Day 891 and Max Homa is still winless on the PGA Tour. He was 1 stroke off the top of the leaderboard after 54 holes. He was confident in his abilities. Fans were too. That’s why they had bet on him, right? Especially a fan named Carl Watkins.

Within the first 4 holes he played on Sunday, it seemed like Homa was determined to win his 7th PGA Tour title at TPC Deere Run. He scored 3 birdies to take a 2-stroke lead against the field. But that’s when his downfall began. Homa added three more bogeys and two birdies to his total to bring his score down to 16-under 268. He ended two strokes behind the champion, Brian Campbell. After this heartbreaking loss, Carl sent Homa a Venmo request for the $1,900. What for, you may ask?

Well, for the bet Karl had placed on Max to win the 2025 John Deere Classic. He also added a message saying, “Bc you can’t putt under pressure,” below it. And Homa had a befitting response to that. Homa shared the request in his Instagram story with the caption, “Gamble like a big boy, Carl, and take ur lumps like the rest of us.” He failed at putting from good positions in the final round. The 34-year-old missed easy putts on the 8th, 17th, and 18th holes, all of which were under 10 feet. Had Max made them, then his winless streak would have ended on the 890th day.

He pocketed over $278,000 for finishing 5th. He shared the winnings with 5 other golfers, including Lucas Glover. This was certainly one of the better performances from Homa this season. It was his first top-10 finish of 2025. Before this, the only time the Burbank local got a top-25 finish was in the T12 in the Masters Tournament. And throughout all his failures, fans have not been kind to him.

Homa has been constantly criticized for failing to deliver consistently. But during the 2025 John Deere Classic, the PGA Tour had something to say about it.

Max Homa’s formula for mental peace

There was a time when Max Homa was a social media star. His success drove his status on X, as his tweets always made a buzz among the fans. However, he started facing the worst side of it once his form on the course dropped. Fans constantly started bashing him for not being able to perform during critical moments. Homa’s image as a favorite was completely tarnished, and most of his followers lost any hopes they had of him. The constant heat finally got to him, and he revealed something surprising during a press conference at TPC Deere Run.

“Twitter or X is an awful, awful place. It took me a while to catch on to how impactful that can be and how much of a waste of energy… You get people, and people say some bad, bad things. People tell you should die on the internet…. Yeah, it’s a safe haven for a**holes, for lack of a better term. Sorry, PGA Tour,” he said during an interview. With that statement, Max Homa announced that he has left the social media app that once made him famous. Now, he prefers to meet people in person and build genuine relationships, rather than forming parasocial ones. Hopefully, he won’t find anyone asking him for $1,900 there.