I’m going to cut Garrick Higgo some slack. A mic is stuck under his nose the moment he’s finished his round to ask him about the two-shot penalty he incurred for being late for his tee time.
So, he’s a bit upset, of course, especially given that had he not been so sloppy with his timekeeping, he’d be sitting tied for the lead at the second Major Championship of the season.
No doubt, slightly rattled and out of breath after legging it to the tee, the South African wasn’t fully prepared for his opening tee shot – and he opened up with a double bogey.
However, his post-match interview was bizarre.
“I don’t really think it’s my job to be ten minutes early.” Multi millionaire is shocked he’s expected to show up on time. Garrick Higgo is representing Gen Z absolutely perfectly. Zero accountability and zero care. Nothing is his fault. pic.twitter.com/hL2M8jB3ohMay 14, 2026
“I always cut it pretty fine. There’s a lot of us who do,” he explained afterwards.
“We don’t want to get to the tee 10 minutes early and be cold. We have to hit it far and straight. It’s our job to do that. I don’t really think it’s my job to be 10 minutes early.”
Hmmm. It kind of is. A lot of planning goes into a Major Championship, and the organizers are entitled to think that players can make it to the tee without having a personal assistant assigned to ferry them around.
I’m not going to go in too hard on Higgo. I think when players are interviewed immediately after walking off the field of play (I’m talking about all sports here), emotions are likely to be running high.
At least Higgo came over to explain what happened and what he thought about the incident, so let’s pat him on the back for that. Some players don’t bother speaking to the media.
However, having had five or so hours to reflect on his somewhat rookie error, he decided to lay the blame elsewhere.
“Garrick Higgo is representing Gen Z absolutely perfectly,” said one X user. “Zero accountability and zero care. Nothing is his fault.”
Higgo doubled down in his full post-round interview. He began by saying he was “there on time”.
“The rule is if you’re one second late, you’re late. So if you think about it, I was…
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