Harris English held off hard-charging Sam Stevens to win the Farmers Insurance Open by one shot Saturday, securing his fifth career PGA Tour victory with a 1-over 73 in challenging weather at Torrey Pines.

Three and a half years after the last time, Harris English returns to success and celebrates the fifth feat of his career on the PGA Tour.

SAN DIEGO — The failed close calls to winning on the PGA Tour can be excruciating in the moment, but as the scar tissue builds so does the wisdom.

Harris English first flirted with fame at the Farmers Insurance Open a decade ago when he shared the third-round lead and was part of a four-man playoff for the 2015 championship. Jason Day came away the winner that year at Torrey Pines, but English was encouraged, not discouraged.

SAN DIEGO — Harris English has been on a roll at Torrey Pines before, so the feeling was familiar when he really got it going late in the third round of the Farmers Insurance Open. English finished his 6-under 66 with three straight birdies Friday, charging into a one-shot lead over Andrew Novak at 9-under 207 heading into the final round.

Harris English has been on a roll at Torrey Pines before, so the feeling was familiar when he really got it going late in the third round Friday.

AP photo by Denis Poroy / Baylor School graduate Harris English kisses his daughter Emilia as his wife Helen Marie looks on Saturday after he won the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines Golf Course in San Diego. It's the fifth victory of his PGA Tour career, but the first since 2021.

Harris English finished with a flurry Friday afternoon in the third round of the Farmers Insurance Open, carding birdies on his final three holes for a 6-under 66 and a one-stroke lead over Andrew Novak heading into Saturday’s final round.

Harris English won at the Farmers Insurance Open with Golf Pride's new MCC Align Max grips, the first to put them in play.

Harris English moved one shot ahead of fellow American Andrew Novak after the third round of the Farmers Insurance Open on nine under par; watch the fourth round of the Farmers Insurance Open on Satur

Harris English finished his 6-under 66 with three straight birdies Friday, charging into a one-shot lead over Andrew Novak at 9-under 207 heading into the final round of the Farmers Insurance Open.

Kieron van Wyk, a 23-year-old South African amateur golfer, made history as the first amateur to win an APGA Tour event at the Farmers Insurance Invitational in San Diego.