The work of meteorologist at La Jolla, California, tends to be quite predictable since the sun is still shining and the sky is always blue. In other words, it seems, unless the PGA Tour comes to town for the Open farmers insurance.
When Harris English checked the weather for the final round to Torrey Pines golf courseHe has never blocked eyes to forecasts of violent winds and difficult conditions. One day when several players were blown away by gusts up to 25 miles per hour, the Englishman entered the last round on Saturday with an advance at once and an attitude that his game was designed for an opportunity that was not designed to be, because it put it, “a dart show or a putting competition”. For English, the South Torrey course is not a place where the winner can play ladies; You have to “play chess”.
“I knew it was going to be a difficult day today, I love it,” he said. “I love this golf course when it plays really difficult. As a leader who arrives in the final round, you like it a bit, that it will be a version. »»
And raw, he did to hold the finalist Sam Stevens with a blow. One day when three players recorded scores of 79 and two others fired 80 and 81, the English survived the windy conditions to display 1 against 73 in the final round, good for 8-mine of 280 for the week and picked up his fifth career PGA Title of the tour and first victory since the 2021 traveler championship.
The Englishman won twice in 2021, was a member of the US Ryder Cup winning team and increased to 10th place in the world. But the former Bulldog of Georgia, 35, was operated in February 2022 to repair a torn labrum in his right hip. He returned to the tour four months later, but whoever watched him fall outside the top 50 of the world could see that it took more than a year to recover completely.
The Englishman started slowly this season during his first two tournaments, but he felt that he was on the verge of a breakthrough. For the week, English has ranked seventh in acquired features: approach and third in SG: Put, a reliable recipe for success. But he struck only four fairways and nine green during the last round, based on its stellar shuffle, especially on the nine rear.
The Englishman, who finished with Birdies on his last three holes on Friday to assume the advance of 54 holes, dropped two shots quickly after the Bogeys at No. 1 and 5 while Torrey continued to bother his teeth. For the week, the southern course played with an average of 73.6. However, the Englishman caught a kick with a birdie on the sixth by 5 after launching 46 yards at five feet. He kept a clear card from there, making 12 consecutive pars and just becoming the third player in the history of the tournament to record an exaggerated final round and continue to win, something done by John Daly in 2004 (75) and Jack Nicklaus 1969 (73).
Stevens, who entered the final round at 3 sous and six shots back from the head, pulled a 4-mine of 68, the bottom of the day.
“When I went up to the eighth green, there was a big ranking there and I looked and I saw that Harris was either equal or 1 at that time.” I am fine, now we are in This thing. “
Andrew Novak, who held the early advance at 9 years after having made a 54 -foot sipt in the fifth, finished third in 6 years, while Sungjae IM and Kris Ventura finished fourth at 5 years.
“He played it perfectly,” said Novak about the execution of English in the section. “When he was not in the leading position at the start, he went back to position. He made the putts he had to do, he struck a lot of good corner and he did what you have to do here. He went there and won him.
The Englishman tasted victory for the first time in 1 308 days and appreciated the celebration of his success with her 1½ year old daughter, Emilia, for the first time.
“You think it would become easier to be in this position, then to win four times here,” said English, “but it never becomes easier.”
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Harris English famous with a 1½ year old girl for the first time
