Harris English Never Liked Hitting Balls On The Range… Until Trackman Changed Everything

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PGA Tour pro Harris English gets honest about how his practice routine has evolved — and how Trackman completely changed his game.

Speaking ahead of the 2025 St. Jude Championship, English reveals why he never enjoyed hitting balls on the range, how becoming a dad made him more efficient with practice, and why he now leans on tech to stay sharp.

Watch the full press conference clip for:
🏌️‍♂️ His transformation from feel player to data-driven prep
📉 Why range sessions bored him before Trackman
📈 How smarter training is helping him stay competitive
🔁 Reflections on his first PGA Tour win in Memphis
🔥 Insights into the new-look TPC Southwind

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Yes, it’s nice to be in this position. Um I remember last year coming in I was in like the low 50s and had to play well this week to make it to next week. So I’m I’m glad that pressure is off and I can go kind of play golf and not have to worry about getting in next week and getting in tour championship. So it’s a nice nice freedom to have on the golf course. Um but I’m looking forward to making a good push. I’ve been playing some good golf and um hopefully put myself in position to make a good run this week, have a chance to win BMW next week and see if I can win a tour championship at East Lake. Last time we saw you at the Open Championship coming off a runnerup finish. What are the big takeaways you’re taking from that entering playoffs? Yeah, that I can play well in big events. Um I mean, I got I lost to Scotty. Scotty was the only guy that beat me in two majors this year. Um, but it was a good major season for me. Made all the cuts, had my best finish at the Masters this year at T12. Um, so yeah, it’s nice to play in play well in the big events and and know I can do it at the biggest stage and hopefully next year get in those opportunities and and see if I can get in contention to to win a tournament. You were just talking about how this is where you earned your first PGA Tour victory. What special memories do you have from that that a place like this holds? Yeah, Memphis is always special to me. Um, getting the win back in 2013. I mean, you always remember your wins. I mean, I’ve had I’ve lucky enough to have five, but your your first one is the most special. And I can still remember a lot of those shots I hit coming down the stretch. And doing under that much pressure and making some goods. You always remember that. Memphis has been really, really good to me and kind of a I didn’t grow up here. I went to high school in Chattanooga about four or five hours away, but they’ve kind of adopted me and and brought me in as kind of one of their own. So, I’ve made a lot of good friends here and um the people that helped run this golf tournament are just some of the best people we see all year and and they’ve been awesome. Any specific memories from the win or shots or coming down 18? Yeah, I remember I can’t remember if I was one shot ahead coming into 17. I hit it down the left center of the fairway and it was probably one of the best iron shots I hit. I had to hit it under the tree and spun it enough to so that kind of front right pin and hit it 25 ft past the hole and I’m just trying to tweet and it goes in and kind of gives you that two shot cushion going down the 18 which is a pretty daunting hole with a with a tournament on the line but I I hit some really clutch shots and it was so nice to do it under that pressure and and finally get the job done. Perfect. With that, we’ll open up to media. We’ll start off here with Shed. Good morning, sir. Good morning. Is there a part of your game that you have improved on this year that might not actually show up in the statistics? Like something you really like better that you’ve done a little bit of everything. I It’s hard to say. I’ve been practicing a little bit differently. I wouldn’t say I I mean, I’ve got a 2-year-old now, so I pra practice way more efficiently than I would instead of going out to the golf course for six or seven hours, and yeah, you’re doing a lot of work, but I I wasn’t as as efficient as I am now. Um, I’ve recently started to work with Trackman. I’ve never done the those types of devices a whole lot. I’ve been kind of all field working on shots, but I’ve used Trackman to help me dial in my my iron game. And for me, I can set up some games on there where I can visualize shots and hit different shots. And it makes it a lot more fun for me. I never really like hitting balls on the range that much. It gets really boring. So, it really helps keep me engaged and and a task at hand that if I can complete it, I can leave. So, I’ve just been way more efficient with my practice and and changing up how I practice a little more and it’s it’s helped on the golf course and and tournaments. Um, bit of a bit of an odd question, but we were just talking about your first PGA Tour win, and I was curious, do you remember the first win, and this may go back to when you were a kid, but the first win you ever had, the first tournament you ever won? So, I was just actually talking with some of my prom partners. Um, one of the guys has a kid 12 years old. He’s starting to play a lot of big junior tournaments. And he was talking about the Future Masters, which is kind of down in my neck of the woods in Dothan, Alabama. And that was kind of like a major to me when I was a kid. Like it was probably two hours from my my house, but you had a lot of kids. Like I’d always see the Georgia kids and North Florida kids. But this tournament brought in guys from California, guys from Texas, kind of all over the country. And I won it as a 12-year-old. you have age groups, the 11 and 12 age group, and I won it when I was 12, and that was probably my first big time win. Um, guys like David Chung, Peter Uline, Bud Collie. Um, you see a lot of the same guys I saw when I was a kid out here in in the professional ranks. That was that was probably my biggest first win. What’ you shoot and where was it? Um, it was in Dothan, Alabama. We played Highland Oaks because they’re redoing the Dothan country club. I think I shot 69 68 or something. Nice. Something like that. So, yeah, pretty good for 12 years. Yeah, pretty good. That’s fun. Thank you. Y moving up here to the front. Tim, mornings. Good morning. with the uh course improvements here. How do you see the course playing differently now compared to when you won it way back when? Yeah, obviously different time of year. I mean, we used to play it in May. Um I felt like the course itself was a little firmer and faster, the fairways especially. Um but man, after playing the last couple days, the the improvements, obviously with the new greens, the greens are really firm. I feel like the rough is up from years past. um like even today hitting some balls in the rough like it’s it’s hard to find them and you get this gnarly Bermuda rough it’s so hard to figure out if it’s going to jump if it’s going to come out dead. Um they’ve shaved a couple banks like short right of three. If you miss it anywhere short of that green it’s going to roll back in the water. Same thing on nine. So they they’ve definitely made it a little tougher. Um there’s a new T on five that’s kind of always been there but the last couple days they’ve had it all the way back. And I mean, I hit driver three iron in their par4. I mean, it’s it’s uh it’s definitely playing tough right now. I mean, they’ve got this place in really good shape. Um, so I’m excited about it. And over here on the left, we have Parker Harris. As a University of Georgia alone, there’s been a rise in SEC golfers making waves in the PJ tour with Jackson Coran and Michael Assasso at Auburn and Miss. What advice would you give to those guys and what advice do you wish you could give your younger self coming out of college? That’s a good question. Um, I really like that those guys have an opportunity to get out here at a younger age and and get to to have this experience because it was it was way harder when I was coming up of you can have a unbelievable college career and you’re not necessarily getting in a lot of PJ tour events. So to have that pathway of of what PGA Tour U has done has opened a lot of people’s eyes to how good these kids are coming out of college. I mean, I’ve I’ve known that for a long time coming up through college. You had Ricky Fowler turn pro after his sophomore year. Like, the college golf has always been there. It’s just the the pathway is a little easier for those guys to get recognized out here and and get some experience and and getting a chance to play on a big stage. So, I’m not shocked at all. Um I mean, I’ve known about Jackson Kovven for a while now. Um I’m a I’m a big college golf fan. and I keep up with the Georgia guys a lot. So, I I see them at the SEC Championship every year um down at Sea Island. So, I’ve known these kids were good for a long time. It’s just awesome to see that they’re kind of getting this publicity and and a getting this experience because that’s that’s the biggest thing out here is how quickly you can become comfortable and and know that you’re good enough to play out here. And that’s that’s what I would tell those guys is is not much different than college golf. The the courses are a little harder. Um, obviously the the depth of the fields are a lot better. Um, but it’s still it’s still golf and and the quicker they can become comfortable and obviously Jackson’s had a great run these last few events and um, seeing Luke Clinton do really well. I mean, it’s it’s awesome to see these young guys and um, it definitely pushes me to get better and and know I got to pick it up. I just turned 36, but I feel like I got hopefully a lot more years out here. But it’s it’s nice having these young guys come up and and push you. Perfect. All right. All right.