Mark Cannizzaro Garrick Higgo’s PGA Championship penalty far outweighed the crime — and he didn’t let it ruin his day By Mark Cannizzaro Published May 14, 2026, 7:30 p.m. ET Garrick Higgo is pictured during the first round of the PGA Championship on May 14. Getty Images NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. — Garrick Higgo lost track of time, and then he lost two strokes.
Hopefully, come Sunday night he doesn’t end up losing the PGA Championship by a stroke or missing a playoff by two.
Had it not been for a span of scant errant seconds, Higgo would have had a share of the lead in the PGA Championship after his first round Thursday at Aronimink Golf Club. But because he was seconds late to the first tee for his 7:18 a.m. tee time, tournament officials penalized the 27-year-old South African two strokes before he took his first stroke of the round.
Higgo went on to finish his opening round with a 1-under-par 69, which would — should — have been a 3-under 67.
