Garrick Higgo makes a hole-in-one, wins again on European Tour
Make it two wins in three weeks for Garrick Higgo.
The South African won the 2021 Canary Islands Championship on Sunday in Spain, following up his victory at the Gran Canaria Lopesan Open on April 24.
And he did it in style – his 9-iron on the 166-yard, par-3 seventh found the cup, part of a final-round 64. He finished 27 under and won by six shots over Australian Maverick Antcliff.
Ireland’s Niall Kearney made a run at a 59, needing to close with two birdies, but he parred in to shoot a final-round 61, good for a tie for fourth.
The left-handed Higgo, who played at UNLV, now has three Euro Tour wins in 26 events. That ties Tiger Woods for fewest number of events needed to reach three wins on either the Euro or PGA Tour, and makes him the fastest South African to win three times not counting majors or WGC events, the European Tour reported.
With Dean Burmester’s win last week, South Africans have won three consecutive events for the time on the Euro Tour in nine years.
Higgo’s win vaults him into fifth in the Race to Dubai Rankings and pushes him to verge of the top 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking.
Garrick Higgo poses with the trophy after winning the Canary Islands Championship at Golf Costa Adeje on May 09, 2021 in Tenerife, Spain. (Andrew Redington/Getty Images)
