English Records Top 20 Finish at Humana

Harris English recorded his first career top 20 finish on tour at The Humana Challenge

Harris English used a second round 62 to propel him to his first career top 20 finish on the PGA Tour at The Humana Challenge in La Quinta, CA.  Playing in just his second PGA Tour event, Harris posted a four round total of 16 under par to finish tied for 19th.   The 19th place finish earned English $72, 800 and puts him at 46th on the money list at $84,075, after the first two events of the year.

Harris was followed by fellow Bulldogs, Brendon Todd who finished tied for 26th at 14 under par, Erik Compton and Chris Kirk both tied for 42nd at 11 under, Brian Harman tied for 54th at 9 under and Kevin Kisner tied for 64th at 7 under.

The PGA Tour will make a stop in La Jolla, CA this week for the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines and the field will include 8 former Bulldogs.  Bubba Watson, who is the defending champion at the Farmers, will join the 7 Bulldogs who played in the Humana Challenge this past week.

Harris English has also received a sponsors exemption into the Waste Management Phoenix Open, the event following this week's Farmers Insurance Open.

Humana Challenge Begins Today With 7 Bulldogs in Field

Brendon Todd tied for 13th last week at The Sony Open

The Humana Challenge gets under way today in La Quinta, California with 7 Bulldogs in the field of 144 players.  Harris English, Brendon Todd, Kevin Kisner, Ryuji Imada, Brian Harman, and Erik Compton will all be making their second starts of the season while Chris Kirk will be playing in his third event in as many weeks.
The Humana Challenge, formerly know as the Bob Hope Classic, will be played on three courses over four days this year.  Previously the event was a five round tournament played over four courses.  The three courses being played will be the Palmer Private and Nicklaus Private courses at PGA West and La Quinta C.C. 
Brendon Todd, Harris English, Brian Harman, and Kevin Kisner are returning to La Quinta, where all four secured their 2012 PGA Tour playing privileges in December.

Television coverage will begin at 3:00 on The Golf Channel and live scoring can be followed at http://www.pgatour.com/