"I could rant on this for a while”: Max Homa ‘loves’ the new changes announced by PGA

Max Homa started the new year with a win at the 2023 Farmers Insurance Open. The American golfer registered the eighth victory of his career after defeating Keegan Bradley by two shots.

Homa is now set to compete in the Arnold Invitational scheduled to start on March 2 at the Bay Hills Golf Course. The tournament features some of the best golfers in the world competing in an event with a purse of $20 million.

The PGA Tour has increased the purses of their tournaments following competition from the LIV Golf. They also made several other changes to the new schedule, including introducing more limited fields and no-cut events like the Saudi-backed series.

Ahead of the upcoming tournament, Max Homa shared his thoughts on the PGA Tour's new schedule.

He said:

"I love the new changes. I could rant on this for a while, which I might. The reason I wanted to join the Player Advisory Council, which is what I'm on now, was on a bit last year, is because I think I do provide a unique perspective as, you know, in 2017, 2018 I guess I've just seen all kind of levels of professional golf between the Korn Ferry Tour and the PGA Tour.

"And I believed in this back then and I believe in this now. I didn't maybe see exactly what is being done. I'm not quite smart enough to have planned this one out. But the product is important. I think it's easy to frame these changes as a way to put more money in the top players' pockets. But it has been made to make it easier and more fun for the fans. I know it's low-hanging fruit to jump on, Oh, this is just a money grab. This is to make it better for the fans."

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"Tour's done a great job" - Max Homa lauds the PGA Tour for limiting the field size

The Canadian appreciated the PGA Tour for limiting the size of the field. He said:

"If we made these fields very large in these designated events it would ruin non-designated events that have been staples of the PGA Tour, that go to cities that people love watching these events with their families. It would ruin them. No one would play in half of them because it would no longer fit your schedule by any means."

Homa went on to say:

"So I think that the Tour's done a great job of looking into that and seeing that this would be a great number to cut to make sure that we still have competitive events that are non-designated, while keeping the sponsors and the fans happy with the parity and some of the, you know, maybe not the top 50 big names, but big names.

"Guys everybody has watched play golf, win golf tournaments and excel at this game still in those fields. So I think that that is an important distinction to make before just jumping on something negative."

The Arnold Invitational will wrap up with its finale on Sunday, March 5.