Higgo late for tee time, penalized 2 strokes at PGA Championship

NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. — South Africa’s (*2*) was penalized two strokes for being late to his Thursday morning tee time within the first spherical of the 108th PGA Championship at Aronimink Golf Club.

Higgo, who’s ranked eighty fifth on the planet, was scheduled to tee off on the No. 1 gap at 7:18 am ET. He is enjoying with 2003 PGA Championship winner Shaun Michael and Michael Brennan.

The PGA of America stated in a information launch that Higgo was working towards on the placing inexperienced however was not throughout the space outlined as the place to begin of his beginning time.

The PGA of America’s Local Rules and Terms of Competition defines the place to begin of a spherical on the Nos. 1 and 10 holes by the “rope, gallery stakes, green bike fencing and/or blue stakes, blue dots or blue lines.”

Higgo, 27, was allowed to stay within the event due to an exception to Rule 5.3a, which permits a golfer to reach at the place to begin able to play not more than 5 minutes late.

Higgo was assessed a two-stroke penalty on the primary gap. He made par on the par-4 gap however carded a double-bogey 6 due to the penalty.

The two-time PGA Tour winner was in a position to get well with birdies on the par-4 third gap and par-5 ninth. He made the flip at even-par 35.