Garrick Higgo pulled off his first PGA Tour win on Sunday in only his second start as he held his nerve to take the Palmetto Championship at Congaree Golf Club in Ridgeland, South Carolina, by one stroke.
The 22-year-old South African left-hander from De Zalze Golf Club in Stellenbosch, whose first PGA Tour appearance yielded a 64th-place finish in the PGA Championship, carded a final round of three-under 68 for a tournament total of 11-under-par. He stayed calm as world No 1 Dustin Johnson, long-time final round leader Chesson Hadley and the hard-charging Harris English were unable to hold it together, and, in the end, when Hadley bogeyed the final hole, Higgo allowed himself the luxury of celebration.
“It’s amazing,” said Higgo, as he drank it all in. “I just…