Max Homa speaks out about the incident of being thrown at Heritage clubs

Golf is always a head game. It can make experts and novices alike do and say the worst things. It can also encourage golfers to do things that are directly opposed to things themselves say. And golf made Max Homa do just that at the 2026 RBC Heritage.

On Wednesday, he declared that “breaking clubs make us look very damaged,” in a veiled criticism of Sergio Garcia’s Masters blowout. On Sunday, a frustrated Homa found himself throwing a stick at a palm tree in Harbor Town.

Homa’s veiled criticism of Sergio Garcia’s Masters club is striking

Let’s start with Homa’s comments on Wednesday. They happened during a pre-tournament press conference at the RBC Heritage, where a reporter asked him about Garcia’s antics at last week’s Masters.

On Sunday at Augusta, Garcia, the 2017 Masters champion, was caught hitting his driver off the tee box, then smashing it into two pieces at a nearby fairway. It is reported that Sergio was reprimanded by Masters officials and later apologized.

In his Wednesday screen with reporters, Homa was asked about the Sergio’s Masters incident, and what kind of bad behavior he thinks should be prevented by the future Code of Conduct policy.

“I don’t like when people break clubs. I don’t like when people hit the golf course because we deal with it, and I think that breaking clubs makes us look very spoiled,” said Homa.

Homa tempered his criticism by admitting that golf is “a very frustrating sport” and that it “does happen.”

But he also supported improving Tour pro behavior on-course through the Code of Conduct Policy.

“We want to encourage the next generation to be better than us, so we need to be kept at a high level,” said Homa.

Then Sunday came.

Homa tries to outplay Sergio with a tomahawk club slam at RBC Heritage

At one point in Homa’s press conference, he admitted that he is not immune to the attacks of the sometimes destructive team in the tournament, and when he fails to live up to his moral standards, he “gets very angry with himself”.

“I try my best not to do it, and if it happens, in terms of hitting the tee box, I’m very upset because we’re lucky to play this game where we play, and I think it’s a bad look,” said Homa.

Based on those comments, we can get a good idea how Homa is feeling this Monday morning.

Following a disappointing 74 in Round 3 that sent him off the pace, Homa battled back into Sunday’s final round, going three under in his first 10 holes. But after making a bogey on the par-3 14th hole, Homa’s chances of a strong finish dwindled, and his frustration grew.

When he then missed his shot at the par-5 15th in a palm tree in the middle of the sandy traditional, the six-time tour winner was ready to show up.

Faced with a treacherous punch between the trees and his ball resting on the soft sand, Homa caught it fat. Before his ball landed in his own area just a few yards from his original position, Homa grabbed his iron with both hands, tied it and threw it violently in front of him, where it crashed into a palm tree before crashing into the sand.