Coming off poor season, Max Homa excited about improvements in his game entering 2024 Zozo Championship

Homa is set to tee it up at the Zozo Championship in Japan for the first time since 2019

The trajectory could not have been set up better for Max Homa. The lone bright spot on the U.S. Ryder Cup team in Rome, the 33-year-old appeared primed to take another leap in a career that has been defined by them. Early returns in 2024 indicated the race upwards and to the right persisted, but after reaching a high point at Augusta National Golf Club in April, that trajectory turned sharply over the remainder of the PGA Tour season.

Contending on the second nine at the Masters for the first time in his career, Homa proved that his game -- capable of winning at Riviera, Quail Hollow Club and Torrey Pines -- was indeed strong enough to put himself in position win a major championship.

The floodgates never opened as expected once his final putt dropped at Augusta. The rest of Homa's year was plagued by inconsistencies off the tee as he failed to find a level of comfort with the driver. Often missing badly in between the ropes, Homa endured grueling range sessions outside the ropes in hopes of finding a remedy to his waywardness.