PGA Tour Brunch - The Palmetto Notebook
South Africa’s Garrick Higgo, 22, won the Palmetto Championship at Congaree by one stroke, earning his first PGA Tour title in his second career start. Higgo, a three-time winner on the European Tour, is immediately eligible for PGA Tour membership through the 2022-23 season and the 2021 FedExCup Playoffs.
According to the PGA Tour Communications department and Elias Sports (h/t) Garrick Higgo’s win at the Palmetto Championship in just his second career PGA Tour start allows him to join Jim Benepe as the only golfers since 1970 to win one of their first two career PGA Tour events.
Chesson Hadley bogeyed the final three holes and finished (in a six-way) T-2, becoming the first player to fail to convert a 54-hole lead of four strokes or more on the Tour since Justin Thomas at the 2019 Genesis Invitational.
With his T-2, Bo Van Pelt earned his best result on Tour since a solo-second at the 2012 Quicken Loans National.
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Final Leaderboard at The Palmetto
Garrick Higgo 68-69-68-68—273 (-11)
Hudson Swafford 68-70-70-66—274 (-10)
Doc Redman 65-72-70-67—274 (-10)
Jhonattan Vegas 66-72-69-67—274 (-10)
Tyrrell Hatton 71-68-67-68—274 (-10)
Bo Van Pelt 69-71-66-68—274 (-10)
Chesson Hadley 65-66-68-75—274 (-10)
Full Leaderboard (link)
What They’re Saying:
Higgo Wins His First PGA Tour Event (CBS Sports HQ)
Leaders Collapse at Palmetto (Golf Com)
After AM Call from Gary Player, Higgo wins (Golf Week/ USA Today)
DJ Passes Jim Furyk for Third on All-Time Money List (Golf Week/USA Today)
#SportsBiz, Sporting Goods and Golf Industry News
Money Earned at The Palmetto (Golf Week/USA Today)
What’s In Higgo’s Bag? (PGA Tour Com)
Callaway Making a Move from Fairway (CNBC)
US Open Early Predictions (CBS Sports HQ)
Will Rahm Be Ready? (ESPN)
On This Day in Golf History:
June 14, 1953 - Julius Boros won his first of three major titles and his first overall PGA Tour event when he won the U.S. Open at Northwood Club in Dallas, Texas, four strokes ahead of runner-up Ed Oliver. - Courtesy of Randy Walker, Author of On This Day in Golf History, available via Amazon.com and by clicking HERE
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