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TWICE AS NICE FOR HOMA AT WELLS FARGO Forgive Max Homa if he was a little emotional Sunday. He and his wife Lacey recently found out that they would be having their first child, and then he went out and won the Wells Fargo Championship for the second time and earned his fourth PGA TOUR win. “I feel like life’s good,” Homa said. “I’ve got a good life, and I’m playing some good golf.” It was the fourth TOUR win for the 31-year-old Homa and his second this season following a victory at the Fortinet Championship in September in Napa, California. On Sunday, Homa battled the cold, wet conditions better than anyone in the field and finished with a final-round, 2-under 68 to win by two shots over Matt Fitzpatrick, Cameron Young and Keegan Bradley. Homa moved up 14 spots to No. 6 in the FedExCup standings after picking up 500 points. “Sometimes my life feels too good to be true and this is one of those cases,” Homa said. TOUR TAKES ON TEXAS FedExCup leader Scottie Scheffler headlines the field at the AT&T Byron Nelson, which features seven of the top 15 players in the Official World Golf Ranking. K.H. Lee, who won at TPC Craig Ranch last year for his first PGA TOUR title, returns to defend. RBC Heritage champion Jordan Spieth, twice a winner in his native Texas but never at the AT&T Byron Nelson, also returns after a break. Justin Thomas is looking for his first victory of the season. The 2017 FedExCup champ has six top-10 finishes in 11 starts this season. Brooks Koepka and Hideki Matsuyama are teeing it up on TOUR for the first time since the Masters. Dustin Johnson is in action for the first time since getting married to Paulina Gretzky while Xander Schauffele is making his AT&T Byron Nelson debut. TPC Craig Ranch is a par 72 and plays to 7,468 yards. The course, which has also hosted the Korn Ferry Tour Championship, made its debut as a PGA TOUR host in 2021. The winner will receive 500 FedExCup points. THE TURN VIDEO OF THE WEEK MIC CHECK “Perspective is running rampant today.”- Max Homa, who is expecting his first child with his wife Lacey, after winning the Wells Fargo Championship on Mother’s Day BY THE NUMBERS 65 – Final round (-7) for Steve Flesch to win the Mitsubishi Electric Classic outside Atlanta by one shot over Padraig Harrington, Fred Couples and David Toms. 69 – Sunday score for Brent Grant (-3) to win the Korn Ferry Tour’s Simmons Bank Open for the Snedeker Foundation. 62 – Course record at TPC Craig Ranch in 2021 set by Sam Burns in the second round of the AT&T Byron Nelson. COMCAST BUSINESS TOUR TOP 10 The Comcast Business TOUR TOP 10 highlights and rewards the extraordinary level of play required to earn a spot in the TOP 10 at the conclusion of the FedExCup Regular Season as determined by the FedExCup standings. The competition recognizes and awards the most elite in golf.

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LAS VEGAS — Tom Hoge wanted to be sure to take advantage of pristine conditions Thursday morning in Las Vegas. He did more than he expected, making two eagles on his way to an 8-under 63 for a one-shot lead in the Shriners Children’s Open. One of the eagles came with a gap wedge in his hand, part of a six-hole stretch he played in 6-under par in the middle of his round at the TPC Summerlin. The other eagle was a 35-foot putt down the hill on the par-5 16th. Equally important, Hoge kept bogeys off his card. Presidents Cup partners Si Woo Kim and Tom Kim ganged up on Max Homa in a group that brought back memories and stories from Quail Hollow two weeks ago. Si Woo Kim had a 64 and was tied for second with Maverick McNealy, while Tom Kim had a 65 and Homa didn’t fare too badly with a 67. Homa went 4-0 in his Presidents Cup debut, beating Tom Kim in singles. But it was Tom Kim who delivered the best moment when he made a 10-foot birdie putt on the final hole, slamming his cap to the ground to celebrate a win with Si Woo Kim as his partner. “We still talk about the Presidents Cup, like some holes,” Si Woo Kim said. “Then I finish the hole, and Tom came over on 18 and I said, ‘If you make that one, I got to ask you to go throw the hat like the last hole Saturday.’” McNealy now lives in Las Vegas and had more support than usual for a Thursday morning, a gallery he figures will grow on the weekend if he keeps this up. Defending champion Sungjae Im joined Tom Kim in the large group at 65, particularly impressive because he played in the afternoon when low scores were harder to find. Patrick Cantlay, who has a win and two runner-up finishes in his four appearances at TPC Summerlin, had a steady diet of birdie chances from the 15- to 20-foot range and had to settle for a 67. The low round for Hoge was unexpected because he had been fishing off the coast of Mexico the last two weeks, wanting to put the golf clubs away after a long season. He was in the mix for a Presidents Cup pick, though the oversight was not a surprise because he hadn’t played well enough since his inaugural PGA TOUR victory at Pebble Beach in early February. “I didn’t know where things would stand coming out today,” Hoge said. He holed a 25-foot birdie putt on No. 6, then hit a gap wedge from 110 yards on No. 7 that hit the middle of the pin and crashed into the left side of the cup for eagle. He followed with three more birdies over the next four holes, and then picked up a bonus with fast eagle putt on the 16th. “It was an interesting day,” Hoge said. “I feel like I missed some very makeable birdie putts, but I holed some real nice, long ones for eagle on 16 and some other long ones. Certainly happy with the score, but I’ve got to make a lot of birdies the next few days.”

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