Homa "I'm also a 2-win champ"... Defending champ McIlroy in 5th place

Wells Fargo Championship 4th Career Win '2 Billion Jackpot', Bradley and Young Tied for 2nd, Lee Kyung-hoon Tied for 25th

Max Homa is teeing off on the 7th hole on the final day of the Wells Fargo Championship. Potomac, USA - Photo by Getty Images/Multivitz

[Asia Economy Reporter No Woo-rae] It is the second victory celebration for Max Homa (USA), ranked 38th in the world.

On the 9th (Korean time), at Potomac TPC in Maryland, USA (par 70, 7,107 yards), the final day of the PGA Tour 2021/2022 season Wells Fargo Championship (total prize money $9 million) concluded with Homa adding 2 under par to secure a 2-stroke victory (8 under par 272). This marks his second win of the season and fourth career win, eight months after becoming the 'early bird' at the Fortinet Championship in September last year, earning $1.62 million (2 billion KRW) in prize money.

Starting 2 strokes behind in second place, Homa recorded 5 birdies and 3 bogeys. After birdies on holes 1 and 5, he took a brief breather with a bogey on hole 7 (par 4), then seized the top of the leaderboard with consecutive birdies on holes 9 and 10. A bogey on hole 13 was recovered with a birdie on hole 15, and although he lost a stroke on hole 16 (both par 4s), it did not affect his victory. Despite a fairway hit rate of only 57.14%, he relied on his 'stingy putting' with an average of 1.50 putts per hole as his driving force.

Homa first emerged as a promising player by winning the individual and team Walker Cup at the NCAA in 2013. He joined the PGA Tour in 2014 but did not achieve notable results initially. After the setback of dropping to the Korn Ferry Tour (the second-tier tour) in 2018, he earned his first career win at this very Wells Fargo Championship in 2019. In February last year, he triumphed at the Genesis Invitational after a fierce battle with Tony Finau (USA) that extended to the second playoff hole.

Keegan Bradley (USA), who was the leader the previous day, struggled with 2 over par and dropped to a tie for second place (6 under par 274). Cameron Young (USA) surged with 4 under par to join the tie for second. Matthew Fitzpatrick (England) is also in this group. Defending champion Rory McIlroy (Northern Ireland) finished the tournament in 5th place (4 under par 276) after shooting 2 under par. From Korea, Kyoung-Hoon Lee (31) tied for 25th place (1 over par 281), and Si-woo Kim (27, both from CJ Logistics) tied for 37th place (4 over par 284).

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