Garrick Higgo’s former caddie breaks silence with statement just days after Aronimink fiasco
Garrick Higgo endured an absolute nightmare at Aronimink last week as he missed the PGA Championship by just one shot. However, it wasn’t just the fact that Higgo missed the cut that would have frustrated him.
Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Garrick Higgo endured an absolute nightmare at Aronimink last week as he missed the PGA Championship by just one shot. However, it wasn’t just the fact that Higgo missed the cut that would have frustrated him. The 27-year-old South African only had himself to blame as he was sent packing after Friday’s second round at Aronimink.
Higgo missed the cut by just one shot after shooting rounds of 69 and 76 at Aronimink . Photo by Raj Mehta/Getty Images Garrick Higgo was handed a two-stroke penalty at Aronimink after arriving late to the tee for his first round at the PGA Championship . Of course, he would have made the weekend had he made his first round tee time on time, due to the fact that he would have posted a 67 on Thursday, rather than a 69.
Just five days after that incident, Higgo split with his caddie, Austin Gaugert. Garrick Higgo’s ex-caddie breaks silence days after Aronimink fiasco Now, just one day after the split, Gaugert has broken his silence about what happened. He took to his Instagram account to make the following statement: “ I want to say something about the incident with Garrick Higgo being late to the tee on Thursday at the PGA Championship, “ Gaugert said.
Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images “ As a caddie, you try to do everything you can to prepare your player for competition and I fell short of that. “ Garrick was understanding throughout the situation and handled it with professionalism and class. This has happened to players before and will again.