“If I hit that fairway on 17, I’m putting for birdie, it’s a different story.” “I was pretty good in the morning but had a few short game mishaps late in the day,” McNealy said. The son of billionaire and former Sun Microsystems CEO Scott McNealy, the 25-year-old player grew up in Palo Alto and starred at Stanford. He birdied the 16th, then made a double bogey on 17 and an eagle on 18. “My game's getting to the point where it could be really good.” “I love doing it … but at some point it was not doing me any favors having to regurgitate all the bad things that happened. His victory at Silverado came a week after Homa ended the “Get A Grip” podcast he co-hosted for nearly two years. He won at Riviera in Los Angeles in February. Homa won for the second time this year and the third time on the PGA Tour. He parred the par-5 18th to finish at 19-under 269. The 30-year-old former University of California player tapped in for another birdie on the par-5 16th and ran in an 18-footer on the par-4 17th. Three strokes behind Maverick McNealy with seven holes left, Homa followed the eagle with a birdie on the par-4 13th. The only bogey I made was going kind of right at it, so just felt like I had good control. “I had a really good warmup, hit my wedges really well. “I had full control today,” said Homa, who saved par out of the sand three times. Homa holed out from the rough from 95 yards for eagle on the par-4 12th to start a back-nine comeback and added three birdies for a 7-under 65 and a one-stroke victory Sunday in the season-opening Fortinet Championship. – Max Homa’s decision to give up his popular and often comical golf podcast to concentrate on his game already is paying off.
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