{"id":642948,"date":"2026-05-14T16:18:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T16:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/642948\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T16:18:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T16:18:12","slug":"garrick-higgo-penalized-for-arriving-late-to-tee-time-at-pga-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/642948\/","title":{"rendered":"Garrick Higgo penalized for arriving late to tee time at PGA Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Garrick Higgo was assessed a two-shot penalty for being late to his Round 1 tee time at the 2026 PGA Championship. (Emilee Chinn\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

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NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. \u2013 South African Garrick Higgo was penalized two strokes for arriving late to his first round tee time at the PGA Championship, the PGA of America announced.<\/p>\n

Higgo was scheduled to tee off at 7:18 a.m. alongside Michael Brennan and Shaun Micheel. As a result, Higgo made a double bogey on the first hole. He made a birdie on the third hole to get back to 1-over through eight holes.<\/p>\n

Higgo was on the putting green but not \u201cwithin the area defined as the starting point at his starting time.\u201d He arrived to the tee at 7:19 a.m. according to the ESPN broadcast<\/p>\n

Higgo, a two-time PGA TOUR winner, is making his fourth PGA Championship appearance. He\u2019s searching for his first top-40 finish in any major.<\/p>\n

According to Rule 5.3 in the Rules of Golf, a player is assessed a two-stroke penalty when arriving no more than five minutes late to their tee time. Any player arriving more than five minutes late is subject to disqualification.<\/p>\n

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