Harris English held off a final-round cost from Sam Stevens to assert his first PGA Tour title in 1,308 days with a one-shot win on the Farmers Insurance coverage Open.
The in a single day chief recovered from two early bogeys to card a one-over 73 in sturdy winds at Torrey Pines’ South Course, seeing him finish the week on eight below and a shot away from Stevens.
English didn’t stand up and down from a bunker to save lots of par on the first and dropped one other shot on the par-four fifth, solely to birdie the par-five subsequent and end with 12 consecutive pars to see off the chasing pack.
A fifth PGA Tour title is English’s first since coming by means of an eight-hole play-off on the 2021 Vacationers Championship, with victory transferring the American again contained in the world’s high 50 and securing him an invitation The Masters.
“I might have looked calm out there on the course, but inside your emotions are going crazy,” English mentioned. “I just know how hard it is to win. It’s just so much fun. You’ve got to soak it in when you do it.”
Stevens had began the ultimate day six pictures again however charged into competition with 4 birdies in a front-nine 32, with the American cancelling out a bogey on the par-five thirteenth by choosing up a shot on the seventeenth.
A final-round 68 was the bottom of the day and set the preliminary clubhouse goal, with Stevens – ending a number of teams earlier than the ultimate pairing – saving par on the final regardless of discovering the water along with his method.
English held on for victory with a string of two-putt pars alongside the closing stretch as associate Andrew Novak, who briefly moved forward after three consecutive birdies from the third, completed two strokes again in third.
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Watch Andrew Novak how took the lead throughout the ultimate spherical of the Farmers Insurance coverage Open with a spectacular putt on the par-five fifth.
Korea’s Sungjae Im completed tied-fourth alongside Norway’s Kris Ventura and Hayden Springer claimed sixth, whereas England’s Danny Willett posted his finest PGA Tour end since 2022 after ending in a share of ninth.
Hideki Matsuyama completed the week in tied-Thirty second and on one over, with the world No 4 set to return to San Diego subsequent month to defend his Genesis Invitational title on the identical venue – moved from Riviera to Torrey Pines because of the Los Angeles fires.
Hideki Matsuyama carded a birdie and 5 bogeys in a four-over 76
Midway chief Ludvig Åberg battled sickness over the ultimate two rounds, ending 11 strokes again on three over after failing to discover a birdie in his final-round 79.
What’s subsequent?
The PGA Tour stays in California for the AT&T Pebble Seaside Professional-Am, the place world No 1 Scottie Scheffler returns from damage and Rory McIlroy makes his first PGA Tour look of the 12 months. Early protection begins on Thursday from 4.45pm on Sky Sports activities. Get Sky Sports activities or stream with no contract on NOW.
