Garrick Higgo

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Garrick Higgo

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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Personal information
Born (1999-05-12) 12 May 1999 (age 25)
Johannesburg, South Africa
Height6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight185 lb (84 kg)
Career
CollegeUniversity of Nevada-Las Vegas
Turned professional2019
Current tour(s)PGA Tour
European Tour
Sunshine Tour
Former tour(s)Challenge Tour
Big Easy Tour
Professional wins8
Highest ranking38 (20 June 2021)[1]
(as of 27 April 2025)
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour2
European Tour3
Sunshine Tour2
Challenge Tour1
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentCUT: 2022
PGA ChampionshipT64: 2021
U.S. OpenCUT: 2021
The Open ChampionshipT47: 2022
Achievements and awards
Sunshine Tour
Rookie of the Year
2019–20
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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

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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

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Professional wins (8)

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PGA Tour wins (2)

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No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runners-up
1 13 Jun 2021 Palmetto Championship −11 (68-69-68-68=273) 1 stroke United States Chesson Hadley, England Tyrrell Hatton,
United States Doc Redman, United States Hudson Swafford,
United States Bo Van Pelt, Venezuela Jhonattan Vegas
2 20 Apr 2025 Corales Puntacana Championship −14 (64-68-70-72=274) 1 stroke United States Joel Dahmen, United States Keith Mitchell,
Germany Jeremy Paul, United States Michael Thorbjornsen,
Argentina Alejandro Tosti
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European Tour wins (3)

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No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
1 20 Sep 2020 Open de Portugal1 −19 (68-70-66-65=269) 1 stroke Spain Pep Anglès
2 25 Apr 2021 Gran Canaria Lopesan Open −25 (65-64-63-63=255) 3 strokes Germany Maximilian Kieffer
3 9 May 2021 Canary Islands Championship −27 (66-63-64-64=257) 6 strokes Australia Maverick Antcliff
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1Dual-ranking event with the Challenge Tour

Sunshine Tour wins (2)

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

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No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
1 20 Sep 2020 Open de Portugal1 −19 (68-70-66-65=269) 1 stroke Spain Pep Anglès
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1Dual-ranking event with the European Tour

Big Easy Tour wins (1)

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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 South Africa Clinton Grobler, South Africa Martin Vorster (a)
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Results in major championships

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Tournament 20212022
Masters Tournament CUT
PGA Championship T64 CUT
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship CUT T47
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  Did not play

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

Results in The Players Championship

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Tournament 202220232024
The Players Championship CUT T44 WD
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CUT = missed the halfway cut
WD = withdrew
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships

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1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

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WD = withdrew
NT = No tournament

Team appearances

Amateur

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