Harris English stepped onto the East Lake greens with the same spark fans had seen during his win at the 2025 Farmers Insurance Open—his fifth PGA Tour title. With four top-10s this season and ranked 9th in the world, English carried the confidence of a player back among golf’s elite.

This time, though, the spark came from a room full of students, their curiosity taking him back to the early days that first made him love the game.

Before his opening round at East Lake, Harris English welcomed students from Apalachee High School—a visit with special meaning after the school in Winder, Georgia, was shaken by a tragic mass shooting last year that claimed four lives.

Both English and the students seemed a little shy at first, trading tentative smiles as they walked the course. One student a

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