Garrick Higgo doesn't agree with 2-shot penalty at PGA Championship: 'I wasn't that late'
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Garrick Higgo received a two-shot penalty for being one minute late to his tee time at the 2026 PGA Championship.
Garrick Higgo got to the tee box one minute late for his 7:18 a. m. ET tee time Thursday at the 2026 PGA Championship .
The result? A two-shot penalty. Higgo was penalized under Rule 5.
3a. The PGA of America’s Local Rules and Terms of the Competition states the following with regard to defining the starting point of a round: For the purpose of applying Rule 5. 3a, the starting point for hole No.
1 and hole No. 10 is defined by 'the rope, gallery stakes, green bike fencing and/or blue stakes, blue dots or blue lines. ' A player must be ready to play at the starting time and starting set by the Committee.