Bettors Love Max Homa In Home State Ahead Of Farmers Insurance Open

Max Homa is generating a ton of betting action ahead of the Farmers Insurance Open. Read on to find out why.

By BetMGM – Jan 25, 2023, 10:12pm

Max Homa has emerged as one of the top golfers in PGA Tour odds over the last few years, and a significant reason why has been his play in his home state of California with courses that have poa greens.

Born and raised in Los Angeles, the 32-year-old has played in 12 events on poa greens on the West Coast (Farmers Insurance Open, AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, Genesis Invitational and Fortinet Championship) in the last three years.'

In those events, he's missed only one cut to go along with 11 top-20 finishes. On top of that, he has won three of them – 2021 Genesis Invitational and the Fortinet Championship twice (2021, 2022).

At the BetMGM online sportsbook, bettors expect another strong week for Homa (+2200) at the Farmers Insurance Open. As of Tuesday, he's drawing the second-most tickets (7%) and second-most handle (11.6%).

In his last three starts at the event, he has a T-18 and a T-9, and he's a much more confident player than he was even two years ago.

Homa is coming off a T-3 at the Sentry Tournament of Champions in his last start.

Bettors also like another California native – Xander Schauffele.

Schauffele (+1200) is pulling in the most tickets (8.4%) and the third-most handle (10.1%). He was born in San Diego, the site of this week's event, but has an inconsistent record at events played at Torrey Pines.

In 2021, he finished T-2 at the Farmers Insurance Open and T-7 at the U.S. Open, but besides those tournaments, his best finish at Torrey Pines is a T-25. He's missed the cut at this event four times since 2016.

The 29-year-old had to withdraw from the Sentry Tournament of Champions earlier in the month due to a bad back but showed no signs of it bothering him last week at The American Express, where he finished T-3.
  
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