Max Homa reveals caddie split ‘not my choice,’ but here’s why he’s glad it happened

AUGUSTA, Ga. – No one could blame Max Homa if last year’s T-3 finish at the Masters feels like decades ago.

Homa arrives at Augusta National this week with a decidedly different look – new clubs (Cobra), new threads (Lululemon), new instructor (John Scott Rattan), new swing (which is still a work in progress), new results (five straight MCs and no top-10s since last May) and most recently, new caddie (Bill Harke).

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On Tuesday after his Masters practice round, Homa publicly addressed his split from longtime looper and childhood friend Joe Greiner (update: Greiner will now caddie for Justin Thomas this week after Thomas’ caddie hurt his back).

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Thomas said his regular caddie hurt his back so Thomas needed a fill-in for the Masters.

“It was not my choice, so it sucked, but we always had a deal that we’re friends first and friendship mattered more than the work thing, and he was wise enough to do what he did,” said Homa, who first teamed full-time with Greiner in 2019. “It’s hard. I’m just so used to him caddieing. And even just on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesdays, you just have this easy rhythm. But I was happy that he did it, because I would rather – you know, at the end of my days we continue to be great friends than one of us resent the other for how hard this game can be on a relationship.

“So, it sucks because I just pictured always walking fairways with Joe. But again, that was not the deal. I would rather walk life with Joe forever than this dumb game.”