In pain Max Homa confirms if he’s thinking of withdrawing from the Utah Championship despite sitting T-14th

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Max Homa posted a fine round of five-under par 66 at the Bank of Utah Championship on Friday.

However, despite the fact that Homa made no bogeys on day two of the Bank of Utah Championship, his round did not pass without incident.

The 34-year-old has really struggled on the PGA Tour over the past 18 months, but it seems like things are slowly turning around for him.

Homa was in contention to win the John Deere Classic a few months ago and now he has a chance of returning to the winner’s circle in Utah this weekend.

Last month, Homa shot a round of nine-under par 62 when filming a video for Grant Horvat‘s YouTube channel.

Horvat predicted that Homa will return to his best in 2026.

He’s certainly looking good after two rounds in Utah but he does face a problem.

Max Homa confirms if he could withdraw from the Utah Championship

Homa had a real issue during day two at the Black Desert Resort on Friday.

The Californian had to receive treatment midway through his round for a bone spur on the top of his ankle. He spoke to reporters after his round about the discomfort he felt.

Firstly, Homa was asked how much his ankle injury bothered him during his second round of 66 in Utah on Friday.

“Yeah, I don’t know for sure, but I have a pretty good sized bone spur on the top of my ankle,“ he explained. “I’ve had it for a little while. I had planned on getting it taken out when we have a little bit of time off, so it was just kind of ironic.

Homa continued: “It almost never gets inflamed, but I think this place is pretty hard to walk. Walking down just a small hill on 12, like I didn’t feel anything, but as we were walking down the fairway on 12 I could feel it getting swollen. Then when we were done on 12 it was very, very tender.

“Then I don’t know, just not a good golf course to walk. Walking uphill is really hard because I can’t flex it, so that sucked.

“But in some way like, I mean, yesterday I played so well and I just get in my own way so much. It honestly helps to get hurt at times because I don’t remember thinking about my golf swing, I don’t remember thinking about really anything much. Just get it through. Get it to the house. If I hit a bad shot but it was in play, I was happy with it.

“So, yeah, I think you learn a lot from that. Hopefully I can get this thing figured out. Just was like not very fun walking. Over the ball it’s fine. Through the hit is not great, but it’s manageable.

“I don’t know. I kept thinking about my wife had a horrendous birth with our first son and she had major, major surgery, and there is just no way I could complain about a hurt ankle while I walked. That one really — she gets me through a lot. She couldn’t look at me the same.

“Yeah, this is nothing. It’s just more of a pain.“

Homa was then asked whether he has thought about withdrawing from the Bank of Utah Championship.

He said: “I mean, for a moment, only just because if it doesn’t get better I just couldn’t see myself doing this for two more days.

“But, yeah, probably not. I just can’t. I don’t want to do that. I love being here. I really like how my golf game feels. It’s my last event of the year and it’s just annoying to walk, so I can deal with that.“

Max Homa’s stats during two rounds of the Bank of Utah Championship

Homa’s game is in solid shape after two rounds in the desert.

However, when quickly glancing at his stats at the Utah Championship, there is clearly still much room for improvement…

Despite the fact that Homa is clearly still not at his best off the tee or with his irons, he has clearly made huge strides forward at the Bank of Utah Championship this week.

He has significantly improved his putting and chipping, and that should give him huge confidence heading into the weekend at the Black Desert Resort.

If Homa manages to keep up what he’s been doing with the putter this week and finds a way of improving his driving and iron play, he could well secure the seventh PGA Tour win of his career.