Max Homa wins SGA Player of the Month
BIRMINGHAM, AL (June 3, 2013) -- University
of California golfer Max Homa has been named
the Southern Golf Association’s National
Amateur of the Month for May. Aside from past
U.S.
Amateur champions, Homa became only the
third golfer to become a unanimous selection
by
the blue-ribbon national panel in the 11-year
history of the prestigious award.
Recent SGA Ams of the
Month Winners-
September: Nathan Smith, U.S. Mid-
Am | More
- October: Meghan Stasi, U.S.
Women's
Mid-Am | More
- March:
Patrick Rodgers, Stanford | More
- April:
Tianlang Guan, Masters | More
|
Homa nailed the honor by winning two
prominent individual titles in May. He opened
the
month by closing out his stunning Pac-12
medalist title at Los Angeles CC North Course,
where
he posted an opening, course-record 61. His
9-under 271 total was five shots clear of a
very
elite field. At the end of the month, the senior
from Valencia, CA, also was low individual in
the
stroke play portion of the NCAA D-1 National
Championship at Capital City CC, Crabapple
Course, outside Atlanta with a 9-under 201
total to upstage a couple of his more heralded
teammates and many of the country’s other
top collegiate stars.
The Am of the Month award is selected by a
national, blue-ribbon panel of golf officials,
coaches and journalists. This year’s previous
winners of the March-thru-October award
were
Stanford’s Patrick Rodgers and Chinese teen
Masters sensation Guan Tianlang. The honor is
one of the ways the SGA promotes and
advances amateur golf, including its storied
Southern
Amateur, the 107th playing scheduled for July
at The Club at Carlton Woods outside Houston.