Max Homa wins fifth career PGA event at 2022 Fortinet Championship

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Max Homa of Burbank, California won his fifth career PGA tournament on Sunday by winning the 2022 Fortinet Championship in Napa, California. Homa shot a four-round score of -16, and beat 2016 Masters champion Danny Willett of Sheffield, England by a single stroke. The only other golfer to finish within three strokes of Homa was Taylor Montgomery of Las Vegas, Nevada, who was alone in third place at -13.

Homa shot a score of seven-under-par 65 in round one, five-under-par 67 in round two, even par 72 in round three, and four-under-par 68 in round four. Homa’s most notable shot on the weekend came in the second round on Friday. That is when he recorded an eagle on the par five 16th hole. At the time, Homa moved from -9 to -11 for the tournament. Homa’s previous PGA titles have come at the 2019 Wells Fargo Championship in Charlotte, the 2021 Genesis Invitational in Los Angeles, the 2021 Fortinet Championship, and the 2022 Wells Fargo Championship.

Homa also won in dramatic fashion on Sunday. His birdie chip-in on the 18th hole was from 33 feet. Willett meanwhile was the leader heading into the 18th hole at -16, but struggled with his putting, and shot a score of six on the par-five to drop to -15.

This was the first PGA event on the 2022-23 golf calendar. It will be the last time when the PGA Tour will span over a period of two calendar years. Starting in 2024, the PGA Tour will have a calendar year schedule from January’s Tournament of Champions to August’s Tour Championship.

In other golf action on the weekend, Australia’s Cameron Smith won his first event on the LIV Tour. He posted a score of -13 to beat Americans Dustin Johnson and Peter Uihlein by three strokes each.

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