Garrick Higgo

What a year 2021 was for left-hander Higgo – two victories in Europe and one in America on what was only the second PGA Tour start of his life.

Higgo won both the Sun City Challenge and Tour Championship in his first full season on his home Sunshine Tour, and on his DP World Tour debut he survived the cut at the 2019 BMW South African Open while still a teenager.

It was on only his seventh start on the circuit that he broke through, finishing 66-65 for a one-stroke success at the 2020 Open de Portugal and, by posting scores of 25 under par and 27 under in winning the Gran Canaria Open and Canary Islands Championship, matched Tiger Woods with three wins in his first 26 events 

After making his major debut at May’s PGA Championship, he then lifted the Palmetto Championship for his third victory in five starts – one which took him to 39th in the world only 16 months after he stood 473rd.