Bank Junior Open (72-72-69 - 213) ... tied for sixth at AJGA Midwest Junior Players Championship (76-75-75 - 226) ... seventh at FCWT Hunter Ranch (69-75 - 144) ... tied for 25th at AJGA Las Vegas Junior (71-74-76 - 221) ... reached as high as No. 40 in the Golfweek rankings.
OTHER - Ranked No. 48 on Scratch Players world amateur rankings since July of 2011.

HIGH SCHOOL: Foothill League MVP as a senior in 2009 when he led his team to a spot in the Section Championship ... posted a combined 72.2 scoring average in his junior and senior campaigns when he was ranked among the state's top 100 both seasons ... a four-time first-team All-Foothill League selection as he led his team to runner up finishes in the conference each season ... an honor roll student who received academic recognition as a student-athlete for four consecutive years (2006-09).

OTHER: Full name is John Maxwell Homa ... majoring in interdisciplinary studies ... parents are John Homa and Bonnie Milstein ... has one younger sister, Maddie ... has worked as a caddie at Lakeside Country Club ... born November 19, 1990, in Burbank, Calif.

GETTING TO KNOW MAX:
The reason I love golf is ... its individuality
My favorite pre-match ritual is ... listening to music
The biggest thrill in my life to date is ... making a 25-foot putt at Meadow Club to help Cal tie for first at 2011 Alister MacKenzie Invitational
The teammate I admire most is ... all of them
The reason I chose Cal is ... its prestige in athletics and academics
Since coming to Cal, I have learned ... more than I thought possible, especially about the diversity of our society
The best thing about Cal is ... the free spirit and its vast opportunities
What sets Cal golf apart from other collegiate golf programs is ... we are sneaky good
My favorite golf movie is ... Happy Gilmore
My ultimate SportsCenter highlight would be ... holing out on 18 at the U.S. Open to win
The best advice I have ever received is ... to succeed you must want to win as much as you want to breathe

LAST UPDATED: May 22, 2012