Max Homa notched a season-best finish at the John Deere Classic, but he wasn’t all smiles as he exited the scoring area Sunday at TPC Deere Run. In a way, an opportunity had passed him by – and he knew it. “Super disappointing,” Homa said, before adding, “but game felt good, so that’s nice.”

In recent years, this week has been about prepping for the trip across the Atlantic for the Open.Homa won’t be part of the field at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland in two weeks. So he traveled the the Quad Cities and assembled rounds of 63,