Harris English became the unexpected breaker of news in 2025.
Speaking in a press conference, English revealed the PGA Tour’s plans to completely revamp its schedule for the 2027 season.
Since then, more details have emerged. The tour wants to start the season after the Super Bowl and have around 20 events of equal value, rather than amplified Signature Events scattered across the year.
This will cut into the West Coast Swing schedule to start the year and threaten courses such as Torrey Pines, where English is set to play this week.
But after dropping this bombshell out of the blue, something surprised English about the reaction.
Harris English was ‘shocked’ by the reaction to PGA Tour bombshell
It appears English wasn’t fully aware of just how big the news he was breaking was. English was skeptical of the new changes the tour was making, but he was surprised by just how much coverage the story received after he expressed those skeptisms to the world.
He said to reporters before the Farmers Insurance Open, “I was pretty shocked how that news broke because I was coming at it like what I thought the Tour was going to go towards, and they’re still in the process of that.
“I don’t really know any more details of when it’s going to happen, what’s going to happen. I just got on the Player Advisory Council for this year. I hadn’t been on it in 12 or 13 years, so it’s nice to kind of be back in the room and hearing some stuff going on.
“I’ve got some friends that are on the board, but I know they’re working really hard. They’re looking at it from all angles of how can we make this tour better, how do we evolve, how do we make it better for the players, how do we make it better for the fans, the media deals. I mean, there’s so many different things they’re looking at.
“For us as players, we thank the board members and all the work they’re doing because I think they’re on the right track and they’re going to make the PGA Tour as good as it can be and as strong as it’s ever been.”
While he showed support for the tour here, English also said he’s willing to fight them on one key potential change.
Harris English would ‘hate’ one potential change to PGA Tour schedule
While English supported the tour’s direction, he made clear that he’s willing to fight them on one key change.
As the future of Torrey Pines as a PGA Tour venue is threatened, English said that as a past champion here, he said that he’s willing to do anything to save it.
English said, “I would hate for it to go away. This is one of the cornerstone events on the PGA TOUR. I’ll do anything as a PGA Tour member, a past champion to help find a sponsor to help keep this tournament here at Torrey Pines because you have a lot of guys that feel the same way I do that love this place.
“Such an iconic place here at Torrey. Farmers has done an unbelievable job running this event and putting on this event for I don’t know how many years they’ve been on board but a long time. It would be a shame for us to lose this event. I’ll do anything in my power to help keep it here.”
It’s unlikely that the PGA Tour would simply chop off the West Coast Swing in its entirety, and if any course will be saved, Torrey Pines is high on the list. English is right, this iconic venue cannot be lost.
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