Max Homa may not be the most famous pro golfer, but he could pass as an accountant in a pro-am. His name isn’t one that comes to mind immediately when you think of the longest drivers on the PGA Tour.
He averaged “just 305” yards from the tee in the 2022-23 Tour season. That ranked him 62 and. He is slightly above average and only 21 yards off the league leader Rory McIlroy’s average of 326 yard per shot.
Homa, however, proved to be the Tour’s most impressive player during the third round of The Sentry, Hawaii on Saturday. He smoked a 477-yard drive measuring a staggering 525 yards at the par-4 7th hole, located at Kapalua Resort’s Plantation Course. This is the longest drive recorded on the Tour since 2003.
It is important to note that, before the call for this evidence (such as the final round on Sunday in Maui) that it must be entered as proof that the ball has gone too far and that it must be rolled as quickly as possible backwards, it should be noted the seventh hole was a sharp downhill dogleg right that played with the wind downwind on Saturday. Locals refer to Plantation as “The Planet”, and pros usually hit the ball out of this planet at The Sentry. In 2023, 89 out of 121 drives over 400 yards on the PGA Tour started here.
Homa’s record-breaking blast was made possible in part by a tailwind. Four. Hundred. Seventy-Seven. Yards. Yards.
Look at that tiny red dot!
This is @Maxhoma tee-shot on a par-4 of 525 yards! !
477 yards!!!! !
LOVE Kapalua pic.twitter.com/wYEl2sZMyB
Jack Hirsh 6 January 2024
