Garrick Higgo, a 22-year-old lefty from South Africa with a toothy smile and a killer instinct, won the Palmetto Championship today, albeit, it must be said, with some serious assistance from Chesson Hadley.
What started as an exercise to improve the functionality of the layout by installing a sub-air system and ridding the fairways and greens of Poa annua became a revisionist mission.
Despite the silver medal, Jordan Spieth will be the headliner from Colonial. But give it up to Jason Kokrak. He battled Spieth on Spieth’s playground in front of Spieth’s crowd and came out with the victory.
