Harris English has received 5 occasions on the PGA Tour, the primary of these coming in 2013 when he landed the FedEx St. Jude Traditional.
The most recent was achieved finally week’s Farmers Insurance coverage Open at Torrey Pines because the American overcame some errant driving within the remaining spherical to carry his nerve and win with 8-under par, one forward of Sam Stevens.
Key to that victory was his prowess on the greens and English’s silky stroke by no means let him down throughout a tense finale.
Maybe that’s no shock on condition that he’s achieved all these 5 victories with the identical putter.
The Ping Scottsdale Hohum mallet has been within the bag since 2011 and it solely made its method into the line-up by probability.
He started utilizing it in his senior 12 months on the College of Georgia and it was meant for his faculty team-mate Keith Mitchell however he didn’t need it.
“My assistant coach took it off the placing inexperienced, and he was like, ‘Man, I’m a horrible putter. If I could make putts with this putter, anyone can putt with it,’” English stated.
“It’s been a staple that I’ll all the time return to. It’s one thing with the face: it’s fairly delicate. It’s very distinctive, simple to intention. There’s a purpose why I am going again to it. It’s type of an previous trustworthy putter, and I really feel like I’ve had a few of my finest placing weeks with that putter,” Harris defined.
It’s been out and in of the bag at occasions, like several long-standing putter, but it surely’s been there for all the good things and it was there within the bag once more as he ended a four-year victory drought with victory at Torrey Pines.
Over the week he picked up over six pictures on the greens, rating third for Strokes Gained: Placing.
“For me familiarity with the putter is vital which is why I don’t change,” stated English. “I understand how it comes off. I understand how it feels after I get beneath strain. I do know I spent many, many hours placing with this factor doing drills.
“I’ve 4 of them, however I not often change it out. If I’m not placing effectively, I do know it’s my fundamentals or alignment and never the putter.”
Harris English has been utilizing the identical putter since his senior 12 months of faculty. pic.twitter.com/m66IenkcUx
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Just a few years in the past the Ping Tour rep Tony Serrano defined that the alignment aids performed an enormous half in English’s devotion to the putter.
“Harris is an enormous fan of the highest alignment options of the Hohum. The highest floor sits excessive and is flat with delicate ball diameter and ball-width options that assist him along with his alignment of the ball. Additionally, the durometer insert provides him the texture, sound and pace that works finest for Harris’ placing.
“We’ve examined a number of completely different kinds of putter up to now. We’ve even designed a selected putter with Harris’ enter however he’s all the time gone again to the Hohum.
“He’s commented up to now that it’s powerful to change putters since he has so many reminiscences of creating clutch putts with the Hohum, which provides him confidence.”
One other fascinating facet is that English has the putter at 36¼ inches together with a Ping AVS MidSize grip.
It actually proved price its weight in gold at Torrey Pines.
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