Harry Higgs has won the past two weeks on the Korn Ferry Tour. But he’s also won with his words during his victory speeches afterwards – for altogether different reasons.
The victory also locks up full PGA Tour status for Higgs next year, a place where he played each of the past four years before finishing 144th in the FedEx Fall standings in 2023.
If you’ve followed the American junior golf circuit over the past couple years at all, you’ve probably heard the name Miles Russell. If you haven’t, this is name golf fans might want to learn. Quickly.
For a second consecutive day, a sub-60 score was shot on the Korn Ferry Tour. This time, however, it was a different number that made it even more impressive.
Former US Amateur champ, 27-year-old Australian Curtis Luck, was disqualified for missing his first-round tee time at a Korn Ferry Tour Finals event on Thursday. It could wind up costing the Perth native his PGA Tour card.
If Ryan McCormick was ready to be labeled the “video game guy”, he nearly changed the narrative entirely during his second round when he found himself in a precarious equipment situation.
The last time we played around with a headline like this, it was when Jon Rahm whiffed on a one-footer at the 2022 Arnold Palmer Invitational. We were quickly reminded by Golf Digest legend Guy Yocom that Hale Irwin’s whiff at the 1983 Open Championship at Royal Birkdale was actually the shortest miss in golf history. Of course, it’s impossible to find video of Irwin’s whiff, so we’ll just have to take Guy’s word for it.
There are auspicious debuts in professional golf, and then there’s what Zach Williams experienced this week at the Korn Ferry Tour’s Memorial Health Championship.
Australian Golf Digest
