For the first time since 2021, Harris English is a PGA Tour winner. He survived blustery conditions to win the Farmers Insurance Open.
A decade after falling in a playoff at the Farmers Insurance Open, Harris English has found his way into the winner's circle on the coast of California. Converting a one-stroke lead at the 54-hole mark into a one-stroke victory,
English won the event—his first since the 2021 Travelers Championship—with an impressive array of iron play, short-game shots and steady putting. Despite not driving the ball overly well, English ranked seventh in strokes gained/approach the green with his Ping Blueprint T irons, a model that suits English’s approach to iron play in recent years.
Harris English didn't have his best, but he had something no one else did, which was enough to be the last man standing at Torrey Pines.
Harris English first flirted with fame at the Farmers Insurance Open a decade ago when he shared the third-round lead and was part of a four-man playoff for the 2015 championship. Jason Day came away the winner that year at Torrey Pines, but English was encouraged, not discouraged.
Harris English scrambled his way around Torrey Pines South Course on Saturday to pick up his fifth PGA Tour win at the Farmers Insurance Open.
A former Georgia Bulldog won on the PGA Tour for the second week in a row as Harris English captures the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines.
Harris English finished with a flurry Friday afternoon in the third round of the Farmers Insurance Open, carding birdies on his final three holes for a 6-under 66 and a one-stroke lead over Andrew Novak heading into Saturday’s final round.
English tasted victory for the first time in a span of 1,308 days, and enjoyed celebrating his success with his 1½ – year-old daughter, Emilia, for the first time. “You think it would get easier being in this position a lot, then winning four times out here,” English said, “but it never gets easier.”
Harris English finished his 6-under 66 with three straight birdies Friday, charging into a one-shot lead over Andrew Novak at 9-under 207 heading into the final round of the Farmers Insurance Open.
Torrey Pines showed its teeth in Saturday's final round at the Farmers Insurance Open, and Harris English survived the elements, and a wayward driver, to win by one shot. He took home a $1.674 million check.