Homa and Kisner’s hilarious hole-out bet still hasn’t been paid

Kisner’s offer may seem tongue-in-cheek, but earlier this week, Kisner doubled down on the wager. On Wednesday, during a pre-event press conference, a reporter asked Kisner about the wager directly directly.

“If Max Homa hoops one, will you follow through on your tweet to take your shirt off?”

“I’m really hoping that later in the week — I hope it’s later in the week because, if I had to take my shirt off today, it would be pretty brutal out there,” Kisner said, referencing chilly early-week weather. “But, yeah, I’m all in for that.”

Well, the moment did indeed come as Homa dunked his approach shot into the 1st on Sunday afternoon.

A few minutes after Homa’s eagle, NBC (who Kisner has worked for on-and-off throughout the season as an analyst) cut to a live interview between Smylie Kaufman and a red-faced Kisner.

“You know motivation is an amazing thing, and I think Max really took it to heart,” Kisner said. “I’ve been with him for two matches, he doesn’t make one, then I go see him off the 1st tee and he hoops it. I think he’s been yelling at every captain he’s seen since — because I haven’t seen him — ‘Where is Kiz?’

“So I’m hiding over here on the back nine.”

It seems Kisner is going to avoid Homa as long as he can, but he could still make all things right by paying up during what is increasingly looking like an American victory party.

Jack Hirsh

Golf.com Editor

Jack Hirsh is an assistant editor at GOLF. A Pennsylvania native, Jack is a 2020 graduate of Penn State University, earning degrees in broadcast journalism and political science. He was captain of his high school golf team and recently returned to the program to serve as head coach. Jack also still *tries* to remain competitive in local amateurs. Before joining GOLF, Jack spent two years working at a TV station in Bend, Oregon, primarily as a Multimedia Journalist/reporter, but also producing, anchoring and even presenting the weather. He can be reached at jack.hirsh@golf.com.