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Garrick Higgo, caddie split after PGA Championship late-arrival disaster

Nypost · · 291 words · By Justin Tasch
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11 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Garrick Higgo’s late arrival to his first-round tee time led to him missing the cut at the 2026 PGA Championship”
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Multiple independent sources (Google News, ESPN, and a dedicated web search result) confirm that Garrick Higgo missed the cut at the 2026 PGA Championship due to a two-stroke penalty for arriving late to his tee time.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 PGA Championship was the 107th edition of the PGA Championship and the second of the four men's major golf championships held in 2025. The tournament was held on May 15–18 at the Quail Hollow…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_PGA_Championship
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 PGA Championship was the 108th edition of the PGA Championship, the second of the four men's major golf championships held in 2026. The tournament took place on May 14–17 at Aronimink Golf Cl…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_PGA_Championship
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Garrick Higgo (born 12 May 1999) is a South African professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour, European Tour and the Sunshine Tour. He has won three times on the European Tour, winning t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrick_Higgo
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“the South African has split with his caddie, Austin Gaugert, and hired Nick Cavendish-Pell as his new bag man”
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Two independent sources (Golfweek via ESPN and a separate report from 'Particle') confirm that Higgo split with caddie Austin Gaugert and hired Nick Cavendish-Pell.
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web search NEUTRAL — Days after his embarrassing penalty for being tardy to his tee time for the opening round of the PGA Championship, Garrick Higgo has split with his caddie. Golfweek reported Monday that Austin Gaugert…
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/golf/pga/2026/05/18/ga…
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web search NEUTRAL — Higgo split with Austin Gaugert and will have Nick Cavendish-Pell on the bag at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson in Dallas, a change his agent confirmed to Golfweek.
https://particle.news/story/garrick-higgo-replaces-caddie-af…
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web search NEUTRAL — Garrick Higgo of South Africa with his caddie.Source: AFP. 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 t…
https://www.foxsports.com.au/golf/dropped-my-trackman-caddie…
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“Higgo, 27”
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Three independent cross-references (Krdo, Nypost) and web search results consistently identify Garrick Higgo as 27 years old.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — “I was there on time,” the 27-year-old said
https://krdo.com/news/2026/05/14/scottie-scheffler-shares-le…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — tournament officials penalized the 27-year-old South African two strokes
https://nypost.com/2026/05/14/sports/garrick-higgos-pga-cham…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — The 27-year-old Higgo has two wins in his PGA Tour career: the 2021 Palmetto Championship and the 2025 Corales Puntacana Championship.
https://nypost.com/2026/05/14/sports/garrick-higgo-misses-te…
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“his 7:18 a.m. tee time Thursday at Aronimink”
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Multiple web search results (ESPN, mlive.com) specifically state that Higgo's scheduled tee time was 7:18 a.m. on Thursday at Aronimink.
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web search NEUTRAL — Garrick Higgo made it to the tee on time for Friday's second round of the PGA Championship, a day after taking a two-stroke penalty for a late arrival. The 27-year-old South African went off the 10th …
https://supersport.com/golf/news/f2c6e1c6-da3a-4ae8-9534-c0e…
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web search NEUTRAL — PGA Tour player Garrick Higgo split with caddie Austin Gaugert after a one-minute PGA Championship tee-time mistake cost him two shots and being cut at Aronimink.
https://www.themirror.com/sport/golf/garrick-higgo-penalty-c…
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web search NEUTRAL — - South Africa's Garrick Higgo was penalized two strokes for being late to his Thursday morning tee time in the first round of the 108th PGA Championship at Aronimink Golf Club. Higgo, who is ranked 8…
https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/48768862/higgo-late-tee…
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“Higgo was a minute late and was assessed a two-stroke penalty”
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Multiple sources (PGA TOUR, mlive.com, Google News) confirm he was assessed a two-stroke penalty for being one minute (or 'a few seconds') late.
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web search NEUTRAL — US PGA Championship 2026: Garrick Higgo receives bizarre penalty for arriving late to Aronimink tee-time. 2 days ago. By Jonathan Jurejko.
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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web search NEUTRAL — – South African Garrick Higgo was penalized two strokes for arriving late to his first round tee time at the PGA Championship, the PGA of Am.
https://www.pgatour.com/article/news/latest/2026/05/14/garri…
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web search NEUTRAL — After receiving a two-stroke penalty Thursday for being a few seconds late to his tee time, Garrick Higgo missed the cut by one stroke @PGAChampionship.
https://golf.com/news/garrick-higgo-late-arrival-penalty-pro…
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“his 3-under 67 became a 1-under 69”
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Web search results from ESPN and another source confirm he fired a 69 after the two-stroke penalty. While the '3-under 67' is the mathematical implication of a 69 after a 2-stroke penalty, the 69 is explicitly confirmed.
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web search NEUTRAL — South Africa's Garrick Higgo took a two-stroke penalty for being seconds late for his Thursday tee time at the PGA Championship, then fired a one-under par 69 to stay in contention.
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260514-better-late-t…
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web search NEUTRAL — - South Africa's Garrick Higgo was penalized two strokes for being late to his Thursday morning tee time in the first round of the 108th PGA Championship at Aronimink Golf Club. Higgo, who is ranked 8…
https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/48768862/higgo-late-tee…
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web search NEUTRAL — And after the round, Higgo tried to make his case to the PGA of America that the clock still read 7:18 a.m. when he was walking up to the tee, while simultaneously acknowledging he was late.
https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7280511/2026/05/14/bryson-d…
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“his 6-over 76 in the second round Friday left him one stroke shy of the cut line”
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While multiple sources confirm he missed the cut by one stroke, the specific second-round score of '6-over 76' is not explicitly detailed in the provided evidence snippets; they only confirm the outcome (missing the cut by one shot).
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web search NEUTRAL — Garrick Higgo of South Africa will be kicking himself after missing the cut by one shot. Higgo made headlines Thursday when he was less than a minute late to his first-round tee time and incurred a tw…
https://www.capetownnews.net/news/279053884/bryson-dechambea…
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web search NEUTRAL — Higgo misses out. Garrick Higgo of South Africa will be kicking himself after missing the cut by one shot. Higgo made headlines on Thursday when he was less than a minute late to his first-round tee t…
https://supersport.com/golf/news/826a4959-3cf4-407a-9e10-49f…
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web search NEUTRAL — 2026 PGA Championship Round 2 takeaways: Cameron Young faces latest major chance as Chris Gotterup surges. 11 hours ago. Picture perfect finish for @Mike_Kim714 with a chip-in eagle to make the cut @P…
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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“Higgo, ranked No. 85 in the world”
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Multiple independent sources (ESPN, mlive.com) explicitly state that Higgo is ranked 85th in the world.
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web search NEUTRAL — It happened when South Africa’s Garrick Higgo was one minute late to his tee time on Thursday and was penalized two strokes. Higgo, who is ranked 85th in the world, was scheduled to tee off on the No.…
https://www.mlive.com/sports/2026/05/pro-golfer-makes-rare-b…
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web search NEUTRAL — Garrick Higgo is a South African professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour, European Tour and the Sunshine Tour. He has won three times on the European Tour, winning the 2020 Open de Por…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrick_Higgo
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web search NEUTRAL — Higgo, who is ranked 85th in the world, was scheduled to tee off on the No. 1 hole at 7:18 a.m. ET. He was one minute late to his tee time, according to video on the ESPN broadcast.
https://www.tsn.ca/golf/article/higgo-late-for-tee-time-pena…
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“Higgo... has two PGA Tour victories on his résumé; he won the Palmetto Championship in 2021 and he captured last year’s Corales Puntacana Championship”
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Nypost and other web search results confirm his victories at the 2021 Palmetto Championship and the Corales Puntacana Championship.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Corales Puntacana Championship has the distinction of being the first and only PGA Tour event to be held in the Dominican Republic.
https://www.tennisworldusa.org/other_news/golf/154973/garric…
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web search NEUTRAL — He has won three times on the European Tour, winning the 2020 Open de Portugal and the Gran Canaria Lopesan Open as well as the Canary Islands Championship in 2021.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrick_Higgo
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web search NEUTRAL — Garrick Higgo with the Corales Puntacana Championship trophy.Ahead of the final round of the Corales Puntacana Championship, Joel Dahmen was in prime position to win the tournament for the second time…
https://www.golfmonthly.com/news/garrick-higgo-wins-corales-…
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“He also has three wins on the European tour”
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Wikipedia explicitly states that Garrick Higgo has won three times on the European Tour (Open de Portugal, Gran Canaria Lopesan Open, and Canary Islands Championship).
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“Cavendish-Pell... will join him at this week’s CJ Cup Byron Nelson at TPC Craig Ranch”
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