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Travelers Championship: UGA golf Alum Harris English wins in dramatic fashion

Travelers Championship: UGA golf Alum Harris English wins in dramatic fashion

The Georgia golf program had a fantastic showing at the PGA Tour’s Travelers Championship this past week.

11 Bulldogs took the course at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Conn. After three rounds, former Georgia standout Bubba Watson held a share of the lead and seven other UGA products were in the top 30, including Kevin Kisner, Russel Henley and Harris English, who were all in the top-five headed into Sunday’s final round.

Watson held the lead for most of the afternoon before losing it to Harris English after a bogey on hole No. 14. English finished at 7-under 65 with the help of a huge birdie on No. 18 and headed to the clubhouse as the leader at 13-under.

English watched Texas alum Kramer Hickok battle back and finish with a share of the lead, which then forced a sudden-death playoff between Hickok and English and that’s where the fun really began.

English and Hickok battled for eight holes before English finally sealed a win with a 20-foot birdie putt on the 8th playoff hole. Both had chances to win in the earlier playoff holes, but English’s last birdie gave him his second win of the season, bumped him to second on the Fed Ex Cup points list and marked the longest playoff in Travelers Championship history.

English, 31, now has four victories on the PGA Tour and Georgia golf products have won 34 PGA titles since 2010. The most by any college in that time span.

Here’s where each Dawg stacked up on the leaderboard at the Travelers:

1. Harris English (-13)

T5. Brian Harman, Kevin Kisner (-10)

T10. Sepp Straka (-9)

T19. Russell Henley, Bubba Watson (-7)

T30. Brendon Todd (-5)

You can catch the former Bulldogs next at the Rocket Mortgage Classic at the Detroit Golf Club on July 1-4 on the Golf Channel and CBS Network.

Watch: UGA golf great Kevin Kisner roasts Georgia Tech

Former Georgia Bulldog golfing great Kevin Kisner took the time to take a shot at Georgia Tech ahead of the Tour Championship.

Former Georgia Bulldog golfing great Kevin Kisner took the time to take a shot at Georgia Tech in an interview ahead of the Tour Championship. The Tour Championship is played at East Lake Golf Course in Atlanta, Georgia.

The event runs Sept. 4-7 in a rare PGA Tour event that is Friday-Monday instead of the usual Thursday-Sunday. Kisner notes how the event always seems to have a few Georgia Bulldogs playing in it.

Unfortunately for Georgia Tech golf fans, there will not be any Yellow Jackets participating in the Tour Championship. Kisner made sure to point that out:

Harris English and Brendon Todd are among the former Georgia Bulldog golfers set to play in the Tour Championship.

The PGA Tour has a different feel and schedule this year. The Masters is set to take place Nov. 12 through Nov. 15. Once again, Augusta, Georgia, will be the pinnacle of the golfing world.

Kevin Kisner is 29th on the PGA Tour. He’s set to tee off at 12:40 p.m. on Friday afternoon.

Jul 4, 2020; Detroit, Michigan, USA; Kevin Kisner tees off on the 2nd during the third round of the Rocket Mortgage Classic golf tournament at Detroit Golf Club. Credit: Brian Spurlock-USA TODAY Sports

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