PGA tour winner Max Homa explains why he left X: 'Truly awful'

PGA Tour winner Max Homa talks to Fox News Digital about the issues he sees with social media, and how taking a step away from it has benefitted his mental health.

Six-time PGA Tour winner Max Homa has thoroughly enjoyed his time away from social media.

Homa, 35, once had a large social media following, poking fun at fans online for their golf swings. Last year, Homa stepped away from X and said the transition off the platform has been "lovely."

"I still enjoy my time on TikTok. I'm still a little kid at heart. I still enjoy some time on Instagram, but that Twitter/X is truly awful," Homa told Fox News Digital as part of Arcutis’ Free to Be Me campaign.

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Max Homa walks onto the 18th green as play resumes during the second round of the Wyndham Championship golf tournament in Greensboro, North Carolina, on Aug. 2, 2025. (Allison Lawhon/Imagn Images)

"I truly like look back at it as something you get addicted to."

Growing up with MySpace and then Facebook, Homa said that social media was just a part of him. He shrugged off the mean people on social media because there are mean people everywhere. It wasn’t until a conversation with a friend that Homa’s perspective changed.

"He's like, if you were at a party and someone was being a jerk, you would leave the party 'cause you can leave this party, you don't have to sit here and take it. And I was like, ‘Oh yeah, you're right,’" Homa said.

The Burbank, California, native said that he does miss some parts of it, like getting sports news, but that he still gets it, just not as quickly. Homa said that if it’s something important, he will find out regardless of social media.

Max Homa lines up a putt on hole 16 during the first