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Six-time PGA Tour winner Max Homa has really enjoyed his time away from social media.
Homa, 35, once had a large following on social media, mocking fans online for his golf swings. Last year, Homa stepped away from X and said the transition off the platform had been “lovely.”
“I still enjoy my time on TikTok. I’m still a little kid at heart. I still enjoy some time on Instagram, but Twitter/X is really horrible,” Homa told Pak Gazette Digital as part of Arcutis’ Free to Be Me campaign.
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Max Homa walks to the 18th green as play resumes during the second round of the Wyndham Championship golf tournament in Greensboro, North Carolina, on August 2, 2025. (Allison Lawhon/Image Images)
“I really like to remember it as something you get addicted to.”
Growing up on MySpace and then Facebook, Homa said social media was just a part of him. He ignored the bad people on social media because there are bad people everywhere. It wasn’t until a conversation with a friend that Homa’s perspective changed.
“He says, if you were at a party and someone was being a jerk, you would leave the party because you can leave this party, you don’t have to sit here and accept it. And I was like, ‘Oh yeah, you’re right,'” Homa said.
The Burbank, California, native said he misses some parts, like getting sports news, but he still gets it, just not as quickly. Homa said if it’s something important, he will find out regardless of social media.
Max Homa lines up a putt on the 16th hole during the first round of the WM Phoenix Open golf tournament in Scottsdale, Arizona, on February 5, 2026. (Anna Carrington/Image Images)
The transfer of Luka (Doncic), when it fell last year, I remember where I was. “I got about 8 to 10 text messages right after and I remember it was at the beginning when I wasn’t on the internet or Twitter and I was like, man, if it’s important, I’ll find out,” Homa said.
“If I have a friend who’s having a child, I’ll find out. If you know there are great things happening in the world, I’ll find out.”
Homa said it’s been great to be away from X and he doesn’t miss it at all.
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Max Homa waits to make a putt on the eighth green during the first round of the Genesis Invitational golf tournament at Riviera Country Club in the Pacific Palisades area of Los Angeles, California, on February 19, 2026. (Caroline Brehman/AP Photo)
“I think more people should take steps to focus on themselves,” Homa said.
“You don’t have to be yelled at for how horrible things are or how terrible you are at golf. You can do it yourself.”
Homa won the Wells Fargo Championship in 2019; the Genesis Invitational and Fortinet Championship in 2021; won the Wells Fargo Championship and Fortinet Championship again in 2022; and the Farmers Insurance Open in 2023.
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