Max Homa Seen With Limp In Utah

Although not a part of the PGA Tour regular season, the Bank of Utah Championship saw quite a bit.  The star rookie of 2025, Aldrich Potgieter, had to pull out due to illness after the first round, as well as two others.  In this fall tournament, fans took note of one player’s limp, as well as the medical attention he was getting.  It seems that Max Homa was powering his way through an injury during the tournament.

Max Homa In Utah

During the Bank of Utah Championship, Max Homa was actually doing quite well for himself.  During the second round, he went bogey-free and scored a 66.  He easily, but painfully, slid his way into the third and fourth rounds and eventually found himself T9 for the tournament.  This is on top of him having a bit of a comeback for the year since the John Deere Classic in July.  However, according to him, this was all with the same injury that is plaguing him right now.

The Injury

During the Bank of Utah Championship, Max Homa was seen in visible discomfort.  At one point, when making his way down a slope, he didn’t limp but hopped down on one leg.  He avoided using the leg at all.  In between holes, he was found getting some first aid when his injury was visibly acting up.  What is this injury?  According to Homa, it is a bone spur, and one that he has had for some time now.  Homa explained in an interview after the second round: 

“I’ve had it for a little while. I had planned on getting it taken out when we have a little bit of time off, so it was just kind of ironic,” Homa Said.  “It almost never gets inflamed, but I think this place is pretty hard to walk.  Walking down just a small hill on 12, like I didn’t feel anything, but as we were walking down the fairway on 12, I could feel it getting swollen. Then, when we were done on 12, it was very, very tender.  Then I don’t know, just not a good golf course to walk. Walking uphill is really hard because I can’t flex it, so that sucked.”

Strangely enough, Homa said in the same interview that this injury helps him.  He explained this by saying that his thought process wasn’t on hitting the perfect shot, but just getting it to the hole as quickly as possible.  It is far from the best strategy, but it worked out really well for him in the second round.  Although his pediatrician may have some concerns about that.

Homa And His Injury

As Max Homa said, he plans to address his injury in the near future, and hopefully, it will come sooner rather than later.  The necessary attention shouldn’t bench him for a whole season, like it did with Tiger Woods.  It will put a damper on his game.  If this tournament was anything to go by, it looks to be getting worse.  Either way, Homa is well aware of the issue, and now the audience is, and is wishing him luck in finding treatment and eventual recovery.