Garrick Higgo

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

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]

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]

• 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:^[11]

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

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	20 Sep 2020	Open de Portugal1	−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

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

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	20 Sep 2020	Open de Portugal1	−19 (68-70-66-65=269)	1 stroke	Pep Anglès

¹Dual-ranking event with the European Tour

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)

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

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

¹Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

WD = withdrew
NT = No tournament

Amateur

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

• 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