by For the first time since the Championship 2021 travelers, Harris English is winner of the PGA Tour. He survived the windy conditions on the southern route of Torrey Pines on Saturday to win the title of the Farmers Insurance Open, and this time, he did not need eight holes in the playoffs.
Given the recent form and the history of the tournament, this victory comes out of the left field for the English. He missed the Cut at the Sony Open in Hawaii and the American Express to open the season and had not finished in the top 60 of this tournament since 2018. He however lost in playoffs against Jason Day during this event 10 years ago. . A small redemption for the Georgia Bulldog.
Starting the final round at 9 sous, English was quickly above 2 by five holes after bogeys on numbers 1 and 5. However, he recovered a shot with a circle on the sixth by 5 after having successfully launched 46 yards at five. feet. He settled from that moment, making 12 consecutive pars to end his day with a step ahead of Sam Stevens.
For the week, English was seventh in Strokes Gained: Approach and third in SG: putting, usually a fairly good recipe to fight.
Stevens, who entered the final round at 3 sous and six strokes of the advance, managed a better score of the day 4 sous 68 despite the strong winds. He was the leader of the clubhouse 7 under for about an hour before English drums it. After starting the week at 107th in the Fedex Cup, Stevens should go 11th thanks to his second solo place.
“Yes, I took a very good start, I managed some pretty birdies in the first three holes, then I managed a long out of 7 to reach 3 sous,” said Stevens. “When I arrived at the 8th Green, there was a big ranking there and I looked and I saw that Harris was either equally or 1 above at that time and advance was 8 sous, so I was just a few steps.
“I got a few good shots. Really, in the last 10 holes, I haven’t controlled the ball very well, which is normally my strength, but I just rather scrambled and took advantage of a few opportunities. I made a terrible bogey at 13, but it happens sometimes. “
Despite his failure in the ranking, Stevens made enough to win a place in the At & T Pebble Beach Pro-Am next week, the second flagship event of the round of the season.
“There is obviously a great opportunity there,” he said. “They have a lot of points and we will not approach the number of points that the signature events have, but let’s take advantage of the opportunity, let’s hope, and continue to play well. You know, each event is in a way individual, So I hope that if I participate in the event next week, I can reset myself, be hot early and stay warm.
To complete the top five, Andrew Novak finished third in solo at 6 sous, while Sungjae IM and Kris Ventura finished fourth on equal 5 sous.
Next week, the world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler and No. 3 Rory McILroy should make their first departure of the tour of the year at Pebble Beach.
This article was initially published on Golfweek: Harris English wins the Farmers Insurance Open 2025 in Torrey Pines
