During his first round at the PGA Championship, a major player named Higgo arrived one minute late for his 7.18am tee time and copped a two-stroke penalty.
last week’s embarassing tee-time blunder During the major’s first round, Higgo arrived from an adjacent practice putting green for his 7.18am tee time at 7.19am, told by officials that he was late and would be penalised.
The 27-year-old didn’t have his cell phone or watch as he ran over with putter in hand, and while meandering toward the tee, caddie Austin Gaugert was seen urging him to rush. Join now and get your first month for just $1 >“I was late. My caddie was yelling at me to get to the tee. I knew it was probably going to happen.
”“I don’t want to be there 10 minutes early. I know that five minutes is fine. I thought I had time. I was obviously too casual.
” Get all the latest golf news, highlights and analysis delivered straight to your inbox with Fox Sports Sportmail. Higgo ultimately copped a two-stroke penalty and missed the cut by one shot, becoming the first player to be penalised for arriving late at the PGA Championship since David Lipsky in 2019.
“My caddie dropped my Trackman in the locker, and I went to the putting green thinking I still had five minutes,” Higgo continued. “I hit one putt and then heard my name being called. My caddie was yelling at me and I ran down and got a two-shot penalty. ”“I don’t understand how you can even risk it,” he said.that Gaugert had been replaced by Nick Cavendish-Pell ahead of this week’s CJ Cup Byron Nelson in Dallas.
Cavendish-Pell previously caddied for the South African during his maiden PGA Tour title at the 2021 Palmetto Championship, while the three-time European Tour winner also triumphed at last year’s Corales Puntacana Championship.
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