For multiple reasons, The Los Angeles Country Club is a special venue for Max Homa.
The 32-year-old has risen into the ranks of golf’s elite—he’s ranked No. 7 in the world—but  in his home area of Los Angeles.
“I’ve just been thinking about how—I don’t know, when you grow up and we all have that cliche joke, putt to win the U.S. Open, putt to win the Masters, you don’t picture the golf course except for if it’s at Augusta,” Homa said Tuesday.
“To have a major in my hometown, 18-ish miles from where I grew up, I think that’s a dream come true.”…