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Max Homa Wants to Pick Up Surprising Hobby for Wife Lacey Croom and Son
Max Homa Wants to Pick Up Surprising Hobby for Wife Lacey Croom and Son originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Max Homa is tied in the second spot with a score of 8-under par after playing through 16 holes of the first round of the John Deere Classic. He last teed off at the Rocket Mortgage Classic, missing the cut after carding rounds of 71-70. Advertisement Homa went viral earlier in June when he carried his own bag through the U.S. Open qualifier after parting ways with his caddie. This time, at TPC Deere Run, something else has put the spotlight on him. During a press conference Wednesday, Homa revealed a unique hobby he wants to pick up for his son and wife, Lacey Croom. "Going to try to make some things up at home and have some hobbies and do things that are not golf that bring me joy," he revealed. "I want to find something that's fun, that I feel like I can get better at." He added, "I was thinking about getting into cooking. When you have a two-and-a-half-year-old, make a lot more meals than I was for myself. Advertisement "Like to get better at that. Treat my wife to not my typical home cooked meal. Something a little bit better. I think I might get into that." Max Homa plays his shot from the ninth tee during the second round of the Rocket Mortgage Classic.© Aaron Doster-Imagn Images Homa and Croom welcomed their first, son Cam, in October 2022. They are expecting their second soon, which they revealed back in April of this year. Son Cam really loves what daddy cooks. "I can grill a little bit. I can make a decent sauce for pasta. But I'm not super great at it. Fortunately, my son eats chicken tenders, so he probably thinks I'm a great cook." Homa revealed. Cooking is not the only hobby he has in mind, though. "Thought about getting into fishing. That seems peaceful and no one can bother me out there. So, yeah, I don't know." Homa expressed. "Might workshop it. I got some ideas. Give a couple things a go and see how it goes out." Advertisement Related: Rickie Fowler Opens Up on Life with Wife Allison Stokke and Two Kids This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jul 3, 2025, where it first appeared.
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Max Homa Makes Surprising Revelation About Wife Lacey Homa and Golfer Rickie Fowler
Max Homa Makes Surprising Revelation About Wife Lacey Homa and Golfer Rickie Fowler originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Max Homa is having a good time at The TPC Deere Run so far. He is tied in the second with a score of 11-under, just one shot behind the leader Doug Ghim. Advertisement Homa has been having a tough time this year with 16 events played and only 1 top 25 finish. This time he has a shot at the John Deere Classic trophy. He opened up about his feelings during a press conference on Friday. But alongside his sentiments, he made a surprising revelation about his wife, Lacey Homa, and fellow PGA Tour golfer Rickie Fowler. They go way back to high school, and Fowler used to give Lacey rides to school. "They used to live by each other. They've known each other forever. He's in her older brother's yearbook, so it's kind of funny. Small world." Homa revealed. Max Homa, his son Cam, and wife Lacey walk along on the fourth fairway during the Par 3 Contest at Augusta National.© Michael Madrid-Imagn Images Homa is a good friend of Fowler and he expressed his enjoyment playing with his buddy during a press conference on Thursday. Advertisement "I'm super lucky to have a group like that. Two of my closest buddies out here." Homa said. "I've known Rick and Jake forever. So three SoCal guys in the same group and everybody started making a lot birdies, so that was fun." Homa is eyeing the trophy this time around. This is his best 36-hole performance this year. "It's definitely the best 36 holes off the tee I've had in a while consecutively, so that's nice. I'm just trying keep getting better every day," he said on Friday. "I don't particularly worry about what place I'm in on the leaderboard. If I'm up near it on Sunday, that's when you start to think a little bit and game plan." Advertisement Related: Max Homa Wants to Pick Up Surprising Hobby for Wife Lacey Croom and Son This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jul 5, 2025, where it first appeared.
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Ghim holes out from fairway again, Thompson hones in
Doug Ghim holed out from the fairway for eagle for the second straight day, sending him to a three-under 68 and a one-shot lead in the John Deere Classic. For the first time in his six years on the tour, he holds the 36-hole lead. Defending champion Davis Thompson (63) and Max Homa (68) were among the five players within one shot of him going into the weekend. Doug Ghim pulls ahead of the rest @JDCLASSIC 👏1. Doug Ghim (-12)T2. Davis Thompson (-11)T2. Brian CampbellT2. David LipskyT2. Max HomaT2. Kevin Yu — PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) July 4, 2025 Ghim holed out on the short par-4 sixth in the opening round. This time it was from 179 yards away on the par-4 15th. "I guess holing out two days in a row is always nice," Ghim said. "It's been a couple years since I holed out from the fairway. To get two back-to-back days is great." Ghim had a two-shot lead until hitting left into the trees and down a cart path, punching out through the green and chipping to 18 feet, missing the putt to make his second bogey of the round. He was at 12-under 130. Mexico Open winner Brian Campbell (66), David Lipsky (67) and Emiliano Grillo (66) were tied for second Ghim still feels a long way off from a chance to win for the first time at a tournament that has produced more first-time winners than any PGA Tour event since 1970. "The person that's going to win this tournament will be in the 20-under par area, so last time I checked I'm not there yet," Ghim said. "I don't feel like I'm in the lead, and I'm just happy that I get to be teeing off late tomorrow in contention." Homa was tied with Ghim late in the afternoon, when the greens were getting dry and crusty. But on the 18th hole, he pulled his tee shot into a bunker, missing the green to the right and wound up missing a 12-foot par putt to fall one back. He's still in good shape going into the weekend as he tries to get his game turned around. "You're going to have to shoot really low. Somebody can go out there and shoot 11 under out there and jump everybody. So just go do what we did today and play another round of golf. 354-yard drive OVER the trees for @MaxHoma 😳 — PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) July 4, 2025 "Just keep waiting until the back nine on Sunday basically." Thompson played in the morning and was the first to reach 11-under 131 as he tries to become the first repeat winner of the John Deere Classic since Steve Stricker won three in a row from 2009 through 2011. Former world No 1 Jason Day fired a five-under 66 for a two-under total, but it came too late after his opening 74 left him three outside the cut. Compatriot Karl Vilips was also brilliant with a 65, but his 77 on Thursday ruined any chance he had.
