Garrick Higgo

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Garrick Higgo
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Personal information
Born (1999-05-12) 12 May 1999 (age 24)
Johannesburg, South Africa
Height6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight185 lb (84 kg)
Sporting nationalityFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Career
College University of Nevada-Las Vegas
Turned professional2019
Current tour(s) PGA Tour
European Tour
Sunshine Tour
Former tour(s) Challenge Tour
Big Easy Tour
Professional wins7
Highest ranking 38 (20 June 2021) [1]
(as of 21 April 2024)
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour1
European Tour3
Sunshine Tour2
Challenge Tour1
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament CUT: 2022
PGA Championship T64: 2021
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.

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He won his first PGA Tour title in his second start, at the Palmetto Championship. [2]

Amateur career

Higgo attended the University of Nevada-Las Vegas in 2017 and 2018, turning professional during his sophomore year. [3]

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. [4]

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. [5]

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. [6] 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. [7]

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. [8]

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. [9]

Higgo attended Paul Roos Gymnasium in the town of Stellenbosch. [3] He has been mentored by South African golfer, Gary Player throughout his career and often meets with Player to discuss course and play strategies. [10] Higgo lives in the town of Stellenbosch in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Higgo has two siblings, Calista and Michael. [3]

Amateur wins

Source: [11]

Professional wins (7)

PGA Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
113 Jun 2021 Palmetto Championship −11 (68-69-68-68=273)1 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Chesson Hadley, Flag of England.svg Tyrrell Hatton,
Flag of the United States.svg Doc Redman, Flag of the United States.svg Hudson Swafford,
Flag of the United States.svg Bo Van Pelt, Flag of Venezuela.svg Jhonattan Vegas

European Tour wins (3)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
120 Sep 2020 Open de Portugal 1−19 (68-70-66-65=269)1 stroke Flag of Spain.svg Pep Anglès
225 Apr 2021 Gran Canaria Lopesan Open −25 (65-64-63-63=255)3 strokes Flag of Germany.svg Maximilian Kieffer
39 May 2021 Canary Islands Championship −27 (66-63-64-64=257)6 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Maverick Antcliff

1Dual-ranking event with the Challenge Tour

Sunshine Tour wins (2)

Legend
Tour Championships (1)
Other Sunshine Tour (1)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
17 Jun 2019 Sun City Challenge −7 (69-71-69=209)1 stroke Flag of South Africa.svg Ockie Strydom
223 Feb 2020 The Tour Championship −19 (67-70-66-66=269)1 stroke Flag of South Africa.svg Haydn Porteous

Challenge Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
120 Sep 2020 Open de Portugal 1−19 (68-70-66-65=269)1 stroke Flag of Spain.svg Pep Anglès

1Dual-ranking event with the European Tour

Big Easy Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
115 May 2019 Big Easy Challenge 3−8 (66-70-72=208)1 stroke Flag of South Africa.svg Clinton Grobler, Flag of South Africa.svg Martin Vorster (a)

Results in major championships

Tournament20212022
Masters Tournament CUT
PGA Championship T64CUT
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship CUTT47
  Did not play

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

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament202220232024
The Players Championship CUTT44WD

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

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament2021
Championship
Match Play
Invitational WD
Champions NT1

1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

  Did not play

WD = withdrew
NT = No tournament

Team appearances

Amateur

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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. 1 2 3 "Garrick Higgo". UNLV. 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  4. ↑ "Double delight for Higgo as he claims Tour Championship". Sunshine Tour. 23 February 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  5. ↑ "Open de Portugal: Garrick Higgo claims maiden European Tour win". Sky Sports. 20 September 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  6. ↑ "Higgo comes out on top on Gran Canaria". European Tour. 25 April 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  7. ↑ "Peerless Higgo powers to another win on the Canaries". European Tour. 9 May 2021. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  8. ↑ Morfit, Cameron (13 June 2021). "Garrick Higgo wins Palmetto Championship at Congaree". PGA Tour. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  9. ↑ "Garrick Higgo, the latest South African on the rise". USA Today. 18 May 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  10. ↑ Schreiber, Max (23 June 2021). "Garrick Higgo has a special relationship with fellow South African legend". Golf Channel. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
  11. ↑ "Garrick Higgo". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
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