Max Homa threw his club several yards during the final round of the RBC Heritage on April 17, 2026, after failing to get back on the fairway at the 15th hole at Harbour Town Golf Links in Hilton Head, South Carolina. He made bogey on the hole and finished tied for 69th.
The moment landed badly because Homa had said just days earlier that he did not like when people break clubs or beat up the golf course. He said breaking clubs makes golfers look very, very spoiled, and added that he tries his absolute best not to do it or slam a tee box because players are lucky to compete in the game.
That earlier criticism had been aimed at behavior that drew attention during the Masters, when Sergio Garcia reacted on the 18th green in the first round on April 9, 2026, and Homa himself lined up a putt on the first green in the second round on April 10, 2026. The club throw at RBC Heritage tied those comments directly back to the same kind of conduct he had just condemned.
Golf fans on social media quickly criticized Homa after the incident, and the contrast was hard to miss: a player with six PGA Tour wins preaching restraint one week, then throwing a club the next. The episode leaves his own standard for on-course behavior looking a lot less firm than it sounded on Wednesday.
