CROMWELL, Conn. – Garrick Higgo has become one of golf's brightest young stars after winning the Palmetto Championship two weeks ago and that may be thanks to a prestigious mentor with a special connection.
That mentor is nine-time major winner and fellow South African Gary Player. Higgo, 22, grew up in Plettenberg Bay, where Player had a vacation home. When Player would visit around the holidays, the two would meet up and play nine holes. But a common hardship beyond golf bonded the two closer.
"We went through a similar thing," Higgo said Wednesday at the Travelers Championship.