PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. – When Max Homa won the Genesis Invitational last year in a playoff, he was the hometown kid from nearby Valencia winning at Riviera Country Club. It was an ending — not to mention the missed 2-foot putt – that Hollywood moviemakers would have rejected. The local boy making good angle happens once every blue moon – John Merrick of Long Beach in 2013 was the last – but could we possibly be in story for another L.A. story?
Patrick Cantlay, another SoCal native from Long Beach, is on a serious heater. He’s won two of his last six starts dating to August and lost a playoff on the third extra hole Sunday at the WM Phoenix Open. Cantlay isn’t beating himself up over his latest close call.
