Garrick Higgo

Garrick Higgo
Personal information
Born	(1999-05-12) 12 May 1999 (age 26) Johannesburg, South Africa
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight	185 lb (84 kg)
Career
College	University of Nevada-Las Vegas
Turned professional	2019
Current tour(s)	PGA Tour European Tour Sunshine Tour
Former tour(s)	Challenge Tour Big Easy Tour
Professional wins	8
Highest ranking	38 (20 June 2021) [1] (as of 13 July 2025)
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	2
European Tour	3
Sunshine Tour	2
Challenge Tour	1
Other	1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	CUT: 2022
PGA Championship	T55: 2025
U.S. Open	CUT: 2021
The Open Championship	T47: 2022
Achievements and awards
Sunshine Tour Rookie of the Year 2019–20

Garrick Higgo (born 12 May 1999) is a South African professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour, European Tour and the Sunshine Tour. He has won three times on the European Tour, winning the 2020 Open de Portugal and the Gran Canaria Lopesan Open as well as the Canary Islands Championship in 2021.

Higgo won his first PGA Tour title in his second start, at the Palmetto Championship. ^[2] He became a two-time winner on the PGA Tour in 2025 when he won the Corales Puntacana Championship in the Dominican Republic. ^[3]

Amateur career

Higgo attended the University of Nevada-Las Vegas in 2017 and 2018, turning professional during his sophomore year. ^[4]

Professional career

Higgo turned professional in early 2019 and won twice in his first full season on the Sunshine Tour, at the Sun City Challenge and the season-ending Tour Championship. He also recorded a runner-up finish in the Challenge Tour co-sanctioned Cape Town Open during the 2019–20 season and finished 6th on the Order of Merit. ^[5]

Higgo secured a place on the Challenge Tour for the 2020 season by making the cut at the European Tour Qualifying School. In September 2020, at the Open de Portugal, a dual-ranking event on the European and Challenge tours, he shot a bogey-free final round of 65 to win by one stroke and gain a one-year exemption on the European Tour. ^[6]

In April 2021, Higgo secured his second European Tour victory at the Gran Canaria Lopesan Open. He won the event with an aggregate score of 255, beating Andy Sullivan's record of 257 previously set in 2020. ^[7] Two weeks later, Higgo won again in the Canary Islands, at the Canary Islands Championship; a final score of 257 (27 under par) saw him win by six shots ahead of Maverick Antcliff. ^[8]

In June 2021, Higgo won the PGA Tour's Palmetto Championship in South Carolina by one stroke. With the win, Higgo won more than $1,300,000 and secured PGA Tour membership through the end of the 2023 season. ^[9]

Personal life

Higgo was born on 12 May 1999 in Johannesburg, South Africa, to Susan and Michael Higgo. He started playing golf socially with his father at a very young age and developed an early passion for the game. In 2008, when Higgo was aged 9, his father died in a car crash. ^[10]

Higgo attended Paul Roos Gymnasium in the town of Stellenbosch. ^[4] He has been mentored by South African golfer, Gary Player throughout his career and often meets with Player to discuss course and play strategies. ^[11] Higgo lives in the town of Stellenbosch in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Higgo has two siblings, Calista and Michael. ^[4]

Amateur wins

• 2016 Curro South African Juniors International, Northern Amateur Open, Central Gauteng Open Stroke Play
• 2017 Nomads National Order of Merit (Coastal), Cape Province Open, The Bobby Locke Open, Harry Oppenheimer Trophy

Source: ^[12]

Professional wins (8)

PGA Tour wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	13 Jun 2021	Palmetto Championship	−11 (68-69-68-68=273)	1 stroke	Chesson Hadley, Tyrrell Hatton, Doc Redman, Hudson Swafford, Bo Van Pelt, Jhonattan Vegas
2	20 Apr 2025	Corales Puntacana Championship	−14 (64-68-70-72=274)	1 stroke	Joel Dahmen, Keith Mitchell, Jeremy Paul, Michael Thorbjornsen, Alejandro Tosti

European Tour wins (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	20 Sep 2020	Open de Portugal 1	−19 (68-70-66-65=269)	1 stroke	Pep Anglès
2	25 Apr 2021	Gran Canaria Lopesan Open	−25 (65-64-63-63=255)	3 strokes	Maximilian Kieffer
3	9 May 2021	Canary Islands Championship	−27 (66-63-64-64=257)	6 strokes	Maverick Antcliff

¹Dual-ranking event with the Challenge Tour

Sunshine Tour wins (2)

Legend
Tour Championships (1)
Other Sunshine Tour (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	7 Jun 2019	Sun City Challenge	−7 (69-71-69=209)	1 stroke	Ockie Strydom
2	23 Feb 2020	The Tour Championship	−19 (67-70-66-66=269)	1 stroke	Haydn Porteous

Challenge Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	20 Sep 2020	Open de Portugal 1	−19 (68-70-66-65=269)	1 stroke	Pep Anglès

¹Dual-ranking event with the European Tour

Big Easy Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	15 May 2019	Big Easy Challenge 3	−8 (66-70-72=208)	1 stroke	Clinton Grobler, Martin Vorster (a)

Results in major championships

Tournament	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
Masters Tournament		CUT
PGA Championship	T64	CUT			T55
U.S. Open	CUT
The Open Championship	CUT	T47

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament	2022	2023	2024
The Players Championship	CUT	T44	WD

CUT = missed the halfway cut
WD = withdrew
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament	2021
Championship
Match Play
Invitational	WD
Champions	NT1

¹Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

  Did not play

WD = withdrew
NT = No tournament

Team appearances

Amateur

• Junior Presidents Cup (representing the International team): 2017

References

1. "Week 25 2021 Ending 20 Jun 2021" (pdf). OWGR . Retrieved 21 June 2021.
2. DiMeglio, Steve (13 June 2021). "After a morning call from Gary Player, Garrick Higgo earns first PGA Tour win at Palmetto Championship in second start". Golfweek. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
3. "Garrick Higgo wins at Corales for second PGA Tour victory". ESPN. Associated Press. 20 April 2025.
4. "Garrick Higgo". UNLV. 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
5. "Double delight for Higgo as he claims Tour Championship". Sunshine Tour. 23 February 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
6. "Open de Portugal: Garrick Higgo claims maiden European Tour win". Sky Sports. 20 September 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
7. "Higgo comes out on top on Gran Canaria". European Tour. 25 April 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
8. "Peerless Higgo powers to another win on the Canaries". European Tour. 9 May 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
9. Morfit, Cameron (13 June 2021). "Garrick Higgo wins Palmetto Championship at Congaree". PGA Tour. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
10. "Garrick Higgo, the latest South African on the rise". USA Today. 18 May 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
11. Schreiber, Max (23 June 2021). "Garrick Higgo has a special relationship with fellow South African legend". Golf Channel. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
12. "Garrick Higgo". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 21 September 2020.

External links

• Garrick Higgo at the PGA Tour official site
• Garrick Higgo at the European Tour official site
• Garrick Higgo at the Sunshine Tour official site
• Garrick Higgo at the Official World Golf Ranking official site